The playoffs process may involve ten games and there… way ahead, however tonight’s derby between Panathinaikos and AEK at the Avenue (19:30, COSMOTE Sport 1, News Bulletin 247 and sport-fm.gr) is crucial as… decisive. Especially for the hosts, who are fifth in the standings, but even for the guests who are looking for a reaction after the bad second round that brought them with a marginal lead for the exit to Europe.
The “greens” arrive in today’s match with many racing problems. In addition to the punished Alexandropoulos, Veleth and Ioannidis were out of battle due to injuries. In fact, the absence of the latter in combination with that of Makenda leaves the team only with Carlitos available for the top of the attack. Ivan Jovanovic, who does not count on Ludqvist, is expected to use Kourbelis in the center and Sarliga in the center of defense.
The mission in detail: Dioudis, Brinioli, Xenopoulos, Vagiannidis, Juankar, Senkefeld, Carlitos, Hatzigiovanis, Sanchez, Ruben, Vigiafanies, Kourbelis, Aitor, Kotsiras, Sarlia, Palasios, Poutgouras, G.
On the contrary, the “Union” will be clearly lined up more carefully after suffering 3-0 two weeks ago for the regular season at the same stadium. Socrates Ofridopoulos has several options, as only the punished Vranies and Simanski are out of the plans. Stankovic is available but it is not certain that he will play, while there are several questions about the area of the center, where Simoes only seems certain.
The mission in detail: Tsintotas, Stankovic, Mohammadi, Svarnas, Rota, Michelen, Mitoglou, Hadjisafi, Tzavellas, Le Talek, Simoes, Franzcon, Mandalos, Gevtic, Amrabat, Garcia, Ansarifard, Tsaarifard, Ansarifard.
Prehistory
Panathinaikos prevailed just two weeks ago of AEK with 3-0, scoring all its goals very early, stopping a series of four games without a win, in 2021, where AEK had two wins and two draws.
This year each team got its home game, something that had not happened in the previous six. In none of the four playoff games in the previous two seasons did the home team win!
If Panathinaikos wins, it will be the first time in nine years that it will achieve consecutive victories against AEK.
AEK did not score in the last game, having done so in the previous nine. However, in the last six he has not exceeded one goal.
At home, the “greens” won after three games, where they had a draw and two defeats by AEK.
With Panathinaikos at home, the “clover” has 32 victories against 12 of AEK, while 25 matches have ended in a draw.
Possible compositions:
Panathinaikos (Jovanovic): Dioudis, Sanchez, Sarliga, Senkefeld, Juankar, Kourbelis, Ruben, Gacinovic, Palacios, Aitor, Carlitos.
AEK (Ofridopoulos): Tsintotas or Stankovic, Michelen, Mitoglou, Tzavellas, Mohammadi, Simoes, Hadjisafi (Le Talek), Gevtic (Amrabat or Mandalos), Chuber, Garcia, Araujo.
Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)
Assistants: Vladan Todorovic, Milutin Dukic (Montenegro)
Fourth: Tasos Papapetrou (Athens)
VAR: Andre Narciso (Portugal) -Michalis Papadakis (Heraklion)
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