Panathinaikos Athens vs Aris Saloniki Match Preview
Panathinaikos and injury-ravaged Aris meet up in the weekend’s most attractive match. Panathinaikos is hoping 2011 continues the way it began as Jesualdo Ferreira’s side dispatched of Xanthi with a comfortable 2-0 victory. Djibril Cisse was on the scoresheet yet again for the Prasinoi, but Panathinaikos supporters will be a bit worried that the French striker’s name continues to pop up in transfer rumors. Regardless, the team will be looking at nothing else than the three points on Saturday in order to stay within five points of Olympiakos.
Aris travel to Athens without the services of 12 first-team players who miss out due to suspension and injuries. This means that Hector Cuper’s side will make the trip to the capital with a squad of only 17. Aris will hope that they can pull of a decent result against Panathinaikos though their poor away record (2 wins in 10 matches) suggests it will be a tall task.
