Asteras Tripoli-Panathinaikos: Continuation of the Arcadian tradition or an end to the “green” curse?

A very interesting match is expected to take place tonight at “Theodoros Kolokotronis” between Astera Tripoli and Panathinaikos (20:30, Novasports, News Bulletin 247 sport-fm.gr) in the context of 6th round of the Stoiximan Super League.

The two teams face each other again, after the February 2023where the Arkades had won 1-0 with Bartolo’s goal at 80′ then dropping the “greens” from the top. The Tripoli side have been unbeaten at home against the “Clover” since the 2016/17 season and will be keen to maintain that tradition in a tough match.

Milan Rastavac’s team comes off a great victory in Volos which brought them to 7th place of the standings with seven points. Already the Arcades have reached the two winning results in the championship, while they have the same number of defeats and one draw.

In the competitive part, the Serbian technician he does not count on Djukanovic, Viko and Alagbewho are dealing with injury problems.

Asteras Tripoli’s mission in detail: Papadopoulos, Sgouris, Grammatikakis, Garthia, Houhoumis, Carmona, Picsou, Kastanio, Alvares, Grozdanich, Christopoulos, Bartolo, Monafo, Sourlis, Diara, Zouglis, Sito, Miritelos, Crespi, Mantzis, Kaltsas.

On the other side, Panathinaikos wants to break a curse that haunts it in the Arcadian capital and overcome with an important “three points” the defeat by AEK in Leoforos. The “greens” have a… marathon of games ahead of them, as a result o Ivan Jovanovich to prepare an extensive rotation for tonight’s game, since the derby with PAOK in Leoforos and the match of the 2nd matchday of his groups also follows Europa League with the Maccabi in Haifa.

The Serbian technician will not have him at his disposal again Aitor who followed an individual program, the unprepared Vagiannidis but also the Magnuson who suffered a torn cruciate ligament in Monday’s derby and will be out for the next six months. On the contrary, Benjamin Verbich has fully recovered from his injury and will travel with the rest of the delegation to Tripoli.

Panathinaikos mission in detail: Brignoli, Lodingin, Xenopoulos, Huancar, Ruben, Senkefeld, Zeka, Ioannidis, Kleinheisler, Sporar, Bernard, Palmer-Brown, Cerin, Mancini, Jedvai, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Geremegev, Djuricic, Palacios, Vilena, Arao, Verbic .

The possible lineups of the match:

Asteras Tripoli (Milan Rastavac): Papadopoulos – Garthia, Kastanio, Picsu, Alvares – Grozdanic, Munafo – Crespi, Bartolo, Sito – Miritelo.

Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Brignoli- Kotsiras, Palmer Brown, Jedvai, Mladenovic- Arao, Cerin, Bernard- Verbic, Palacios, Sporar.

Referee: Evangelou

Assistants: Meidanas, Karagizopoulos

4th referee: Gamaris

VAR: Koumbarakis, Samoilis