Athens Kallithea-Atromitos: Looking for recovery on the Avenue

Athens Kallithea and Atromitos face each other tonight (21:30, Cosmote Sport 1, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) at the Leoforos stadium, in the match that concludes the 9th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League!

The typical hosts have yet to celebrate their first win in this year’s league and remain stuck at the bottom of the table, with 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Last week, Massimo Donati’s team were beaten 2-0 in Thessaloniki by in-form Aris, succumbing to the two goals they conceded in the second half and playing with a numerical disadvantage from the 34th minute, due to the dismissal of Pasalidis. Thus, she remained without a point for the second consecutive match, while at the same time she failed to score in her second consecutive game.

As far as the competition is concerned, the suspended Pasalidis and Matiyas were left out of the mission for the Kallithea team, just as Marota was also left out for tactical reasons. The returns of Manthatis and Moutinho are important.

The mission of Athens Kallithea: Pantos, Baragan, Gelios, Mechias, Nikolic, Hanousek, Motok, Kainourgios, Manthatis, Soiri, Tsivelekidis, Matigevic, Isimat-Mirin, Vasilogiannis, Demetrius, Ediage, Mercati, Moutinho, Saba, Diba, Ulboudrikis, Gianni, Loukinas, Valena.

The atmosphere is also negative in the ranks of Atromitos, with the Peristeri team ignoring the joy of victory in their three most recent games. In 10th place in the standings, last week they were defeated 2-0 at home by Panaitolikos, while previous negative results in the matches of Olympiakos (2-0) and Volos (1-2) had preceded.

Despite their very strong start, now Pablo Garcia’s team appears quite problematic, especially in their offensive function, having two wins in the first 8 matches and having scored just twice in their last three matches. Somehow, the grumbling and questioning appeared on the face of the Uruguayan coach, who will not have the injured Tzovara available for tonight’s match, while Argyriou, Pomoni and Tsakmakis were also left out of the squad. On the other hand, Carlitos overcame the injury that plagued him and is available again.

The Intrepid Mission: Houtesiotis, Koselev, Saltas, Athanasiou, Mundes, Stavropoulos, Brosson, Kini, Mansour, Gondhaleth, Mihorl, Tsingaras, Karamanis, Kaloskamis, Ouedraogo, Vrakas, Warda, Van Weert, Jubitana, Baku, Chantilas, Carlitos.

The two teams have met 8 times in the past, with Atromitos having 5 wins, against Athens Kallithea’s three.

Possible lineups:

Athens Kallithea (Massimo Donati): Baragan, Motok, Isima-Mirren, Tsivelekidis, Vasilogiannis, Diba, Moutinho, Mercati, Demetrius, Gianni, Uldrikis.

Fearless (Pablo Garcia): Houtesiotis, Kini, Athanasiou, Mansour, Stavropoulos, Outraogo, Ender, Gonzales, Baku, Warda, Carlitos

Referee: Polychronis

Assistants: Triantafillou, Nidriotis

Fourth: Jealousy

VAR: Sidiropoulos

AVAR: Matsoukas