The Thessaloniki derby has arrived! At 19:30, Aris will welcome PAOK to “Kleanthis Vikelidis”, as part of the 17th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League. With the home team coming off a shock defeat in Tripoli with an upset, while the visitors look unstoppable and with broken brakes.
THE Mars last weekend, they lost to Asteras Tripoli 3-2 and while the “yellows” were leading 2-0 from the first quarter of the game. Everyone in the team wants to forget this match and move on by beating the “eternal” rival, PAOK. The “yellows” have a reckoning 6-2-1 at homeremaining unbeaten in the three most recent matches.
“PAOK is currently first in the standings. They are a very good team. He plays good football, he has excellent players. An Aris-PAOK derby, however, is something different. This game is in a class of its own. It doesn’t matter what state each team is in. It is purely a matter of the day and how much each of the two opponents wants the victory. I think our team will be very different in this game! We have shown in derbies that we are very different from other games in terms of our mentality. We have to remove ego and reaction against PAOK”said Akis Manzios ahead of the match.
The Greek technician will not have them at his disposal Veleth, Verstrate, Rupp, Menendez, Matarita and seven more, while including for the first time in the mission both Pinkas well as him Fetfatzidis.
The shipment consists of: Cuesta, Houtesiotis, Odubazzo, Montoya, Ferrari, Fatore, Brambetz, Fabiano, Roz, Darinda, Zoul, Doukoure, Manu Garthia, Tzourasek, Pardo, Suleimanov, Zamora, Saverio, Moron, Fetfajidis, Panagidis.
On the other hand, Mr PAOK won easily with 4-0 of OFI and continues at the top of the scoreboard. He wants the victory also for reasons of prestige, as it is the derby of the city, but mainly to maintain himself in first place and to show that he has a continuation in his excellent course so far. So far the Bicep counts 12 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses while they have been unbeaten for seven consecutive games. They have a 4-2-1 record away from homebut it comes from three consecutive 3-pointers.
THE Razvan Lucescu she has reason to smile when she saw him Andrija Zivkovic who was absent in the previous matches, to train and be available again for this important game, as well as Stefanos Tzimas who suffered in the past days from a virus. The only absentees are Ekong, Samata who are with their countries’ missions ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.
The mission in detail: Zivkovic, Kotarski, Vieirinia, Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Tsigaras, Schwab, Ozdoev, Meite, Markos Antonio, Murg, Constantelias, A. Zivkovic, Tyson, Despodov, Brandon, Tzimas.
Possible lineups
Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta – Odubazzo, Fabiano, Brampts, Ferrari – Zul, Darida – Suleimanov, Zamora, Panagidis – Moron.
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba – Schwab, Ozdoev – Despodov, Constantelias, Tyson – Thomas.
Referee: Putros (Denmark)
Assistants: Hummelgaard, Skite (Denmark)
Fourth: Gamaris (Athens)
VAR: Hansen (Denmark), Buxbaum (Eastern Attica)
Source: Sport Fm
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