AEK Athens-Xanthi (Away team + 2 goals handicap)

Premiere for the Super League, or right, Super League 1, as the restructuring of the categories changed the name for the first class of Greek football. In the match that closes the match, AEK welcomes Xanthi to OAKA.

The home team AEK is going through a very difficult phase early in the season, in terms of climate, perhaps its worst since the day it returned to the big category. This is because although there have been promising transfer moves but also promises of good football, the picture is completely different. 3 official matches, a victory with a mediocre appearance, the image of a small team and a collapse especially in the second half of the matches with opponents Craiova and Trabzonspor for the Europa League. Coach Cardoso, on whom the Union relied, shows dogmatism in the way he plays, while it seems that he has already lost the locker room with the management he carries out. Given that the match against Xanthi is a Must win anyway, but also the presence of the people on the stands after a while, the match may be the last for the Portuguese coach if he does not win, and even if he succeeds, they are heard even names to replace him. Tsigrinski does not count on Tsintota, Klonaridis, unprepared for a mission. Changes are expected, as Cardoso himself has announced, but not for more than 3-4 people.

A year of transition can be characterized as the one that starts for Xanthi, last year had a strange development since the good start was followed by a prolonged competitive crisis, so it saved the category in the end by defeating the already relegated Apollon. This year he wants a more comfortable stay, in a league that is clearly more difficult with the reduction of the teams, while there have been many changes in the roster and it remains to be seen whether they will be able to improve it. The biggest blow is the departure of the best player for Hendrisek, the new coach will be the Spaniard Ramirez, while he is no exception to the rule of the whole league in the part that concerns the presence of many foreigners ... Aiming for a good appearance and the best in OAKA, without particular problems of absences.

Always in a game of this nature, a poor underdog favorite with no inspiration, it's not easy to appreciate. But AEK's racing image and the general climate in no way justify the 1,35 and 1,40 circulating in the ace. If the match does not start well for AEK, there will be grumbling from the world, frustration, and no one is setting fire to how the non-Cardoso players will fight. If there was a different opponent I would easily fight, now with Xanthi I will leave 3,30 of X2 for handicap +2 goals for Xanthi at 1.73 of stoiximan.