Greek Super League - Aris Thessaloniki vs Skoda Xanthi Football betting preview

Aris takes on Xanthi in an attempt to grab all 3 points and return to winning ways as the 'yellows' have lost all 3 last games. Xanthi was brave to come away with the draw from Athens vs PAO but now they are going to play in a proper cage, a smaller football pitch than the official standards, with lots of fans that will give warm support for the home team.

Aris was the sleeping giant that has just woke up and with the best coach ever that worked in Greece (according to titles and trophies conquered) leading them (Dusan Bajevic), they have the right to be ambitious. However it is still early for a Championship as they have just started rebuilding the squad. Xanthi is the biggest player selling machine in the Greek league, feeding the bigger bulimic fishes for years, always managing to play good at home but quite poor on the road.

Truth is Aris finds it extremely hard to score goals this season. Only 8 goals in 11 matches!! Papazoglou injury left the attacking line with no quality options. Koke has not scored for a while and he has been criticized unfairly by the media but I heard the speaker at the Bolton v Aris match, to embrace numerous times Koke's movement and awareness. He is a class act and his job is not always seen on the pitch. I think it is a definite plus for Aris to have fit Koke, Kalvo and one of most talented foreign players of the Greek Superleague, Neto.

Xanthi's gameplan will probably be the same, kill opponent's game by 'any means' that is. Ugly and not pretty, but I don't think this time it will work out for them. Xanthi won't have Esmerado Gaston on their ranks but at least Rika plus Radzinski are ready for this one. An interesting thing is that Xanthi didn't train today properly as it was snowing at North-East and it was impossible for the players to stay for a long time on the pitch. Aris were so unlucky to loose from AEK with an own goal, while they should have been awarded a penalty at Larisa. All these facts have bonded the players to go for it and I expect a kamikaze attitude from the very first minute. Aris to win this, sure they can..

The odds at 1.75 from 10bet are just fantastic. Imagine the Greek bookies have limited this to 1.6, you can see the obvious value there.. Good luck!

Pick : Home -0.5
Odds : 1.75
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : 10bet
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