The lights are on Toumba! PAOK and Olympic they compete in the derby of its 23rd matchday Stoiximan Super League (20:30, Novasports Prime, News Bulletin 247, www.sportfm.gr), with the game becoming even more interesting for both after the loss of points by Panathinaikos.
On the other hand, the hosts, because with their victory they will remain alone first and will leave the “red and whites” out of contention, while the visitors, since with a victory they will have significantly reduced the distance from the top and will enter the title race for good.
THE PAOK therefore, they are in 1st place with 51 points, which is what Panathinaikos has, while they are +2 from AEK and +7 from Olympiakos. One realizes that a victory today will catapult him in points and psychologically in view of the continuation. In the middle of the week, however, the “black and white” suffered a home defeat with 1-0 from Panathinaikos in the first semi-final of the Cup between them, while on Wednesday follows the rematch of Leoforos. Earlier, he had brought 1-1 with AEK in Toumba!
His team Lucescu remains unbeaten at home in the league with a 10-2-0 record and 31-4 goals. Has the best attack with me Olympic in their fields, but also the top defense. At the same time, it has the highest scoring record as a home team. In pure competition, the Romanian coach does not count on Ekong that has annoyances, to the punished Tyson, while Rafa Soares, Tsingaras, Nasberg were left out. On the contrary, Vieirania returned after 1.5 months, while Konstantelias he is counted again after overcoming the virus that was plaguing him.
The mission in detail: Kotarski, Zivkovic, Vieirinia, Sastre, Otto, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Schwab, Ozdoev, Meite, Marcos Antonio, Constantelias, Murg, A. Zivkovic, Despodov, Brandon, Samata, Tzimas.
THE Olympic is in 4th place with 44 points and is looking for recovery. An eventual victory will put him back in title contention for good, as he will come close Panathinaikos, PAOK and AEK. In fact, the maximum difference they will have from the top after the end of the competition, if they celebrate three points in Toumba, will be five points. Last Thursday the “red and white” got a great victory, beating Ferentzvaros 1-0 for the first match between them for the Europa Conference League playoffs. A game in which he debuted on the Piraeus bench Jose Luis Mendilibar and he made sure he got the… first round of applause with the way he managed his team in the 90 minutes, both in their set-up and the impact he had with his changes. Earlier for the championship, Olympiacos had won by a score 4-0 of OFI.
The team of the Basque technician has a 6-3-2 record away from home, with a 16-9 shutout. Yes, he doesn’t score enough, but he has the best defensive performance away from home in the entire league and the third highest harvest in this statistical category. In a few days, the rematch with her follows Ferentsvaros in Hungary, so it remains to be seen if it will also be managed by Medlibar. THE Doe who was left out of the mission seems to be protected for Thursday, while Alexandropoulos, Abi, Cabral, El Arabi, as well as the injured Kini, Zelson Martins, did not travel to Thessaloniki.
The mission in detail: Paschalakis, Tzolakis, Papadoudis, Ortega, Vezo, Carmo, Rodiney, Richards, Biancone, Retsos, Horta, Chiquinho, Fortunis, Ibora, Carvalho, Ese, Pontense, El Caabi, Masouras, Jovetic, Navarro.
POSSIBLE ELEVENS
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Otto, Keziora, Koulierakis, Baba – Ozdoev, Meite – Zivkovic, Constantelias, Despodov – Samata.
Olympiakos (Jose Luis Mediliber): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Biancone, Carmo, Richards – Ese, Ciquinho, Horta – Jovetic, El Caabi, Pontense.
Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistants: Benedikt Kempkes (Germany), Nikolai Kimmeyer (Germany)
Fourth: Basil of Fire
VAR: Pearl Ginder (Germany)
AVAR: Buxbaum
Source: Sport Fm
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.
