PAOK-Panathinaikos: Proof derby in Toumba

Match without tomorrow is the Toumba derby between PAOK and Panathinaikos for the 22nd game (19:30, Novasports Prime, News Bulletin 247 and sport-fm.gr). The hosts want the victory, to continue the pursuit of the champion Olympiakos with as much hope as possible, and the guests to press harder in the six playoffs.

THE Razvan Lucescu, who is optimistic about his team’s eighth victory in the last nine matches, has no problems other than the well-known absences of El Kaddouri and Oliveira, as Biseswar is ready. Cindley seems to have the lead for left-back position instead of Vierinias, while Sastre is expected to be key at the opposite end of the defense. Lyratzis, Varela, Mihai, Esiti and Zampa were left out of the mission.

In detail, the Mission It consists of: Paschalakis, Zivkovic, Taylor, Sastre, Ingason, Crespo, Michailidis, Vierinia, Siddklay, Tsingaras, Kurtic, Swab, Douglas, Soares, Biseswar, Murgov, Mitk, Mitz.

On the contrary, o Panathinaikos after the defeats by Astera and OFI has no room for other losses and wants to take advantage of yesterday’s defeat of Aris to feel safer in the top six. THE Ivan Jovanovic he has a headache for the midfield, as he does not count on the punished Vigiafanies and the injured Mauricio, while Kotsiras and Makenda are also out of the battle. Everything shows that despite the absences in the center, 4-3-3 will not change with Ruben and Alexandropoulos being flanked by one of Ludqvist and Gacinovic. The former has not offered what was expected, while the latter, who was acquired in the transfer final, looks in good condition. The mission included, for psychological reasons, Mr. Kourbelis who is expected to take part in Wednesday’s Cup rematch with Anagennisi Karditsa.

In detail the Mission: Dioudis, Brinioli, Christogeorgos, Juankar, Veleth, Senkefeld, Alexandropoulos, Ioannidis, Ayub, Carlitos, Hatzigiovanis, Hatzitheodoridis, Sanchez, Ludkvist, Ruben, Kourbouli, Kourblas, A

In the first round, PAOK had prevailed 3-1 on the Avenue. In Toumba, Panathinaikos got three draws in its last four visits, but has to win since May 2017 for the playoffs. In total, with PAOK at home, “Dikefalos” has 35 victories against 20 of the “greens”, while 16 matches ended in a draw.

Possible compositions:

PAOK (Lutsescu): Paschalakis, Siddklay, Sastre, Crespo, Ingason, Tsigaras, Kurtic, Augusto, Biseswar, A. Zifkovic, Akpom.

Panathinaikos (Jovanovic): Brinoli, Senkefeld, Veleth, Sanchez, Juankar, Pereth, Alexandropoulos, Gatsinovic (Ludkvist), Aitor, Palacios, Carlitos.

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Assistants: Gundermanis, Spasnikovs (Latvia)

Fourth: Jealous

VAR: Ivan Bebek (Croatia), Triantafyllou