PAS Ioannina-AEK: “Union” is on… a dangerous mission for points and psychology ahead of Brighton

One of the most interesting and important matches of the 12th matchday takes place on Sunday afternoon (26/11, 17:00) in Ioannina, where the local PAS welcomes AEK in Zosimades.

A dangerous mission for the “yellow and black” (4th, 24th), who won 3-0 before the break, welcoming the Ghoul. They want to continue on a winning streak, initially for rating reasons, expecting a points loss of the leader Panathinaikos (28 points, hosted by Aris at 20:30) but also to catch Olympiakos again and overtake PAOK (27 points and 26 points, respectively, but both with a match in hand) ). In addition, Matias Almeida’s team wants to go with the best possible mentality to the crucial match on Thursday (30/11) with Brighton at the OPAP Arena. Something that this year he has managed only once (to win a European match), against Asteras in Tripoli. Moreover, they will be looking to do so at a venue where they were beaten 2-1 last season. It should be noted that the mission of the “yellow and black” – despite the bad weather – received a warm welcome in Ioannina, but the friends of the “two-headed” were not allowed to be at the stadium in the afternoon.

On the other hand, PAS Ioannina (12th, 7b.) is still looking for the “three points” that will remove him from the danger zone. The truth is that before the interruption he did one of his best performances this yearagainst OFI in Crete. Despite this, it was limited to one point (1-1), which it even “stung” in the finale (86′). In any case, the Gianniotes will try to get the positive result against AEK, making use of the strength of their headquarters.

The game will be televised by Novasports Primeradioed by News Bulletin 247while there will be live updates from sport-fm.gr.

In the competitive part, AEK had two last-minute problems, which came to be added to those of the injured Garcia and Johnson. Specifically, the mission of the “Union” did not include Araujo and Mukudi. The first due to inconvenience, while the second because Cameroon did not release him from the calls of the national team (the “yellow and black” pressed until the last moment, but his Federation did not send the relevant document).

In the camp of the home team, participation in his mission is important Eramuspe, who overcame his neck problem. Inside and Leo, as opposed to the punished Soria and Come onthe injured Gino and Eford, Kirko, Bilbao and Begala.

Possible compositions:

PAS Ioannina (Thanasis Staikos): Kleiman – Panagou, Pantelakis, Eramouspe, Tsoushis – Karahalios, Rienstra, Kiakos – Pamlidis, Balan, Tzimas.

AEK (Matias Almeida): Stankovic – Rota, Vida, Cullens, Hadjisafi – Eliasson, Szymanski, Pineda, Gacinovic – Ponce, Zuber.

Referee: Aristotle Diamantopoulos

First Assistant: Konstantinos Psarris

Second Assistant: Konstantinos Triantafillou

4th referee: Dimitrios Maloutas

VAR: Evangelos Manouhos

In 26 meetings between the two teams with PAS as host:

8 PAS Ioannina wins

10 ties

8 AEK wins

Goal: 29-30