Larissa may be dangerous

A good start in the League for Larissa as they won 0-1 Apolon Smyrnis in Rizoupoli. Thereafter they were defeated 2-0 from Aris in Thesaloniki, although they tried hard for a good result. Antoniou's team have changed a lot from last year. 12 newcomers with more or less the same resigns. In the International break, they signed the 29 years old Kenan Bargan from Aris, the defender Alexandre Coeff, who has played in Brest for two years and the 29 years old winger Manolis Bertos from Asteras Tripolis. These are quite good players for a team who have higher goals this year. In the friendly game with Ionikos (3rd category) in Neapoli they played with many players from the U19 team, they were eventually defeated 1-0. Newcomers Thodoris Triptotseris, Manolis Bertos and Acosta were tested. 

On the other hand, Panathinaikos were a surprise in the first two games of the League. They won 0-1 Xanthi in Pigadia and 3-1 Larisa in OAKA. In this way, they covered the deducted 6 points from last year and they start from the beginning. Youngsters Bouzoukis, who scored in both games and Emanouilidis had great performance. Panathinaikos have many financial problems and so many high contracts were resigned. Younger players took their places. Italian attacker Federico Macheda is a newcomer who scores easily. In last Saturday's friendly game, they were defeated 1-0 from Atromitos in Peristeri. Giorgos Donis will have the absences of Ousmane Coulibaly, Vangelis Oikonomou and Anthony Mounier.

Larissa is traditionaly a difficult home for the big teams. Home team have many newcomers and they will try to win Panathinaikos. The 'Greens' may run many kilometers in the field, but perhaps that's not enough. A bet on home win is my choice, with the necessary cover in draw.