Aténas beat league leaders Oriëntal 1-0 in the Segunda División on Sunday evening, the visitors taking all three points from a match where they made far less of their possession. The goal came in the 72nd minute and proved enough to see off a hosts side that dominated territory but could not find the net.
Aténas took the lead from their second shot on target, the ball finding the back of the net in the 72nd minute. Oriëntal had wasted a great deal of energy before that, registering 128 attacks and 53 per cent possession without a single attempt on goal. The hosts sat on 0.53 possession and still could not break through.
The statistics tell the story of a match decided by efficiency rather than dominance. Aténas managed just two shots on target — one of which went in — while Oriëntal registered zero. The hosts won more throw-ins, 28 to 21, and earned three yellow cards compared to the visitors' two, but none of that mattered once the ball hit the net.
The result leaves Oriëntal top of the table with 13 points from six games, though they have now dropped points in two of their last three. Aténas remain 12th with just four points, but they have picked one up last week and are on a better run than the results suggest.