Panaitolikos-Ionian: For the reaction of the Agriniotes, to continue on the same route as the Nikaiotes

In Agrinio, Panaitolikos and Ionian cross swords on Sunday afternoon (19/2, 19:30), as part of the 23rd match of the Stoiximan Super League. Important game for both teams, for fundamentally different reasons.

On the one hand, the hosts are in 9th place (24b.), to -7 from the top six and to +9 from the 12th position held by Ionikos and which leads to the playoffs. So, he doesn’t have… immediate grade stress. However, it has a big “must”. Hers reactionafter the heavy defeat (6-1) by Olympic the previous matchday.

On the other hand, the Nicaeans have more… scoring reasons to look for the positive result. The situation has changed drastically since his arrival Michalis Grigoriou on their bench, with the two victories over Lamia and Ari followed by a draw (0-0) by PAS Ioannina, a match where he was playing from the 66th minute with one player less due to the dismissal (second yellow) of Romao. The “blue and white” have taken a deep breath, now being in +2 from Levadeiakos and to +3 from Lamia. The goal is to continue in the same rota and put one more below them in the standings.

In the competitive part, the Agriniotes were left out Dago, Resurrectionist, Stergiakis, Voilis and Bakakiswhile on the contrary returns o Sengelia. Many problems for Ionikos, with Michalis Grigoriou not counting among the punished Romeo and Caniasas well as the injured Souza and Guleriwhile he returns Valerian who served his sentence, as did the Chirigotis and Chipsach who were cured.

In the first round match, the two teams had drawn 1-1by Manji to open the scoring for Ionikos in the 6th minute and Kareli to equalize at 30′ with a penalty kick.

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The game will be televised by Cosmote Sport 1 HDradioed by News Bulletin 247while there will be live updates from sport-fm.gr.

Possible compositions:

Panaitolikos (Yiannis Anastasiou): Kontogiannis – Liavas, Larson, Houhoumis, Hatzitheodoridis – Dias, Mladen, Kolovos – Duarte, Karelis, Morsey.

Ionic (Mihalis Grigoriou): Houtesiotis – Mygas, Tsigrinski, Buena, Valerianos – Antounes, Sakics, Fatiga – Lovera, Manzis, Seba.

Referee: Photios Polychronis

First Assistant: Petros of Patras

Second Assistant: Alexandros Baliakas

4th referee: Vasilios Fitsas

VAR: Stefanos Koumbarakis