AEK Athens vs Olympiakos Piraeus Match Preview

AEK Athens faces Olympiakos Piraeus in this rescheduled game of the Greek Super League.

The hosts were on a very bad run with consecutive defeats in the last few rounds, both in the Europa League competition and in the Greek league. In the Europa League, they were knocked out of the competition after their consecutive losses to Zorya, Braga, and Leicester. From now on, the Greek Super League will be their main focus, where they come from a marginal 3-4 away win against Apollon Smirnis.

Today they have an even difficult match against the league leaders, Olympiakos, and they will try to get a positive result in order to remain at the top places of the standings. Hnid, Vasilantonopoulos as well as Sabanazovic, will miss tonight's game due to injuries. On the other hand, Insua and Chyhrynskyi will be available.

Olympiakos comes from a big 0-6 away win over Lamia in the previous round. They prevailed on the pitch over their opponents and scored many times playing very offensive football. In the second half, manager Pedro Martins did quite a few changes on the squad to rest his key players for this derby against AEK. After this outcome, Olympiakos remain at the 1st spot of the table with a total of 28 points.

In the last round of the Champions League group stage, Olympiakos suffered a 0-2 home defeat against Porto, but still, they managed to qualify for the last 32 of the Europa League. In the first knock-out game, they will face PSV Eindhoven. Midfielder Kostas Fortounis remains doubtful for today's game and his presence is a last-minute decision.

AEK continues to underperform in the last few weeks and changes must be made by the manager Massimo Carrera to improve their performance. Tonight y they have a very difficult task against Olympiakos, and I don't expect dramatic changes in their performance.

The visitors will seek another three-pointer here to extender their lead in the league table. They are currently in much better shape than AEK and I expect them to win this match. Olympiakos Piraeus to win is my call for this one.