All eyes on “G. Karaiskakis” and in the Olympiacos – Panathinaikos derby

Great match at the premiere of the Stoiximan Super League play offs!

Olympiacos and Panathinaikos will cross swords at 20:30 at the packed “G. Karaiskakis”, in a “eternal” derby which will surely determine a lot about the extremely ambivalent “battle” for the title. The winner will be firmly in contention for the championship and the loser will be left well behind.

The “red and white” are third at -3 from the top and -2 from AEK and the “green” are fourth at -4 from first place and -3 from the “yellow and black”.

Olympiacos, after an impressive 7/7 in all competitions, saw their streak abruptly ended by Maccabi Tel Aviv last Thursday (7/3) as they were beaten 4-1 at Faliro to now qualify in the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League a… miracle is needed.

In the competition, Medilibar does not count on the services of the suspended Retsu, while the injured Zelson Martins is also out. The Basque coach is thinking about changes, given that Panagiotis Retsos will not play, who has no right to participate because he filled out cards. From then on, Paschalakis will be in goal, with Rodinei, Carmo and Ortega keeping their place in the starting line-up.

It is worth noting that one of Doi, Vezzo or Biancon will play next to Carmo, while the trio in the midfield with Horta, Ciquinho and Ese will not be changed by coach Vasco.

Daniel Pontense will be at one end of the attack with Masoura vying for a starting jersey instead of Fortounis and El Kambi alone at the top as a forward, since he is by far the most fit Piraeus player.

On the other hand, Panathinaikos comes from some painful games such as with Lamia (2-2), Kifisia (1-1), OFI (2-2) and is called upon to react.

Fatih Terim cannot count on Huancar, Schenkefeld, who followed an individual program, Jedvai who was undergoing treatment, the … permanently absent due to injury Magnuson, Palmer-Brown and also the unprepared Verbitz. Aitor is also out of the mission.

The mission of Olympiakos: Biancone, Botis, Carmo, Ciquinho, El Arabi, El Kaabi, Fortunis, Ese, Horta, Ibora, Jovetic, Masouras, Navarro, Abi, Doi, Ortega, Paschalakis, Pontense, Kini, Rodiney, Tzolakis.

The mission of Panathinaikos: Dragovski, Lodingin, Lillo, Ruben, Zeka, Ioannidis, Bakasetas, Sporar, Bernard, Limnios, Cerin, Mancini, Hugo, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Geremegev, Djuricic, Palacios, Vilena, Arao, Akaidin.

Possible lineups:

Paschalakis – Rodinei, Carmo, Doi, Ortega – Orta, Tsikinho, Ese – Pontense, Fortounis – El Kaabi.

Panathinaikos (Fatih Terim): Dragovski – Kotsiras, Arao, Ugo, Mladenovic – Ruben, Cerin, Bakasetas – Palasios, Ioannidis, Bernard.

Referee: Slager (Germany)

Assistants: Wasitsky, Bloss (Germany)

Fourth: Fire

WAS: Miller (Germany), Buxbaum