The 9th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League kicks off tonight at Leoforos!
Kifissia and Olympiacos face off (7:00 p.m.) in the day’s only league match, with both teams coming into the game on a high!
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Kifissia, despite a mediocre start to the season in terms of results, has celebrated victories in 3 of its 4 most recent matches, and also defeated Asteras AKTOR 2-0 in Tripoli midweek in the Superbet Greek Cup! A few days earlier, they had pulled off a big road win (3-2) over Heraklis, which followed victories against Atromitos and Panetolikos, while their only loss so far has been a 2-1 defeat to Aris.
On the field, Sebastián Leto will be without Doiranlis, Yagye, and De Luis, while on the other hand, Kousoulos has returned after overcoming the injuries that had been bothering him.
Kifissia’s roster: Anagnostopoulos, Ramirez, Apostolakis, Petkov, Kaloskamis, Abanda, Van Aima, Polykratis, Hugo Souza, Zoliboua, Manso, Popo, Benny, Rukounakis, Kousoulos, Manganas, Antonise, Theodoridis, Zerson Souza, Embula, Kyriopoulos, Saghal, Christopoulos
On the other hand, Olympiacos is 2 points behind league-leading Panathinaikos and has put together an impressive 8-game winning streak, which began with that 2-1 win over Jagiellonia in their Europa League opener. This was followed by a hard-fought victory over Levadiakos and the long break for national team duty, from which the “Red-and-Whites” returned with big wins in the derby against Panathinaikos and in the very difficult match in Marseille. Having not conceded a goal in their previous 7 games, Olympiacos easily defeated Kalamata 5-0 and Marko 2-0 last week, fielding a rotated lineup against the Superbet League 2 leader.
Imanol Alguacil has all his players available as there are no injury concerns, choosing to leave Sipioni out of the squad. Clayton remains sidelined, and the young players Filis and Bakoulas will also be unavailable.
Olympiacos’ roster: Ortega, Popovic, Stournaras, Saliakas, Smailović, Pirolá, Carmo, Pedersen, Retsos, Bruno, Tiknizian, Fortounis, Sa, Martins, Puerta, Bailey, Froiler, Tsikinio, Ese, Roca, Yaremchuk, Zota Silva, Gonzalez, Muadilmaji.
Last season, Olympiacos secured a 3-1 victory in Neapolis, where Kifisia played its home games, while Leto’s team had managed to earn a 1-1 draw at the “Georgios Karaiskakis” Stadium!
Probable starting lineups:
Kifisia (Leto): Ramirez – Abanda, Petkov, Zoliboua, Manso – Beni, Rukounakis – Antonise, Popo, Saghal – Christopoulos.
Olympiacos (Alguathil): Ortega – Saliakas, Retsos, Pirolá, Tiknizian – Froiler, Puerta, Tsikinio – Zota, Roca, González
Referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas
Assistant Referees: Petros Patras, Vasileios Moisiadis
Fourth Official: Stavros Tsimenteridis
VAR: Alexandros Tsakalidis
AVAR: Andromachi Tsiopliki
*photo source: Olympiacos FC
