Olympiacos-PAOK: The red and white series and the black and white reaction

The big game of the 10th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League is held at “G. Karaiskakis”, where Olympiacos welcomes PAOK (19.30, Cosmote Sport, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr). A match with great interest and scoring motivation, since the “red and white” want to stay at -1 from the leader Panathinaikos and the “black and white” want to stay in touch with the top.

THE Olympic, well, he has started to build a streak. After the great victory over West Ham with 2-1 at the Faleri stadium, followed the “double” in Crete against OFI (0-2), in a venue where PAOK, AEK and Aris lost. The “red and whites” even saw the EPO announce that today’s derby will be played in the presence of people and at the same time everyone should wait for the decision of the Appeals Committee for the derby with Panathinaikos. At the moment, however, the hosts are at 21 points.

The match finds the Piraeus in excellent momentum, who will have over 30 thousand of their friends in the stands to look for the three points that will bring them to -1 from the pioneer Panathinaikos. In pure racing, the Rodinei-Fortounis they return to his footage Diego Martinez and are calculated for the match, while everything indicates that Ortega will be out of the mission since in each match there will be a difference in the non-EU footballer who will not be counted. El Kaabi has the lead over Jovetic for the top spot, while it remains to be seen whether the Spanish coach will choose Alexandropoulos or Masoura in the starting line-up. The squad for the game was not announced, something the Olympiakos coach usually does before several matches.

THE PAOK for his part, it comes from his worst performance this year, where he was defeated handily (2-0) by AEK in New Philadelphia. The image of the “double-header of the north” was disheartening, with the only meaningful phase coming in the delays and Razvan Lucescu to worry about the appearance of his players but also his many mistakes. At 17 points, Thessaloniki, if they are defeated in the Faleri stadium, will remain at -8 from the top and will start to lose their contact with it.

The Romanian technician, now, has to face a serious problem. In the last training, Ali Samata did not participate as he remained bedridden due to otitis with fever he is dealing with. Of course, Vieirania, Felipe Soares and Marcos Antonio are also not considered for the match, while there are also several dilemmas for the eleven. Koulierakis will return but it remains to be seen if Ekong will be his partner, in the midfielders there is a dilemma for the two who will be selected, while Despodov and Murg are also vying for a starting position.

The mission in detail: Kotarski , Zivkovic , Talikhmanidis , Sastre , Kenziora , Ekong , Koulierakis , Michaelidis , Baba , Rafa Soares , Tsingaras , Schwab , Ozdoev , Meite , Murg , Konstantelias , Tyson , A.Zivkovic , Despodo f , Brandon , Jimas .

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

Olympiacos (Diego Martinez): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Retsos, Porosso, Kini – Ese, Kamara, Fortounis, Pontense – Masouras, El Kaabi.

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Sastre, Ekong, Koulierakis, Baba – Tsingaras, Ozdoefi – Zivkovic, Constantelias, Tyson – Thomas.

Referee: Slager (Germany)

Assistants: Wasitsky (Germany), Bloss (Germany)

Fourth: Gamaris

VAR: Miller (Germany), Petropoulos