One of the most interesting and important matches of the 26th – and last – match of the regular season of the Stoiximan Super League takes place on Sunday (3/3, 7:30 p.m.) at “Kleanthis Vikelidis”where Aris hosts AEK.
The match will be televised from Novasports Primeradioed by bwinSPORT FM 94.6while there will be live updates from sport-fm.gr.
A demanding test for “Union” in its attempt to continue and also enter the Playoffs at the top of the standings. Last weekend, Matias Almeida’s team scored their 6th victory in their last seven games in the league, winning 4-2 of PAS Ioannina at the OPAP Arena. If she took the lead, she made up for the gap by going to the locker room back to the score (1-2). However, by making a good second half with an… explosive quarter, he managed to reach the “three points” and stay in the +1 from PAOK, at +3 from Panathinaikos and to +4 now from Olympiakos (after the point that was returned to Piraeus by CAS).
Of course, Mars is not only an easy opponent. Something that the “yellows” have proven on the one hand with their victories in the “Kl. Vikelidis” over Panathinaikos and PAOK (and with their other good performances against the rest of the “Big-5”), on the other hand with elimination from the Cup to whom they obliged AEK in mid-January.
The truth is that the ranking interest seems to have faded in the camp of Thessaloniki, who, being 5th, are in the -13 from the 4th Olympiacos and to +7 from the 6th Lamia. They were defeated last season 2-0 by Panathinaikos in Leoforo, paying for their very bad first twenty minutes in the match.
After all, the great goal of Mars is its conquest Greek Cup after 54 years. Next Wednesday (6/3, 19:00), he welcomes him Panetolico in the big rematch for the semi-finals, after the 1-0 win in Agrinio.
In the competitive part now, neither team announced an assignment. However, for the hosts, Akis Manzios, who is expected to rotate ahead of the crucial semi-final against Agriniotes, will not have the suspended players at his disposal Darida and Zamora but also the injured Pardo.
On the other hand, Matias Almeida saw in the last few days that the Mukudi and Rota. After all, the last one with him Araujo they are certainly in the mission of AEK, as was seen from the relevant video of the “yellow and black” PAE. It is recalled that the Argentinian ace played as a starter – already scoring – against AEK B on Thursday (29/2), following his own desire to gain pace after his return from injury. On the other hand, on the same day, the Greek full-back entered the regular training program of the “biceps”, after a period of unloading that followed (after the match against PAOK on 11/2). Available in relation to the game with PAS Ioannina will also be Callens who served his sentence, while o Gacinovic due to intense disturbances and o Zini with muscle injury.
Possible compositions:
Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta – Fatore, Rose, Brambetz, Ferrari – Ducouret, Verstrate, Dzouracek – Fetfatzidis, Moron, Bennett.
AEK (Matias Almeida): Stankovic – Rota, Vida, Cullens, Pelios – Eliasson, Jonsson, Ljubisic, Pineda – Ponce, Zuber.
Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos
First Assistant: Polychronis Kostaras
Second Assistant: Lazaros Dimitriadis
4th referee: John Papadopoulos
WAS: Clay Ruperti (Netherlands)
It is recalled that in the matches of Aris, following a request from Thessaloniki, Greek referees are appointed. If of course their opponents agree, as in this case AEK.
In the game of the first round, “Union” had prevailed 1-0 at the OPAP Arena thanks to Vida’s goal in the 59th minute.
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