Panseraikos-Olympiakos: For the return to victories with a different motivation

All eyes are on Serres! THE Panseraikos welcomes him Olympic (16:00, Novasports, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr) for the 14th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League and both teams are looking, for different reasons, to return to winning ways.

The home side, as it comes from four consecutive matches in the league without a three-pointer, and the home side to leave behind the mess in Volos and get closer to the top of the standings.

THE Panseraikos, so he had time to work during this time, focusing on his most recent game, the one against Asteras in Tripoli for the Cup where he won 2-0 and took a clear lead in qualifying for the quarter-finals. Things, however, in the league, are not going so well for Serrai recently. Yes, they have started well and are, at least for now, safe distance from the danger zone as they are on +5, but they will have to start picking up points again. Of course, they are one of the good teams and it seems difficult for them to be in danger, but everything will be seen on the field.

THE Pablo Garcia he doesn’t count the suspended Alexics and the injured Gouleri, Maskanakis, Tsagkalidis for the game, while Stina, Tsilingiris, Kolombinos, Hayek, Karasalidis, Papavasileiou, Tsombanidis, Anakoglou are also out, who usually stay out of the mission. Instead, Avlonitis and Dunkerlouis returned.

The mission in detail: Hovan, Katsikas, Gotzamanidis, Bergström, Avlonitis, Petavrakis, Peleas, Deligiannidis, Dunkerlouis, Thymianis, Staikos, Ouedraogo, Moreira, Economou, Thomas, Sofianos, Mourgos, Hadjistravos, Bairovich, Masaripov.

O Olympic for his part, it comes from the 5-2 victory over Bacska Topola, a match in which he secured 3rd place and qualification for the knockouts of the Europa Conference League. The “red and whites” in Carlos Carvalhal’s debut on the bench showed a good face in the creative part, they had a plurality in the attack, but again showed defensive issues, conceding two goals.

“We saw… brushstrokes. We want a competitive and progressive team. There are things that work well but also things that we need to fix”among other things, the Portuguese coach said to the Cosmote TV camera and then about the match with Panserraikos he emphasized: “There is no excuse. We had time to prepare. With all due respect to Panserraikos, our goal is to win.”

The Piraeus are invited to leave behind what has happened so far, as well as the recent gela (2-2) with Volos in “Panthessalikos” and to return to the three points in the championship, with the aim of being -1 from the top, taking advantage of the defeat of Panathinaikos. Carvalhal does not count on the services of Retsu for the match, as well as on the injured Poros and Freire. A shipment did not come out, so those available will make up the lineup and the bench. It should be noted that Olympiacos is undefeated away from home, having a record of 3-2-0.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

Panserraikos (Pablo Garcia): Hovan – Dunkerloui, Bergström, Avlonitis, Petaurakis – Ouedraogo, Moreira – Masaripov, Hadjistravos, Pelios – Thomas.

Olympiacos (Carlos Carvalhal): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Biancon, Doi, Ortega – Ese, Kamara – Pontense, Fortounis, Masouras – El Kaabi.

Referee: Petros Tsagarakis

Assistants: Vasilios Nikolakakis, Hasan Koula

Fourth: Panagiotis – Raphael Tsiaras

VAR: Konstantinos Perrakis, Andreas Meidanas