Super League: PAS Giannina conquers AEK Athens 2-1
IOANNINA. PAS Giannina beat AEK Athens to win 2-1.
IOANNINA. PAS Giannina prevailed over AEK Athens to win 2-1. It was PAS Giannina to strike first with an early goal of Daan Rienstra at the 9′. Then Claudiu Balan scored again for PAS Giannina in the 32′ minute with a goal. Eventually, Sergio Araujo reduced the distance for AEK Athens with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. AEK Athens was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Stadio Zosimades stadium in Ioannina on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias assisted by Polychronis Kostaras and Michalis Papadakis. The 4th official was Angelos Angelakis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.92 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 80%.
Match Statistics
AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 69% while PAS Giannina was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
AEK Athens was more aggressive with 17 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, PAS Giannina managed to find the solution to win this match.
PAS Giannina shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, AEK Athens shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
PAS Giannina received 3 yellow cards (Giorgos Pamlidis, Panagiotis Tsintotas and Rodrigo Erramuspe). On the opposite side, AEK Athens received 1 yellow card (Nordin Amrabat).
After this contest, PAS Giannina will have 11 points like Levadiakos and OFI to stay in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens will stay with 35 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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9'9'
Daan Rienstra
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32'32'
Claudiu Balan
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51'51'
Sergio Araujo
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65'65'
Tom Van Weert
Paolo Fernandes
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67'67'
Angelos Liasos
Daan Rienstra
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73'73'
Steven Zuber
Orbelín Pineda
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77'77'
Giorgos Pamlidis
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79'79'
Panagiotis Tzimas
Giorgos Pamlidis
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89'89'
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
Ahmad Mendes Moreira
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90'90'
Panagiotis Tsintotas
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90'90'
Nordin Amrabat
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90'90'
Rodrigo Erramuspe
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, PAS Giannina will play away with Levadiakos on the 7th of January with a 8-6 head to head in favor of PAS Giannina (7 draws).
AEK Athens will host Panathinaikos on the 8th of January with a 19-14 head to head in favor of Panathinaikos (16 draws).
PAS Giannina: Formation and Lineups
PAS Giannina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Thanasis Staikos chose to play with the following team: Panagiotis Tsintotas , Carles Soria , Epameinondas Pantelakis , Rodrigo Erramuspe , Stavros Pilios , Daan Rienstra , Zisis Karachalios , Federico Gino , Giorgos Pamlidis , Claudiu Balan and Ahmad Mendes Moreira .
Substitutes
PAS Giannina made 3 changes: Daan Rienstra for Angelos Liasos (67′), Giorgos Pamlidis for Panagiotis Tzimas (79′) and Ahmad Mendes Moreira for Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (89′).
Top player: Claudiu Balan
Probably the most impressive player in PAS Giannina was Claudiu Balan.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (52% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12.
AEK Athens: Formation and Lineups
AEK Athens started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
On the opposite side, Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Giorgos Athanasiadis , Djibril Sidibé , Domagoj Vida , Harold Moukoudi , Ehsan Haji Safi , Jens Jønsson , Paolo Fernandes , Orbelín Pineda , Nordin Amrabat , Levi García and Sergio Araujo .
Substitutes
AEK Athens made 2 changes: Paolo Fernandes for Tom Van Weert (65′) and Orbelín Pineda for Steven Zuber (73′).
Top player: Djibril Sidibé
The player who no doubt impressed AEK Athens the most was Djibril Sidibé.
His rating is with 70 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League
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