AEK-Aris: They are bringing down the curtain at the OPAP Arena

In OPAP Arena the curtain falls on Monday night (4/12, 21:00) the first round of the Stoiximan Super League and indeed with the most important game of the 13th matchday. AEK vs Aris, with both teams wanting to continue the positive results they have achieved in the championship.

The match will be televised from Cosmote Sport 1HDradioed by News Bulletin 247while there will be live updates from sport-fm.gr.

The “Union”, therefore, is aiming for the “three points” that will bring it back to -1 from the pioneer Panathinaikos, which on Sunday (3/12) defeated (4-0) OFI, but which will also allow them to take advantage of Olympiacos’ draw (2-2) in Volos by going to +2 from the Piraeus. Having, of course, the boost of, once again, her packed field. Last Thursday (30/11) the “black and yellow” performed their best performance this year in Europe, however – and despite the real siege for long periods of time on the opponents’ frame – they made up for their mistakes and lost 1-0 welcoming the Brighton. A result that knocked them out for the first two places of the 2nd group of the Europa League, with the “two-headed” but maintaining the “upper hand” for the 3rd which gives a ticket for the next phase of the Europa Conference League (it is enough for him and the draw in the super “final” with Ajax in Amsterdam on December 14). In the league, Matias Almeida’s team comes from the “double” (0-1) at Yannenawhere her ineffectiveness (she was stormy in the first part) kept the game “alive”, but without paying for it.

On the other hand, Aris achieved the most important result of the previous competition, winning 2-0 of Panathinaikou in “Kl. Vikelides”. In a game where Akis Manziou’s team, after withstanding the pressure and the opportunities of the “greens” in the first part of the match, played intelligently and focused, scored twice and took the victory, giving joy to his world. A great result that the Thessalonians needed both for scoring and psychological reasons (to get a boost for the sequel). After all, it was the fourth “three points” in the last five games for the “yellows”, who are in the 5th place with 20 points.

In the competitive part, AEK did not announce an assignment. Question marks are Van Weert and Galanopoulos, with the Dutch forward feeling discomfort in the last training of the “Union” and the Greek midfielder staying out with Brighton due to a virus. Data are not calculated for tonight Garcia and Johnsonwho have not yet returned to the regular schedule, o Stankovic who was injured in the match with the “seagulls” and definitely misses the matches even against Ajax, just like the suspended Callens (he had gotten a problem in Ioannina, where he also filled out cards, hence he was declared for tonight’s game).

In the “camp” of the guests, the Thessalonians will not have him available Verstrate, who has also filled out cards. It is recalled that the Belgian midfielder had declared for the match in question given that it would follow within a few days and second meeting between the two teams on the same field, this time for the Cup. Of course, in the end, the match in question was postponed to January 10, without of course being able to change when his punishment will be announced. From then on, there was no comeback for the “yellows”, with Akis Manzios not even counting on the Ferrari, Matarita, Rs, Veleth, Pavicic, Curly and Manu Garcia.

Possible compositions:

AEK (Matias Almeida): Athanasiadis – Rota, Vida, Mukudi, Hadjisafi – Eliasson, Simanski, Pineda, Gacinovic – Ponce, Araujo.

Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta – Odubazzo, Fabiano, Brambetz, Montoya – Jules, Darida – Suleimanov, Pardo, Panagidis – Moron.

Referee: Mohamed Al Hakim (Sweden)

First Assistant: Mehmet Colum (Sweden)

Second Assistant: Robin Wilde (Sweden)

4th referee: Alexandros Tsakalides

VAR: Paulus van Bekel (Netherlands)

In 63 meetings between the two teams with AEK as host:

44 AEK wins

14 ties

5 victories of Mars

Goal: 133-44