The international interruption for national teams is a thing of the past and Olympiacos has turned his attention to Sunday (24/11, 20:30, Cosmote Sport 1 HD, Live Matchcenter Sport24) derby with AEK as part of the 12th Stoiximan Super League.
Returning to the associations’ obligations has made it very difficult for Jose Luis Mendilibar, who is called upon to put an end to this negative series, which extends to the last season and is largely due to the ineffectiveness of the Piraeus.
Specifically, the Reds have not managed to win this year on the two previous international holidays, staying 0-0 with Panetoliko in “G. Karaiskakis” on September 15 and watching Levadiakos return from 2-0 and leave with 2-2 from Faliro on 20 October.
In the two cases above, Olympiacos managed to create 4.8 xgoals versus 2.1 of his opponentsBut he was unable to reach the victory, something that Mentilibar does not want to see repeat in the derby with the Union on Sunday in Karaiskakis. The reds even they attempted 50 final In these two games at their home, with just 13 of them find a target.
This issue was concerned with the Piraeus and last year, when they only won once after four holidays for the national in the season. The only dominance of the Reds came on November 25, 2023 when they beat Panetolikos 3-1 in Piraeus.
Beyond that, the holders of the Conference League were tied 1-1 with AEK on September 17, 2023, lost by the yellow-blacks 1-0 on March 31, 2024, and there is the game with Panathinaikos in Faliro on October 22, which was cut off.
It is worth mentioning that in the two matches against AEK, Olympiacos created opportunities that deserved 4.1 xgoals scoring just once and received two goals from 2.7 xg of the Union. In the two matches in New Philadelphia, the Piraeus team had 23 finalswith 8 of them to end up in the fireplace.