After what happened in the Leoforos derby, AEK can consider themselves two losers in the 11th round. Aside from a draw in Tripoli that left them unable to close the gap on leaders Panathinaikos, the bigger loss is thought to be Niklas Eliasson’s severe injury (fractured fibula), which sidelined him for about four months. The Swedish ace, who underwent surgery yesterday afternoon, was this year’s AEK barometer, a player who, thanks to his assists (a first in the league) and his creativity, allowed Matthias Almeida to adjust his midfield plans. The Argentine manager’s alternatives to fill the gap, starting with tomorrow’s home game against OFI, are Amrabad shuffling the deck with Gacinovic shifting to the right flank and, in the future, the arrival of Paolo Fernandes from Volos, who will join the team in January. In the center of the Yellow-Blacks’ defense, Mukudi is expected to return, who trained yesterday according to the usual program, while Vida is not ready yet and will return after the championship break.

Smiles returned to PAOK after a win and a good performance against PAS Ioannina. Schwab’s good performance provides the possibility of an additional solution for Lucescu in the midfield area and in the “Double Head of the North”, they believe that if the team closes the first round with two wins over Ionian on Thursday and Volos on Sunday, given and thanks to the January transfer momentum, he can return to main role.

Tonight (20.00) Aris opens the curtain on an exciting 12th round, welcoming Lamia to Kleanthis Vikelidis and looking to win after three games. There is a big battle in the “tail” where six teams (OFI, Levadeakos, Ionikos, PAS Ioannina, Lamia, Asteras Tr.) have a difference of three points and want to avoid the last two places leading to the Super League. 2.