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The fans in Thessaloniki already have to wait 34 years for the next championship title. A long dry spell that could now come to an end. Although PAOK went with two points deduction at the start, but after just under two-thirds of the season, the club enthroned on the first place. No league match was lost and the only remaining opponent with realistic chances is now a guest. We are talking about the record champion Olympiakos, who usually only has to pass one year to place the next championship trophy in the domestic trophy collection.
In the past season, however, this interval was interrupted because AEK Athens finished the series at previously seven consecutive championships. For the club, this unfamiliar fate could repeat as described this season, as PAOK Salonika is already six points ahead. A gap that Olympiakos Piraeus would cut in half if it won with an away win. A prognosis that is unlikely. Rather, in PAOK Thessaloniki against Olympiacos Piraeus is the tip for a draw. An assessment that also suggests the distribution of quotas, which are very close to each other.
PAOK Thessaloniki:
Already in the last season PAOK was very close to the national title. In the end, it was enough only for the runner-up behind AEK Athens. An experience that seems to have motivated the team once again. Since the start of the season, the kickers from Thessaloniki are very consistent and purposeful in their performance. No defeat after 19 matchdays is a clear proof. In addition, the black and white are the best defense with only eight goals conceded. A title, but they share with the reigning champion AEK. However, in front alone is the offensive with 37 hits.
The dress rehearsal for the upcoming top game was again only half. So it was enough last weekend only to a 1-1 at AEK. A division of points, which was fair from a playful point of view. For PAOK it was only the second draw this season. All other 17 league games were won throughout! During the week, the club also appeared in the quarter-finals of the Greek Cup at Panionios Athens and conceded a 1: 2 defeat. A result that can be easily explained, however, as only a B-team took on, to spare the regular players for the showdown with Piraeus. In the competition the Kicker from Thessaloniki are represented as current champion and the result is certainly bent in the second leg again.
In the attack, PAOK had to endure a very painful finish last month: with Aleksandar Prijović they have lost their top scorer. The Serb moved to Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia during the transfer phase in the winter, under the care of former Croatian coach Slaven Bilic. Of course, the departure of last year’s top scorer in the Super League is difficult to compensate for, although the club is still stable for now – as four wins from five league games show. With nine goals, he led again in this season the club’s top scorers list. Impressive is the home record of PAOK: It contains a snow-white vest in the shape of ten wins. Seven victories in the local Toumba Stadium were also made including a clean sheet.
The Erythrolefki are trained by the Romanian Răzvan Lucescu, who holds the post since May 2017. In his career as a coach, he has at least once experienced the feeling of winning a championship in his home country when he won the title in 2003 with Rapid Bucharest. He can also get advice from his father, who also works as a coach and currently coaching the national team of Turkey.
Olympiacos Piraeus:
Olympiakos Piraeus is second in the league and has to win more or less if the championship is to succeed. Thrylos has been in a very stable form for several months. Thus Olympiakos has not lost for twelve matchdays and instead retracted ten wins and two draws. The former series champion, the only club in the world to have performed the feat five times in a row at least five consecutive championships, is still suffering from last fall’s weakness. At that time, Piraeus lost 1-0 at home to their opponents on Matchday 5 and again at OFU Crete just two games later – again with 0: 1. To date, these are the only defeats in the Super League, but exactly these six lost points Olympiacos are currently missing on the front runners.
There were also some changes in the squad at Piraeus; Among other things, Yaya Toure left the club. The midfielder came from Manchester United last summer, where he spent eight years under contract. At the age of 35, the kicker from Ivory Coast is, of course, already well above the zenith of his footballing powers and in the league he only had two wins this season. Speaking of Zenit: Piraeus also has a new signing from the same name club in St. Petersburg with Yuri Lodygin on goalkeeping. The 28-year-old Russian moved to the end of January on a loan to the eleven from the port city.
PAOK vs Olympiakos Piraeus head to head matches
30.09.18 SL Olympiakos Piraeus PAOK 0 : 1
25.02.18 SL PAOK Olympiakos Piraeus 0 : 3
22.10.17 SL Olympiakos Piraeus PAOK 1 : 0
05.03.17 SL PAOK Olympiakos Piraeus 2 : 0
23.10.16 SL Olympiakos Piraeus PAOK 2 : 1