A match of “life and death” for PAS Ioannina, who at 17:30 will welcome the newly formed Asteras Tripoli to “Zosimades”. A match with two teams in a completely different situation and of course with opposite goals, with the hosts fighting for survival and the visitors for the top six.
Midweek, then, o PAS experienced a 2-0 defeat by Panathinaikos at Leoforos and is in last place with 9 points and counting so far just one win, 6 draws and 9 losses. Epirot’s only three-pointer came in the premiere of the championship and since then they haven’t been able to… celebrate!
His team Michalis Grigoriou he needs this win as long as possible as he wants to get a breather in the standings and get closer to the places that lead to salvation. At the moment it is at -5 from Panserraikos and today’s match has the character of a final. Of course, for this to happen, “Ajax of Epirus” will have to be strengthened by transfer, since the roster has many gaps and low quality!
The Greek coach can count on his main stoppers again, since the Eramouspe, Pantelakis served their penalty against Panathinaikos. At the same time, Mr Garo he was left out of the mission because he suffers from a hip problem, as for various reasons also Bilbao, Eford, N. Lolis, Mina, Tsiris, Naoumis, Kyrkos, Vrakas.
The mission of the Epirotes: Kleiman, Athanasiou, Soulis, Soria, Tsoushis, Pantelakis, Karahalios, Gino, Conte, Rosero, Pamlidis, Eramouspe, Leo, Tzimas, Rienstra, Panagou, Bortagarai, Kiakos, Bakadimas, Begala, Liassos and Balan.
On the other hand, Mr Star he is in high spirits after the big upset victory over Aris, which cemented him in sixth place in the standings and -1 from the “yellows”. And not only that! A day later it was significantly strengthened by its acquisition Yevgeny Yablonskybut having his transfer in the works Lefteri Lyratzismoves about which he has been informed for days via sportfm.gr.
Away from home, the “yellow and blue” are even better, since the last defeat came at the beginning of September against Aris and since then they are running a five-game unbeaten streak, having collected 13 degrees away from their home (and 10 others at that). Somehow, they are looking for a fourth hat-trick in a row which can take them to 5th place!
THE Milan Rastavac has to manage four absences, of Nikos Kaltsa who is punished, of Julian Bartolo who still hasn’t gotten over his injury, his Vassilis Sourlis and his Pitch suffering from a virus. On the positive side, he returned Federico Alvarez and is expected to get a first team jersey.
The mission in detail: Papadopoulos, Grammatikakis, Kakadiaris, Garthia, Houhoumis, Carmona, Kastanio, Alvares, Grozdanic, Christopoulos, Djukanovic, Goss, Valiente, Munafo, Diara, Sito, Alagbe, Zouglis, Miritelo, Crespi, Mantzis.
Possible lineups
PAS Ioannina (Mihalis Grigoriou): Kleiman – Soria, Eramouspe, Pantelakis, Tsoushis – Karahalios, Gino, Rienstra – Tzimas, Balan, Pamlidis.
Asteras Tripoli (Milan Rastavac): Papadopoulos – Carmona, Kastanio, Djukanovic, Alvares – Alagbe, Munafo, Goss – Zouglis, Miritelo, Crespi.
Referee: Papadopoulos
Assistants: Dimitriadis, Delios
Fourth: Dude
VAR: Polychronis, Psaris
Source: Sport Fm
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