Ionikos-OFI: For the return to victories both, with the Nicaeans having one more reason

On Sunday noon (26/2, 16:00) Ionikos and OFI face off at the Neapolis stadium, as part of the 24th round of the Stoiximan Super League.

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

Both teams will be looking to get back to winning ways. Of course, those who have one more reason to seek the “three points” are the Nicaeans, and this is because they are still in a… playoff position.

The “blue and white” lost last season 1-0 at his headquarters Panaitoliko, in their first defeat with Michalis Grigoriou on their bench (two wins and one draw in their first three matches with the Greek coach). After the results of their… pursuers, they remain in 12th place (15b.), at +2 from Lamia and Levadeiakos, with the former having one match more and the Viotia team hosting Panaitolikos at the same time.

On the other hand, the Cretans were defeated 3-0 welcoming Aris, a result that followed the imposing victory (1-4) over Lamia. Of course, being 10th with 23 points, they neither hope for the Playoffs nor are they so afraid – at least for the moment – that they will get involved in relegation scenarios. Hence the greatest motivation, as far as this can be said, belongs to the Ionian.

In the competitive part, the hosts count returns as well as absences. Specifically, Michalis Grigoriou does not count on the injured again Souza and Guleriwhile he was also left out Chipsach. Instead, they served their sentences and returned to the mission of the Nicaeans Romeo and Canias.

A last-minute contingency arose in the guest camp. Specifically, with Thorarinson, who stayed out of the mission for family reasons, as a result of which he cannot support the effort of the Cretans. At the same time as beyond the punished Midsummer and Larsonthe injured were also left out Felipe and Neiraas well as Theodosoulakis.

Possible compositions:



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

OFI (Valdas Dabrauskas): Mandas – Vouros, Diamantis, Giannoulis – Marinakis, Perea, Diuse, Bakits, Balogiannis – Toral, Diko.

In the game of the first round, Ionikos had left with the “three points” (0-2) from Crete thanks to two goals by Mantzis. In fact, this was his first win of the season. Then, during the break for the World Cup, they suffered a shocking defeat (7-0) in a friendly match against OFI, with Dimitris Spanos announcing his resignation on camera, which was not accepted.

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Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

First Assistant: Tryfonas Petropoulos

Second assistant: Angelos Kolliakos

4th referee: Konstantinos Resident

VAR: John Papadopoulos