Interesting matchup with plenty of interest on the Avenue! THE Panathinaikos welcomes him OFI in the context of its 13th competition Stoiximan Super League (19:30, Cosmote Sport1, broadcast by News Bulletin 247 and live update by sport-fm.gr), in a match that both teams want, for different reasons, to return to positive results and leave behind their bad appearances.
In the standings, Panathinaikos, despite its defeat by Aris, remained at the top with 28 points and wants the “three points” to continue leading the race, as well as to increase the gap with its competitors (AEK, Olympiacos, PAOK ) as long as they lose points in their own games. On the other side, the visitors are in 8th place with 15 points and need a point or points to get closer or even to be in the top six.
His team Ivan Jovanovich who is also the favorite of the match, wants to leave behind the two defeats in Greece and Europe with Aris and Villarreal and make a new start. Initially, last Sunday in Thessaloniki (26/11), the “clover” had a very good performance in the first half, creating many chances, however, it was ineffective in the final effort, while paying for individual mistakes, mainly that of Brignoli, which enabled the May he open the score.
In Europe, Panathinaikos may have experienced a 3-2 defeat by Villarreal and were left out of the Europa League, however, they had things to keep from the match in Spain, mainly the reaction they got after the 3-0. The “greens” improved their performance, scored two goals and could find a third, while the good performance of the Aitor and Vilena gave birth to smiles in anticipation of the sequel.
The “clover” with OFI wants to find it quick goal and then to simplify the data for the “three points”, while in yet another match Jovanovic has to manage injury problems. Specifically, Mr Tin Gedwai felt discomfort in the lower back and was left out of the mission, which results in having him Bart Schenkfeld as the only “pure” stopper available for the match. Among others, Palmer-Brown and Magnusson continued their treatment, while there have been no further absences since the 22nd.
The mission in detail: Brignoli, Lodingin, Xenopoulos, Vaiannidis, Huancar, Ruben, Senkefeld, Zeka, Ioannidis, Sporar, Bernard, Cerin, Mancini, Aitor, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Geremegev, Juricic, Palacios, Vilena, Arao, Verbic.
On the other hand, Mr OFI he is going through a strange period, in which he may not be moving away from a top-six trajectory, but his performances are not comparable to those he did at the start of the championship. They count two consecutive home draws with 1-1 against PAS Ioannina and Volos, while they are without a win in five games (three draws, two defeats), namely since October 2nd with a 2-0 against AEK.
His players Valdas Dabrauskas completed their preparation with training at the Vardinoyanni sports center and part of it was followed by Bakits and Theodosoulakis, who were left out of the mission. Instead, Toral and Vouros returned, while Mosquera was left out due to a disciplinary offence.
The Cretan delegation that traveled to Athens: Bauman, Christogeorgos, Larson, Marinakis, Abada, Torarison, Giannoulis, Pasalidis, Lampropoulos, Karo, Vouros, Gayehos, Glazer, Meyado, Toral, Neira, Riera, Apostolakis, Felipe, Diko.
Possible compositions:
Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Lodingin – Kotsiras, Arao, Senkefeld, Huancar – Ruben, Vilena – Palasios, Djuricits, Aitor – Ioannidis.
OFI (Valdas Dabrauskas): Bauman – Marinakis, Vouros, Pasalidis, Thorarirson, Abada – Meyado, Glazer, Gayegos – Felipe, Diko.
Referee: Jealousy
Assistants: Karagizopoulos, Staikos
4th: Tsiaras
VAR: Papadopoulos, Maidanas
Source: Sport Fm
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