PAOK-Olympiakos: The Toumba derby has a high demand for victory!

The big derby of the 11th matchday is held in the evening in Toumba. THE PAOK welcomes him Olympicwith the two teams separated by two points and the top gives an even greater demand for victory for both (20.30, bwinSPORT FM, Cosmote TV).

THE PAOK is in 3rd place with 20 points, at -1 from AEK and Ari. THE Olympic in 4th and -3 from the top. One realizes that apart from the prestige, the motivation that exists is quite large. Nevertheless, there is also a big burden on both teams after their European games a few days ago which did not have a particularly happy ending.

The “double-header of the north” was defeated in Manchester by United and remained with one point after 4 matches in the League Phase of the Europa League. The qualification case makes it difficult, but it is not lost. However, it was a match on Thursday where Lucescu saw his team perform well, creating opportunities but not taking advantage of them. Something he hopes to change today, since it is also the big blow for PAOK. Another one is… Toumba. In his last five home games he has no win, which shows that he is not taking advantage of his pitch like other years.

There are no particular problems for the Romanian coach, since Giannis Constantelias was also included in the mission! The issue is, however, how Lucescu will manage the fatigue and the burden. The mission in detail: Kotarski, Pavlenka, Otto, Sastre, Kenziora, Lovren, Koley, Baba, Bakayoko, Kamara, Schwab, Ozdoev, Murg, Constantelias, Tyson, A.Zivkovic, Despodov, Tisundali, Brandon, Chalov.



The “red and whites” for their part remained at 1-1 at home with Rangers. They have taken seven points in the Europa League and see qualification very close, while they are in contention for the top eight in the standings. The performance was not good, the Mendiliber team was trapped and did not create, again causing problems in midfield. He didn’t get anything from the changes, while the draw is considered fair. In the derbies, he has no win yet (0-1-1), with all of them being away from home so far. However, one realizes that a three point today will bring great calm to the team at the break and before the home derby with AEK.

The Basque coach did not include Velde, Oliveira in the squad, which may well be translated as a message for their performance, while he also left out Doi, Paschalakis. The absence of Rodney with an injury problem is important, while for the same reason Willian, Ortega are not counted. Androutsos, Biancon returned, while Kostoulas, Masouras and Garthia claim a place in the starting lineup.

The mission in detail: Anagnostopoulos, Apostolopoulos, Biancon, Carmo, Tsiquinio, Costinia, Garcia, El Kaabi, Martins, Ese, Botis, Masouras, Androutsos, Pirola, Kostoulas, Papakanellos, Stamenits, Tzolakis, Retsos, Yaremchuk, Mouzakitis.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

PAOK: Kotarski – Otto, Lovren, Koley, Baba – Ozdoev, Kamara – Zivkovic, Murg, Tyson – Thomas.

OLYMPIC: Tzolakis – Kostinia, Retsos, Karmo, Apostolopoulos – Ese, Mouzakitis – Zelson, Tsikinio, Kostoulas – El Kaabi.

Referee: Yablonsky

Assistants: Koslowski, Beitinger

Fourth: Inhabitant

VAR: Ginder