Panaitolikos-OFI: Looking for a reaction to the debut of Anastasios, the Agriniotes against the promoted Cretans

Duel in Agrinio with the resumption of the championship, with Panetolico to welcome him OFI (20:00, CosmoteSport2, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) as part of its 7th matchday Stoiximan Super League.

Terribly crucial game for the home team, with Yannis Anastasiou to make his debut on their bench and want the win to climb out of penultimate place with just four points. On the other hand, the Cretans are in 9th place with six points and -1 from places 5-8.

Initially, in Panaitolikos the break for the national teams had a change of coach, which came naturally after the very heavy 6-0 defeat by Levadeiakos in Viotia with Yannis Petrakis to be a thing of the past. It was the third straight loss, with the last and only win coming at the end of August against Aris. Giannis Anastasiou was judged as the ideal to turn the button and the “three point” tonight is the only way to achieve this.

The Greek technician has to manage many absencessince he cannot count on the services of Sielis, Garthia and Mladen, who are suffering from injuries, while the suspended Kontouris, Aleksic, and the unprepared Miguel Luis were also left out.

The mission of the Panaitolikos: Agapakis, Agire, Apostolopoulos, Belevonis, Bouchalakis, Tsaves, Tsoura, Esteban, Hodza, Kakionis, Kogits, Manos, Manrike, Matsan, Mavrias, Michalak, Nikolaou, Enkololo, Pardalos, Smyrlis, Stagits, Zivkovits.

On the other side, OFI a little… he wanted to have radical changes at the break, but the picture in the game with Aris put a stop to the… slide. The Cretans were coming off a three-game losing streak in the league, however, they stormed against the Thessalonians, winning 3-0.

The Serbian coach wants to see similar image from his players in Agrinio in order to remove OFI from the lowest positions, achieving for the first time this year two consecutive victories.

The 51-year-old cannot count on the services of Sielis, Garcia and Mladen, who are suffering from injuries, while the suspended Kontouris, Aleksic, and the unprepared Miguel Luis were also left out.

OFI’s mission: Christogeorgos, Lilo, Katsikas, Marinakis, Lewis, Hatzitheodoridis, Lambropoulos, Kostoulas, Krizmanits, Christopoulos, Hnaris, Vukotits, Karachalios, Apostolakis, Androutsos, Bainovich, Neira, Sengelia, Nous, Faitakis, Theodosoulakis, Raconiac, Salcedo.

Possible lineups:

Panaitolikos (Yiannis Anastasiou): Chaves – Manrique, Stajic, Agapakis, Mavrias – Kojic – Enkololo, Esteban, Matsan, Michalak – Aguirre.

OFI (Milan Rastavac): Christogeorgos – Marinakis, Lambropoulos, Krizmanich, Hatzitheodoridis – Karahalios, Androutsos, Neira – Sengelia, Nous, Salcedo.

Referee: Resident (Athens)

Assistants: Aptosoglou (Athens), Kolliakos (Athens)

4th referee: Koukoulas (Lesvos)

VAR: Tzilos (Larissa)

AVAR: Tsiofliki (Larissa)