Panserraikos-PAOK: With tradition as an ally but also many absences in Serres, the Thessalonians

THE Panseraikos welcomes him tonight PAOK at the “Municipal Stadium of Serres” (20:00, NovasportsPrime, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247) in the 25th and penultimate matchday of the regular season of the Stoiximan Super League.

His team has been without a win for a month Pablo Garcia in the league and Cup (0-3-3), is in 9th place in the standings with 24 points and +7 from PAS Ioannina, Volos and Kifissia, who are tied in the last three. The previous matchday, the “lions” were tied at home with Atromitos, a game which did not have a good pace at all, with few good moments in front of the two home teams.

On the contrary, the “two-headed of the north” put an end to his… bleeding, then the exclusion from the semi-finals of the Cup and the negative results in the derbies with Olympiakos (1-4) and AEK (1-1) in the league, passing with 3-1 from Agrinio last Sunday. To achieve this, of course, he had to overturn the score, scoring all three of his goals from the 72nd minute onwards. Somehow, he remained alone second with 54 points and at -1 from the leader “Enos”.

In the last matchday, the Serrai hosts the Astera Tripoli (03/03, 19:30), while at the same time, the Thessalonians are tested at their headquarters Lamiaswhich is fighting for entry into the playoffs.

In racing now, Pablo Garcia will not have the “heavy artillery” of his team, as Aleksic will serve his suspension and Betancourt is injured. In fact, the Uruguayan coach cannot count on Ouedraogo and Tomas, who are also suspended, but also on Hadjistravos.

On the other hand, Mr Razvan Lucescu saw his absentee list increase, since apart from the injured, Ekong, Baba, Michaelidis and Sastre, the suspended Koulierakis and Meite did not travel with the expedition, as well as Andrija Zivkovic and Kotarski, with the latter two suffering from a virus.

The mission of Panseraikos: Hovan, Katsikas, Bergström, Petaurakis, Peleas, Dunkerloui, Moreira, Oikonomou, Staikos, Sofianos, Mourgos, Warda, Gouleri, Diamantis, Thymianis, Gotzamanidis, Deligiannidis, Avlonitis, Maskanakis, Papavasileiou.

The mission of PAOK: Zivkovic, Talikhmanidis, Monastirlis, Vieirinia, Otto, Kenziora, Nasberg, Panagiotou, Rafa Soares, Schwab, Ozdoev, Tsingaras, Marcos Antonio, Murg, Constantelias, Ricardo, Tyson, Despodov, Brandon, Samata, Tzimas.

For the record, this will be the fourth meeting of the two teams this season, after those for the Cup and the first round of the championship had preceded them. PAOK counts the same number of victories and in an impressive way, since they won two at home with 5-0 and one away with 4-0.

Possible lineups:



Panserraikos (Pablo Garcia): Hovan, Diamantis, Avlonitis, Thymianis, Dunkerlouis, Sofianos, Moreira, Peleas, Staikos, Warda, Wooleri.

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Zivkovic, Otto, Nasberg, Vieirania, Soares, Ozdoev, Schwab, Despodov, Constantelias, Tyson, Thomas.

Referee: Diamantopoulos

Assistants: Petropoulos, Spyropoulos

4th: Tsimenteridis

VAR: Evangelou, Fotopoulos