“Eternal” derby with no tomorrow at Leoforo! In her greatest match 21st matchday of the Stoiximan Super LeaguePanathinaikos welcomes Olympiakos with the two teams crossing swords for the fourth time this season!
The two “eternal” rivals of Greek football will meet again after their epic duels for the round of 16 of the Betsson Hellenic Cup, where after 210 minutes of competition and a soul-crushing penalty shootout, the “greens” qualified for the next round.
On the one hand, Panathinaikos comes from the defeat in the derby against PAOK in Toumba with a score of 2-1, with which it was “knocked down” from the top of the standings, however, it reacted by passing Peristeri with a score of 2-0 and took this way the ticket to the semi-finals of the Cup. Once again, however, Fatih Terim faces injury problems, the most important being that of Fotis Ioannidis.
The Greek striker, although he trained normally on Thursday, did not overcome his discomfort, as a result of which he was knocked out for tonight’s match. Among others, the Sporar, Verbits, Vagiannidiswhose condition will be reassessed today, in order for the Turkish coach to announce the assignment.
The “greens” maintain a very good tradition on the Avenue against Olympiakos, as in the league and Cup they count just one defeat in the last seven matches.
On the other side, Olympiacos is looking for its first victory at Leoforos since May 2021, where it won 4-1 for the 10th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League playoffs.
The “red and white” who are in 4th place with 41 points want to extend their winning streak in the league, since they come from the victories against Kifisia, Ari and PAS Ioannina.
Carlos Carvalhal is aiming to surprise Fatih Terim, but he too has been dealing with some injury problems. Specifically, Retsos and Zelson Martins are not counted for the derby, while Mandi Kamara has also been “relegated” to the B team and is not counted, while it is unknown whether Ayoub El Kaabi will also be in the squad, who returned a few days ago to Greece after his presence at the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco.
The possible lineups of the match:
Panathinaikos (Fatih Terim): Dragovski – Kotsiras, Akaidin, Hugo, Huancar – Arau, Cerin, Bacachetas – Mancini, Palacios, Geremegev
Olympiacos (Carlos Carvalhal): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Karmo, Doi, Ortega – Ese, Tsikinio, Alexandropoulos – Masouras, Fortounis, Navarro
Referee: Sven Gablonski
Assistants: Lasse-Luciano Koslowski, Edward Beitinger
4th: Spyridon Zambalas
VAR: Soren Storks
AVAR: Reinhard Buxbaum
Source: Sport Fm
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