Olympiacos goes to Thessaloniki, PAOK to the capital of Fthiotida.
As fate would have it, the match at the OPAP Arena cannot be ruled out to decide the champion for this season. AEK is ahead of Panathinaikos by one point and in case of victory, they will make a jump to win the title. Of course, the same applies in the case of a “double” for Fatih Terim’s team which, for the time being, is +4 ahead of PAOK and +5 ahead of Olympiakos who, however, have one game less. The “yellow and black” made it 2/2 against Aris, however, finding strong resistance in the Sunday (21/4) game of Thessaloniki, while the “greens” did not face particular problems against Lamia. It is worth mentioning that AEK and Panathinaikos have, so far, drawn all the results between them (1-2 at Leoforo and 2-2 at New Philadelphia for the regular season, 2-1 at “Apostolos Nikolaidis” for the Play Offs). Maybe the ties play their role too…
At “Athanassios Diakos”, PAOK will try to put a “stop” on the last negative results. Razvan Lucescu’s team, after being eliminated by Club Brugge and in fact with two defeats (1-0 at “Jan Bridel Stadium” and 0-2 at Toumba), experienced a third consecutive defeat, this time by Olympiakos in “Georgios Karaiskakis”, with 2-1. There is no scope for losses for the “black and whites”, especially since they will face a team that has the ultimate in defeats in the mini league, most recently the heavy 5-0 by Panathinaikos and even in Lamia.
Finally, in Thessaloniki, Olympiacos will attempt to extend its winning streak by playing against Aris, who hope to stop their own negative streak. The “red and whites”, after the boyish qualification in Polis against Fenerbahce, won 2-1 against PAOK in Faliro, staying firmly within the title’s grasp. Of course, the first semi-final of the UEFA Europa Conference League against Aston Villa (2/5, 22:00 – “Villa Park”) is on the mind of the players of Jose Luis Madrid, but there is still time until then. Thessaloniki, on the other hand, although they fought until the end, were defeated 2-1 by AEK and this was the fourth consecutive defeat in the Play Offs. Given that, Akis Manzios will not want his team to reach the final of the Greek Cup (against Panathinaikos, probably on 18/5) with such a mentality.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
17:00 “Athanassios Diakos”, Lamia – PAOK
19:30 “Kleanthis Vikelidis”, Aris – Olympiacos
20:30 OPAP Arena, AEK – Panathinaikos
STANDINGS 2023/24 (PLAY OFF)
TOTAL IN OUT
AG. N-I-H N-I-H N-I-H TERM. DEPTH
AEK 32 21-9-2 12-4-0 9-5-2 72-30 72
Panathinaikos 32 22-5-5 11-3-2 11-2-3 79-27 71
PAOK 31 21-4-6 11-2-2 10-2-4 75-29 67
Olympiacos 31 21-3-7 12-0-4 9-3-3 69-30 66
Mars 32 14-6-12 9-3-4 5-3-8 44-39 48
Lamia 32 9-7-16 6-2-8 3-5-8 39-67 34
*According to a) no. 280/27.10.2023 decision of the Primary Single Member Disciplinary Body of the Super League, b) no. 68/10.11.2023 decision of the Appeals Committee / EPO, the match PAE OLYMPIAKOS – PAE PANATHINAIKOS, in the context of the 8th match of the Stoiximan Super League Championship, was awarded in favor of PAE PANATHINAIKOS, with goals 0-3. A penalty of one (1) point was imposed on PAE OLYMPIAKOS from the scoreboard of the current season. In execution of the 29.02.2024 decision 2023/A/10168 of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the said one (1) point is returned to P.A.E. OLYMPIC.
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