Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Panathinaikos
Match Time & Date:
14/12/2023
12:45 PM
Prediction: 1-0
Maccabi Haifa
A spot in the Conference League last 32 will be at stake when Panathinaikos and Maccabi Haifa go head to head at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium on Thursday afternoon. PAO aim to recover from a 3-2 loss to Villarreal and they must be high on confidence following a routine 4-0 win over OFI Crete. Both Erik Palmer-Brown and Hordur Magnusson are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Messay Dego’s troops, on the other hand, played out a goalless draw with Villarreal in their last group game and they face a must-win situation in the decider. As Maccabi Haifa are likely to adopt an attack-minded approach in Thursday’s encounter, we believe that the hosts are going to seal the victory on the break. As for the visiting side, Tjarron Chery is back to contention, while fellow midfielder Ali Mohamed misses out with injury.
Highlighted Player (Andraz Sporar):
Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia on February 27, 1994, Andraz Sporar is a striker who plays for Slovakian side Slovan Bratislava. Sporar spent his youth career at the likes of Olimpija, MNK Ljubljana and Interblock and he continued playing for the last mentioned club at senior level.
After scoring 10 goals in 21 appearances for the club, the Slovenian attacker moved to his hometown club Olimpija Ljubljana where he earned the captaincy. Andraz Sporar was scoring goals for fun in the Slovenian top flight, netting 46 goals in 95 appearances in the league, but he then decided to take a step forward in his career.
In the 2015/2016 season he moved to Swiss outfit Basel, but he made no more than 19 appearances in the league for the RotBlau. During his spell with Basel Sporar played for Arminia Bielefeld on loan as well and in the winter of 2018 he joined Slovan Bratislava. Speaking of his international career, he made his debut with Slovenia in November 2016 against Malta.
Highlighted Team ():
Celta Vigo 
Barcelona 
Southampton
Liverpool
Ipswich
Manchester United
Napoli
AS Roma
Leganes
Real Madrid
Lazio 
Bologna 
