The return of Greek Super League on Football Analysis after a months' hiatus brings us straight into Saturdays Matchday 13 matches...And on to Sundays with three great matches beginning with Panionios vs. Larissa followed on by PAOK vs. Asteras Tripolis and continued with Olympiakos against Levadeiakos.
Matchday 12 Results
Thrasivoulos 1 - 2 PAOK Salonika
Larissa 2 - 0 Iraklis
Panathinaikos 1 - 1 Asteras Tripoli
Aris Salonika 2 - 0 Panserraikos
Ergotelis 0 - 0 FC Xanthi
Olympiakos 4 - 1 Panionios
Panthrakikos 2 - 0 OFI Crete
Levadiakos 0 - 0 AEK Athens
Saturday, 6th December
OFI - Aris
Summary: OFI host Aris in Pankritio Stadium as they continue to search for their first home win. Aris will feel confident about the upcoming match as they have all their attacking options available including Sergio Koke, Mario Regueiro and Diogo Siston. Absences for the home team include first team keeper Arkadiusz Malarz with Alexandros Kasmeridis set to fill in while they will also be without Stelios Sfakianakis and Minas Pitsos. Serbian midfielder Aleksandar Simic will return for this weekends action in a positive note. For Aris no injury worries but will be without the services of Bolivian midfielder Nacho Garcia. Coach Enrique Hernandez decided to exclude Garcia from training and Saturdays match due to comments he made to the Bolivian media regarding the Aris coach and club.
Pick: Aris to Win (possible result 0-1)
OFI 0 - 1 Aris
Skoda Xanthi - Panathinaikos
Summary: A tough away match for Panathinaikos who seem to have been struggling with results in the Super League. After an impressive victory against Inter (0-1) in Italy in the CL, Pana could only manage a draw in the league against Asteras Tripolis (1-1). Xanthi in the other hand is a tough cookie to crack in home games with only a single loss in front of their fans. Xanthi is showing great potential so far by occupying 3rd place in the ladder, 4 points behind second placed PAOK and 8 points
behind current leaders Olympiakos. Xanthi seem to have a full squad available for Saturdays match while Panathinaikos coach Hank Ten Cate will be without a few key players; The full list includes Bryce Moon, Mikael Nilsson, Gabriel, Andreas Ivanschitz, Rodrigo Souza, Stefanos Siontis, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos plus long time injury Sotiris Leontiou.
Pick: Xanthi +0.5 (possible result 1-1)
Xanthi 1 - 2 Panathinaikos
Sunday, 7th December
Panionios - Larissa
Summary: Panionios will face Larissa with a new coach on the bench after the departure of Takis Lemonis. Lemonis only managed 2 games with Panionios after he came in to replace ex-coach Ewald Lienen. Both left after arguments with the board. In Lemonis case due to the refusal of the Panionios board to accept Lemoni's request to dismiss three members of Panionios coaching and management staff. So Yiotis Stamatopoulos will lead Panionios against Larissa then and he will be without midfielder Bennard Yao Kumordzi due to suspension and also Alvaro Recoba due to an injury while Labros Choutos and Ivica Majstorovic will be ready for the match as either starters or subs. Larissa will welcome back to the first team Marcelo Sarmiento and Walter Matias Iglesias and as long as there are no injuries in the next few days Larissa should have a full squad available.
Pick: Larissa +0.5 (possible result 1-2)
Panionios 1 - 1 Larissa
PAOK - Asteras Tripolis
Summary: PAOK comes up against Asteras Tripolis in Toumba stadium this Sunday but they will be without inspirational striker Zlatan Muslimovic. The game should be nonetheless a close affair. PAOK coach Fernando Santos will be without, due to injury or suspension, Pablo Garcia, Ricardo Matias Veron, Vladimir Ivic, Zlatan Muslimovic, Vieirinha and Lambros Vangelis. Asteras only has a few players out with Sebastián Ereros, Jean Carlos Donde, Martin Kamburov, Nikolaos Stratakis plus suspended Adrian Bastia.
Pick: PAOK to win (possible result 1-0)
PAOK 1 - 1 Asteras
Olympiakos - Levadeiakos
Summary: Olympiakos come into the game after a heartbreaking loss against Metalist Kharkiv (1-0) in midweeks UEFA Cup match. The team though has a 100% record in Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium and will look to punish Levadeiakos from the get go even without suspended Diogo. Olympiakos welcome back left back Leonardo while they will be waiting on Ieroklis Stoltidis, Anastasios Pantos and Vasilis Torosidis who are all doubtful. Levadeiakos injuries include Eduardo Ariel Montoya, Michalis Kapsis and Alban Bushi.
Pick: Olympiakos -1.75 (possible result 2-0)
Olympiakos 1 - 0 Levadeiakos
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