Next stop: Agrinio for Olympiacos. The Piraeus-based team faces Panetolikos (5:00 p.m.) in Matchday 7 of the Stoiximan Super League.
The home team aims to give the “red-and-whites” a tough time in pursuit of the best possible result. The Agrinio-based team got off to an excellent start in the league, winning all three of their opening matches against Asteras AKTOR (3-1), Kalamata (2-0), and Levadiakos (0-2). However, things got tough afterward, as they suffered three consecutive losses to Panathinaikos (3-0), PAOK (1-3), and Kifissia Tutu Deals (2-0).
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The match against Kifissia was lacking in excitement, but the home team got the job done, with goals by Pombo (20′) and Abanda (90’+6′) breaking down Yiannis Anastasiou’s team.
Olympiacos heads into the match in excellent spirits, coming off two consecutive wins—against Panathinaikos (1-0) at “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium in the league and against Marseille (0-1) in France for the Europa League.
A header by Ese in the 42nd minute and decisive saves by Ortega helped Algouathil’s team go 2-0 in the competition’s League Phase.
Novica Eraković and Nikola Stagić are back in Panetolikos’s squad. The injured Yevgeni Kucherenko and Giannis Satsias are out, while David Galiatsos and Lazar Kojic have been left out of the squad.
Olympiacos will once again play without Bailey, while Saliakas is suspended. Sipioni has returned to the squad, and Clayton is also included. El Kaabi has been sidelined for some time now and still has a long road ahead of him.
Panetolikos’ roster: Alexic, Apostolopoulos, Bandzi, Basi, Bregu, Genepo, Erakovic, Esteban, Granath, Manrique, Mavrias, Mechia, Nakamba, Nikolaou, Olson, Opoku, Papazois, Pardalos, Prodromitis, Smyrlis, Souma, Stagić, Thymianis, Xenopoulos.
Olympiacos’ roster: Ortega, Popović, Stournaras, Smailović, Pirolá, Carmo, Pedersen, Retsos, Bruno, Tiknizian, Fortounis, Sa, Martins, Puerta, Sipioni, Froiler, Tsikinio, Ese, Roca, Yaremchuk, Zota Silva, Gonzalez, Marius, Clayton.
Panetolikos (Yiannis Anastasiou): Xenopoulos – Mavrias, Granath, Stagić, Manrique – Esteban, Nakamba – Opoku, Basi, Genepo – Baji
Olympiacos (Imanol Alguacil): Ortega – Pedersen, Retsos, Pirolá (Carmo), Tiknizian – Ese, Froiler, – Zelson (Zota), Chikino, Fortounis – Marius
Referee: Michalis Matsoukas (Euboea)
Assistant Referees: Petros Patras (Macedonia), Argyris Davelas (Macedonia)
Fourth Official: Stavros Tsimenteridis (Kozani)
VAR: Christos Vergetis (Arcadia), AVAR: Dimitris Moschou (Lasithi)
*photo source: KYPE
