Marseille vs AEK Athens 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

Marseille

27': Vitinha
60': Amine Harit (P)
69': Jordan Veretout (P)

FT
3 - 1

AEK Athens

53': Orbelín Pineda
57': Cican Stankovic

Marseille ease past 10-man AEK Athens 3-1 in Europa League

Olympique de Marseille secured a 3-1 home victory against AEK Athens in an entertaining Europa League Group B match on Thursday that featured a red card for the visiting goalkeeper and two goals from the penalty spot.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
11': Djibril Sidibé (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
26': Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27': Goal! Marseille 1, AEK Athens 0. Vítinha (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss.
32': Jonathan Clauss (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Substitution, AEK Athens. Milad Mohammadi replaces Ehsan Hajisafi because of an injury.
45'+4': Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card.
45': Substitution, AEK Athens. Ezequiel Ponce replaces Djibril Sidibé because of an injury.
53': Goal! Marseille 1, AEK Athens 1. Orbelín Pineda (AEK Athens) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
57': Cican Stankovic (AEK Athens) is shown the red card.
59': Substitution, AEK Athens. Giorgos Athanasiadis replaces Petros Mantalos.
60': Goal! Marseille 2, AEK Athens 1. Amine Harit (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
68': Nordin Amrabat (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Goal! Marseille 3, AEK Athens 1. Jordan Veretout (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
75': Substitution, Marseille. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Amine Harit.
75': Substitution, Marseille. Ismaïla Sarr replaces Vítinha.
75': Substitution, AEK Athens. Konstantinos Galanopoulos replaces Damian Szymanski.
75': Substitution, AEK Athens. Niclas Eliasson replaces Nordin Amrabat.
83': Jens Jønsson (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card.
88': Substitution, Marseille. Amir Murillo replaces Jordan Veretout.
89': Substitution, Marseille. Bilal Nadir replaces Jonathan Clauss.
89': Substitution, Marseille. Bamo Meïté replaces Leonardo Balerdi.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 65,092

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

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Statistics

AEK		OLM
16	Fouls	14
4	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
6	Offsides	3
0	Corner Kicks	3
5	Saves	1
39.3	Possession	60.7
7	SHOTS	13
2	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	2
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
264	Accurate Passes	430
325	Passes	498
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	3
6	Crosses	17
0.5	Cross %	0.2
36	Long Balls	61
24	Accurate Long Balls	36
0.7	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	0
4	Effective Tackles	6
7	Tackles	8
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
13	Interceptions	12
18	Effective Clearances	10
18	Clearances	10

Line-Ups

Marseille (4-3-3)

No.	Name
36	Rubén Blanco (GK)
5	Leonardo Balerdi
99	Chancel Mbemba
12	Renan Lodi
7	Jonathan Clauss
21	Valentin Rongier
27	Jordan Veretout
19	Geoffrey Kondogbia
9	Vitinha
29	Iliman Ndiaye
11	Amine Harit

Substitutes:

Emran Soglo, Bamo Meïté, Bilal Nadir, Ismaïla Sarr, Michael Murillo, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Simon Ngapandouentnbu, Azzedine Ounahi, Samuel Gigot.

AEK Athens (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Cican Stankovic (GK)
2	Harold Moukoudi
21	Domagoj Vida
28	Ehsan Hajsafi
29	Djibril Sidibé
20	Petros Mantalos
6	Jens Jonsson
4	Damian Szymanski
10	Steven Zuber
13	Orbelín Pineda
5	Nordin Amrabat

Substitutes:

Georgios Athanasiadis, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Milad Mohammadi, Lazaros Rota, Niclas Eliasson, Ezequiel Ponce, Georgios Theocharis.