Panathinaikos-Olympiakos: The most pivotal derby of the ages in recent years!

The most pivotal derby of the ages in recent years is being held at the packed Leoforos for the 4th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League playoffs (21:00, Cosmote Sport 1, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr). Where the pioneer Panathinaikos welcomes the third and at a distance of three points Olympiakos, with both teams burning for the victory that will give them a significant boost in the battle for the title.

THE Panathinaikos comes from the 1-0 away win over him Mars in “Kleanthis Vikelidis”, remaining with this three points at the top of the standings where, of course, he has AEK as his roommate. The “greens” have 10-3-1 home record with 19-6 goals, while they show character and are a team with personality and excellent tactics on the field, leading the matches where they want. With a possible win, they will stay at the top and become the boss for the title, while with a draw or a loss, data will fall from it.

The “clover” recently announced another sold out, while PAE called on the public not to respond to challenges and help the team reach another victory. THE Ivan Jovanovich he has no injury problems while he saw Brignoli and Kotsira return. The mission in detail: Brignoli, Lodingin, Xenopoulos, Vaiannidis, Huancar, Ruben, Senkefeld, Pouhats, Ioannidis, Kleinheisler, Sporar, Bernard, Sanchez, Cerin, Mancini, Tsokai, Kourbelis, Magnuson, Kotsiras, Sarlia, Palacios, Poungouras, Verbich.

THE Olympic for his part, he made perhaps his most complete performance this year, winning 3-1 with a reversal PAOK to fall back to -3 off the top of the standings. Away record is 8-5-1 with 25-8 goals, counting three consecutive victories. He is looking for the three points in Leoforos to catch Panathinaikos in the standings, while he will know in advance his distance from AEK, which hosts PAOK. He has huge quality in the middle and up front, plenty of options and it remains to be seen how he will line up in Jose Anigo’s second game on the bench.

There are no particular problems for Piraeus, with Anigo counting on Papastathopoulos, while Gary, Samasekou, Retsos and Boutoutsi were left out. After some time, Androutsos is also among the elite. The mission in detail: Androutsos, Ba, Bakabou, Cisse, El Arabi, Fortounis, Huang, James Rodríguez, Kasami, Christianson, Embila, Masouras, Doi, Reabciuk, Paschalakis, Biel, Ramon, Rodiney, Papastathopoulos, Tzolakis, Valbouena, Vrousai.

Possible lineups:

Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Brignoli – Kotsiras, Senkefelend, Sarlia, Huancar – Ruben, Kourbelis, Tserin – Palasios, Sporar, Mancini.

Olympiacos (Jose Anigo): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Cisse, Ba, Reabchuk – Embila, Huang – Fortounis, Biel, Masouras – Bakabou.

The referee is Del Thero Grande (Elite category), with the Spaniard being appointed in an … adventurous way. Because initially Ivan Jovic was appointed from Croatia (1st division), which had brought the strong reaction of the two teams with him eventually declaring himself a hindrance due to injury and there being a change of referee!

Referee: Carlos Del Thero Grande

Assistants: Ayuso Porras Guadalupe, Garcia Gonzalez Gondhalo

Fourth: John Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

VAR: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez, Konstantinos Psarris (Zante)