Olympiacos and PAOK face each other tonight at 20:30 at the packed “G. Karaiskakis” in the context of the 6th matchday of the Super League playoffs, a few days after their European games.
The red and whites are in high spirits after the epic qualification in Istanbul over Fenerbahçe, while the Bigfoot of the North is focused exclusively on the Greek league after being eliminated by Club Brugge.
The two teams had also met the previous matchday, however the match was postponed due to their European obligations, but now they are playing a game of crucial importance to claim the championship.
So with less matches both of them, with Olympiacos at -6 from the top and PAOK at -2, want to stay in the battle for the title, with Olympiacos only wanting a win and having several key players who were left out of the mission .
Jose Luis Medilibar left out Carmo, Rodiney, Fortuni for reasons of rest, while Alexandropoulos, Biancon, Cabral are also out. The rotation will be big and the lineup may have up to 8 changes!
On the other hand, PAOK had drawn 2-2 with AEK in New Philadelphia in the matchday before the postponement, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to get a huge point that essentially keeps them on top.
On Thursday, he did not have a good night after he was also defeated in the second leg by Club Brugge with 2-0 and turns to the match against Piraeus. Razvan Lucescu will not have at his disposal Yannis Constantelias, who is suffering from a virus and will not be counted on, while Rafa Soares is also out.
Possible lineups:
Olympic: Tzolakis. Richards, Kinney, Abiy, Retsos, Ese, Horta, Pontense, Masouras, Jovetic, El Kaabi.
PAOK: Kotarski, Sastre, Baba, Kenziora, Michaelidis, Tsingaras, Ozdoev, Zivkovic, Tyson, Murg, Samata.