PAOK-Panathinaikos: Top derby in Toumba

Time for the big derby of its 20th matchday Stoiximan Super League arrived, after o PAOK he hosts in the Tumba leave Panathinaikos (20:30, NovaSports Prime, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247), in a match between the two teams tied at the top.

Starting with the home side, the “double-header of the north” has now completely put the defeat to the Mars, counting since then 4 consecutive victories in all competitions. In fact, the last three (PAS, Volos in the championship, Panserraikos in the Betsson Cup) came with… a total of 13 goalswith the Thessalonians looking truly unstoppable in the attacking third.

Now, o PAOK he is looking for a big victory that will lead him back to the… loneliness of the top, while at the same time he seeks to prove that he can show an equally impressive face in the derby, as he has won only once in such, and specifically in the triumph of “Karaiskakis”. To the great advantages of his whole Razvan Lucescuis that he did not have a midweek game for the Betsson Cup, so he will welcome the “greens” more rested.

As for the home team’s match news, they can’t count on the internationals William Troost-Ekong and Ali Samatabut also to Adelino Vieirania and Ivan Nasberg. All the rest will be regular in the squad, which consists of: Kotarski, Zivkovic, Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Rafa Soares, Tsigaras, Schwab, Ozdoev, Meite, Marcos Antonio, Murg, Constantelias, Tyson , A. Zivkovich, Despodov, Brandon, Jimas.

On the other hand, he is in a completely different situation Panathinaikos. The “greens” have recently faced relative instability due to the integration of the one system new coachof new transfers but also of many injuriesresulting in an unexpected 2-1 defeat by Fearless on Leoforo, for his quarterfinals Betsson Cup.

The fatigue of the “clover” from the consecutive crucial games is a given, however, his team should Fatih Terim to recover quickly, since after Toumba comes the rematch with him Fearless (31/01) and immediately after the derby with Olympic on the Avenue (04/02). The positive, for him Panathinaikosis that he will go strengthened to Toumba, since important players have returned to the team, adding depth to his whole.

Like O PAOKso the “greens” want the three points that will leave them alone first, while they are also highly motivated for a victory in derby, which has yet to come this season. With the exception of the match with Olympic in the “Karaiskakis” which was not completed, Panathinaikos has a tie with PAOKone loss and one draw with AEKand one defeat by Mars. However, it is clear, especially given the circumstances, that the Greens would certainly not say… no to a draw at Toumba, which would keep them in first place, even in a three-way tie with PAOK and AEK (if he defeats OFI).

Regarding the competitive news of the guests, Terim will normally have at his disposal Fotis Ioannidisbut also them Adam Cherin, Alexander Geremegev who returned to the mission. On the other hand, they remain outside Juancar, Sebastian Palacios, and Bart Schenkefeld. In detail, the “green” team is made up of the following: Lodgin, Dragovski, Xenopoulos, Vaiannidis, Ruben, Zeka, Ioannidis, Bakasetas, Bernard, Limnios, Cerin, Mancini, Ugo, Jedvai, Aitor, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Geremegev, Djuricits , Vilena, Arao, Akaidin.

Possible lineups:

PAOK (Lucescu): Kotarski, Sastre, Baba, Kenziora, Koulierakis – Meite, Ozdoev – Tyson, Constantelias, Zivkovic – Brandon.

Panathinaikos (Terim): Lodgin, Vagiannidis, Mladenovic, Jedvai, Arao – Kotsiras, Vilena, Bakasetas – Aitor, Mancini, Ioannidis.

Referee: Rohit Saghi

Assistants: Iterland, Grenevik

4th: Gorchilas

VAR: Hagen, Nikolakakis