ATHENS. AEK Athens was after all too strong for Atromitos with the goal of S. Araujo (24′), S. Zuber (78′ pen) and O. Vranjes (80′). AEK Athens took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Ioannis Papadopoulos with the assistance of Konstantinos Nikolaidis and Vassilis Nikolakakis. The 4th official was Spiros Zabalas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 14 Total 12
- 5 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 99 Attack 83
- 29 Dangerous attack 24
- 98 Ball safe 86
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 5
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 57% while Atromitos was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was more aggressive with 29 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.
AEK Athens shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Atromitos shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards (D. Szymanski and O. Vranjes). On the other side, Atromitos received 1 yellow card (L. Galvao).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, AEK Athens will have 13 points like PAOK and Volos NFC to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Atromitos will stay with 2 points like Aris and Apollon Smirnis to stay in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away against Volos NFC on the 24th of October with a 2-2 head to head record.
Atromitos will host Ionikos on the 23rd of October with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Atromitos (1 draw).
AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens
36'
80'
67'
AEK Athens started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Argirios Giannikis decided to play with the following team: Cican Stanković, Lazaros Rota, Ognjen Vranješ, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Milad Mohammadi, Damian Szymański, André Simões, Levi García, Darko Jevtić, Steven Zuber and Sergio Araujo.
The home team had on the bench: Panagiotis Tsintotas, Ehsan Hajisafi, Georgios Tzavellas, Nordin Amrabat, Damien Le Tallec, Petros Mantalos, Clément Michelin, Evgen Shakhov and Karim Ansarifard.
Substitutions
AEK Athens made 5 changes: D. Jevtic for P. Mantalos (35′), L. Garcia for N. Amrabat (67′), D. Szymanski for D. Le Tallec (67′), A. Simoes for Y. Skakhov (83′) and S. Araujo for K. Ansarifard (84′).
Atromitos – Formation
Atromitos
Atromitos started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Giorgos Paraschos played with: Kenan Pirić, Stefanos Stroungis, Dimitris Chatziisaias, Lucas Galvão, Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, Patrick Salomon, Đorđe Denić, Dani Castellano, Juan Muñiz, Efthymios Koulouris and Viktor Klonaridis.
These were the players on the bench: Andreas Gianniotis, Nikolaos Athanasiou, Kyriakos Kivrakidis, Theofanis Mavromatis, Thomás, Konstantinos Kotsopoulos, Spyridon Natsos, Srđan Spiridonović and Matías Pisano.
Substitutions
Atromitos made 3 changes: E. Koulouris for Thomas (69′), J. Muniz for S. Spiridonovic (69′) and V. Klonaridis for K. Kotsopoulos (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Panaitolikos – OFI – 1-2
- PAOK – Volos NFC – 4-4
- AEK Athens – Atromitos – 3-0
- PAS Giannina – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-2
