The Israeli midfielder trained for a third consecutive day alongside his teammates without complaining of pains and Igor Tudor included him in the squad for the first time since his injury. On the contrary, regarding Miguel Vítor who is also training normally, it was deemed preferable to keep him on the sidelines, so that he can return to action 100% ready after the league break.

Training session focused on tactics with the coach of PAOK analyzing to his players what he wants of them on Sunday. Charis Charisis, Stelios Kitsiou, Ricardo Costa, Jairo and Kyriakos Savvidis (with groin pains) followed special recovery programs.

The players included in the squad are the following: Olsen, Melissas, Skondras, Leovac, Malezas, Tzavellas, Konstantinidis , Tziolis, Cimirot, Kace, Pelkas , Sabo, Mak, Mystakidis, Athanasiadis, Berbatov, Golasa, Korovesis, Antonis.