Asteras Tripolis vs Panathinaikos Match Preview

Asteras Tripolis comes from a bad performance in the last round of the regular season against PAS Giannina, suffering a 0-1 home defeat. After a long period of good performances, Rastavac's team form has changed in the last few rounds. Despite playing against a weak opponent, they miss one of their key players, striker Barales.

Their attack is counting a lot on the Argentinian striker to create chances and his missing was crucial in the previous round. For today's match against Panathinaikos Suarez remain doubtful while Barales is expected not to compete here as well.

Panathinaikos was impressive so far this season against the strongest teams of the league. In the previous round against PAOK, they won 2-1 despite their bad start in the first half. They managed to keep their lead and secured all three points by scoring a second goal late in the second half.

Maurício will miss today's game due to injury as well as the following playoff rounds. Velez and Sankhare remain unavailable.

Panathinaikos will seek their first win for the playoffs today in order to reduce their point difference with PAOK and AEK. A huge advantage for the visitors is that Barales is missing from Asteras Tripolis. The away win is my call.