Asteras Tripolis vs Atromitos 2-1

Asteras Tripolis beat Atromitos 2-1 at Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium, with the home side's fast start deciding it. They led 2-0 inside 22 minutes and, after Atromitos pulled one back straight away, they held on through a second half that brought no further goals.

Kalvin Ketu opened the scoring in the 4th minute from Eder González's assist, and Julián Bartolo made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute from Alejandro Mendez Garcia's pass. Atromitos replied in the 23rd minute through Dani García, set up by Theocharis Tsingaras, to leave the half-time score at 2-1.

Asteras Tripolis then managed the rest of the match with changes rather than more goals. Dimitrios Kourbelis went off for Julián Chicco in the 31st minute, and Atromitos made two changes at half-time, sending on Sotiris Tsiloulis and Kelvin Ofori. VAR ruled out a penalty for Asteras Tripolis in the 45+4th minute, and the visitors kept the contest alive without finding another shot on target. Asteras Tripolis made three changes on 90+1 minutes, including both goalscorers Julián Bartolo and Eder González going off in the closing stages.

The numbers pointed in different directions. Atromitos had 65% possession and 535 passes to Asteras Tripolis' 288, while the hosts had more shots, 12 to 8, and far more on target, 10 to 1. Asteras Tripolis also led xG 1.21 to 0.51, while Atromitos won 6 corners to 1. Offsides were 3 apiece, and Atromitos' goalkeeper made 7 saves, with Asteras Tripolis making none.

Discipline stayed fairly light. Asteras Tripolis had one booking, with Julián Chicco cautioned in the 55th minute. Atromitos had two yellow cards, for Dani García on 57 minutes and Kelvin Ofori on 69 minutes. There were no red cards.