OFI-Asteras Tripoli: The Cretans for the series, the Arkades for the new beginning

After the break for the Easter holidays, the action in Stoiximan Super League returns on all fronts, both in the playoffs and the playouts.

Regarding the latter, OFI welcomes him to “Jedi Koule”. Astera Tripoli for the 4th matchday (22/4, 19:15), with the two teams being in… a different phase in terms of their goals and course. In fact, they have completely shared the recent prehistory, since the home team won the two matches of the regular season.

The Cretans, initially, are in second place in the mini-league (and eighth overall) with 33 points, having generally “cleaned up” in terms of staying, as they are a full 10 points away from the dangerous positions. OFI entered the playouts strongly and has not been defeated in the first three games, counting one draw with Leviathan (1-1) and two wins with PAS Ioannina (0-1) and Ghoul (4-1).

The only remaining motivation for the Heraklion team is to… continue the positive performances and secure the best possible placement. However, not everything is rosy ahead of this match for him OFI. Specifically, his team Valdas Dabrauskas they are the third worst in the entire league in the home collection, having collected just 15 points in 15 games.

Regarding the mission, the Lithuanian coach will normally have at his disposal Juan Neirawhile the BalogiannisTsilianidis, but also Tzou, Yohou, Grivas, Sifakis, Apostolakis and Theodosoulakis.

The mission: Mandas, Christogeorgos, Larson, Marinakis, Torarinson, Vouros, Pasalidis, Giannoulis, Diamantis, Duce, Perea, Meyado, Toral, Bakits, Neira, Bifuma, Mosquera, Groning, Diko, Felipe.

The situation in Astera, on the other hand, is completely different. Even though Arcades looked pretty… safe when the playouts started, poor results in the last two games have changed that. The Tripoli team is now on 28 points and is only 5 away from the relegation places, while at the same time it is not convincing with its performance and comes from two defeats with Ionic (1-0) and Leviathan (0-1).

All this bad competitive image, in fact, brought his removal Akis Manziou from the technical leadership, which means that Asteras will compete against OFI with a new face on its bench, Yannis Douvikas. The team’s academy director is the one who will take on the difficult task of improving the poor image of the Arcades, making his debut in the game of “Jedi Koule”.

THE Star he is therefore looking for a good result in Heraklion to find a mental and points balance, although recent tradition is not on his side. In particular, the Tripoli team is the worst among the 8 teams in terms of playouts in away games, as they still do not have a win away from “Theodoros Kolokotronis” this year, with a sad harvest of 5 points.

Regarding the mission, Yiannis Douvikas saw him Eneko Kapiya to return after the injuries that limited him to just 1 participation this year.

The mission: Papadopoulos, Grammatikakis, Tsiftsis, Garthia, Carmona, Tasoulis, Picsou, Kastanio, Alvares, Djukanovic, Tilika, Munafo, Kapiya, Santafe, Iglesias, Bertoglio, Sito, Alagbe, Bartolo, Barales, Crespi, Zouglis, Kosteas

Possible lineups:

OFI: Mandas – Larson, Vouros, Diamantis, Pasalidis, Torarinson – Meyado, Duce, Bakic – Diko, Luis Felipe

Asteras Tripoli: Papadopoulos – Carmona, Picsou, Castanio, Alvares – Munafo, Alagbe – Sito, Crespi, Bartolo – Barales

Referee: Polychronis

Assistants: Minoudis, Fragios

4th: Angelakis

VAR: Gamaris

AVAR: Samoilis