Volos-OFI: To break the negative streak for the hosts, the visitors are still looking for their first double

Volos and OFI will face each other today (15:00, Cosmote Sport 2, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) in Panthessaliko, in the match that will open the curtain of the 25th match of the Stoiximan Super League!

Without a win in 2024, the Magnesia team, she got her last three-pointer on the 17th of last December, when he won 2-1 at the home of Lamia. Since then, he has been on a losing streak of eleven consecutive league and cup matches, with 8 losses and 3 draws. It comes from a 2-0 away defeat in Thessaloniki and at the home of Aris, while it is now tied with PAS Ioannina and Kifisia in last place and two points away from 11th Panaitolikos.

Last Sunday (25/2) sat for the first time on the bench of the team Christos Kontishaving replaced Angel Lopez, while for today’s match the 48-year-old technician only has to manage his absence Glavcicwho was injured and had to be substituted in the 36th minute of the match against Aris.

The Mission of Volos: Kovacs, Kostic, Alho, Mygas, Sielis, Aslanidis, Kalogeropoulos, Rasits, Luna, Kitsos, Barrientos, Tsokanis, Trouillet, Bertoglio, De Camps, Olivera, Koba, Asechnoun, Moraitis, Garcia.

On the other hand, OFI, three days ago he found himself losing 2-0 from the 20th minute of his away match against PAS Ioannina, managing to react in the second half and get the tie! Being clearly superior in the second 45 minutes, the Cretans managed to equalize for the final 2-2, thanks to two goals from Bakic, in the 68th minute and the 83rd minute, with a well-executed penalty kick.

It was preceded by the imposing 4-0 victory over Panseraikos in “Jedi Koule”, in his debut Traianou Della in his technical leadership, while today OFI will look for his first away victory in this year’s championship (he has 5 draws and 7 defeats so far)! The punished were left out of the mission Bakits, Toralthe injured Bressantogether with the long-term absentees Giannoulis, Sotiriou, Adamakis, Theodosoulakis, Kalafatis, Koutentakis and Simantarakis, while on the other hand returned Larsonhaving fully overcome the injury that afflicted him.

OFI’s mission: Bauman, Christogeorgos, Marinakis, Larson, Thorarinson. Abada, Loukao, Lambropoulos, Vouros, Gayegos, Glazer, Meyado, Apostolakis, Neira, Riera, Baku, Mosquera, Jimenez, Iseka, Felipe.

The meeting of the two teams for the first round of this year’s championship, last November in Heraklion, Crete, had ended in a 1-1 draw, with Volos opening the scoring in the 42nd minute through Koba, but playing with a player less than 45’+1′ due to Garcia being sent off, seeing OFI equalize with Thorarinson’s goal in the 60′. Today, the two teams will face each other for the 14th time, with Volos having 5 wins, OFI 4, while 4 games ended in draws.

Possible lineups:



Volos (Nearby): Kovacs – Alho, Aslanidis, Sielis, Luna – De Camps, Barrientos – Koba, Trouillet, Bertoglio – Garcia

OFI (Dellas): Bowman – Larson, Vouros, Lambropoulos, Thorarinson – Meyado, Gayegos – Baku, Neira, Riera – Felipe

Referee: Andrianus

Assistants: Patras, Torosiadis

Fourth: Katsikogiannis

VAR: Gortsilas, Konstantinou