Volos-PAOK: A new appointment at Panthessalikos on a different occasion

New appointment at Panthessal the same month for Bullet and PAOK! Angel Lopez’s team faces Razvan Lucescu’s for matchday 19 Stoiximan Super League (16:00, CosmoteSport1, radio from News Bulletin 247 and live update from sport-fm.gr), while 11 days ago (10/01) the “double-headed of the North” won 2-0 in the city of Magnesia, checking the ticket for the quarter-finals of the Betsson Greek Cup.

Now, however, the match is about the championship and it is particularly critical for both. On the one hand, Volos is in 12th place with 14 points and -2 behind the bottom, PAS Ioannina and Kifisia, who have played more games, while the “two-headed team of the North” which is the absolute favorite for the “three points” is tied at the top with Panathinaikos with 41 points. All this, a week before (28/01, 20:30) the two pioneers meet in Toumba and given that PAOK does not want to lose points in today’s match.

Initially, the hosts are going through a bad period lately. They count five consecutive defeats in the Championship and the Cup, with the last one against Asteras in Tripoli with 1-0. Volos was competitive, it looked like they would keep the draw, but in the end they conceded the goal from Miritelos, leaving Arcadia empty-handed.

For today’s match, Lopez will have him available Alhowho finally overcame the trauma he had suffered and joined the mission, which also included the latest transfer acquisition, Asenun. The absences, however, are many since the Spaniard cannot count the suspended Garcia, Aslanidis and Koba, the injured Tahato, while Trouillet was also left out as he was deemed unprepared.

In detail, the mission of Volos: Kostic, Kovacs, Alho, Mygas, Rasic, Sielis, Kalogeropoulos, Luna, Kitsos, Karagiannis, Tsokanis, Metaxas, Glavcits, Barrientos, Deletics, Asenoun, Bertolio, Moraitis.

On the opposite bank, PAOK with the image he presents on the playing field, he shows that the defeat in the derby with Aris was a bad parenthesis. He defeated Volos (2-0), while afterwards he shared two 4s without conceding a goal in PAS Ioannina and Panserraikos for the Championship and the Cup respectively. He’s inside all his targets, has terrific attacking efficiency, while showing a comfort in cleaning up plays with subs without… breaking a sweat.

Lucescu will not have him at his disposal Adelino Vieirania who is out and followed an individual program, while his participation Yannis Constanteliawho entered the mission, will be judged until the last moment because of an infection.

In detail, the mission of PAOK: Kotarski, Zivkovic, Balomenos, Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Rafa Soares, Tsigaras, Schwab, Ozdoev Meite, Marcos Antonio, Constantelias, Ricardo, Murg, Tyson, A.Zivkovic, Despodov, Brandon, Jimas.

Possible lineups:

Volos (Angel Lopez): Kostic – Alho, Luna, Sielis, Mygas – Barrientos, Glavcic – Deletic, Asenun, Bertolio – Moraitis.

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Sastre, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba – Ozdoev, Meite – Tyson, Marcos Antonio, Despontov – Tzimas.

Referee: Katsikogiannis

Assistants: Nikolakakis, Kollias

4th: Jealousy

VAR: Zambalas, Konstantinou