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AEK to rotate heavily for Greek Cup clash with Panserraikos

AEK Athens host Panserraikos in the Greek Cup on Thursday and coach Marko Nikolić plans sweeping changes to his starting XI, as he did in the previous round at Nestos Chrysoupoli. With Strakosha injured, Balomotos is likely to start in goal, and a largely second-string side is expected.

What it means

• Nikolić intends wholesale changes for the Panserraikos cup tie at Nea Filadelfia.
• Strakosha is injured, so Balomotos is in line to start in goal.
• Expected XI includes Georgiev, Vida, Lykogiannis, Christakopoulos, Kairinen, Mandalos, Zubkov, João Mário, Kaloskamis and Zini.

Model read

AEK field a heavily rotated, far weaker side than their first-choice XI, which notably lowers their expected performance level and makes the cup tie against Panserraikos less one-sided than the squad gap suggests.

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