Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between PAOK and Krasnodar

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 30.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Toumbas (28703 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League Play-offs, as the hometeam PAOK will try to edge Krasnodar in their own ballpark.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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PAOK form and stats

PAOK have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Beşiktaş and Benfica. PAOK was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for PAOK's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadio Toumbas. On the other hand, in the Champions League, PAOK has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

PAOK travelled for their previous game, a trip to Volos NFC that ended 0-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Krasnodar (1-2).

Early season league goal statistics from PAOK's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Krasnodar form and stats

Krasnodar's mission in Champions League last season failed in the play-offs.

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Krasnodar have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sochi in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Krasnodar secured a home win against PAOK with the score 2-1.

Krasnodar has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Dinamo Moskva in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Krasnodar find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Krasnodar as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

PAOK and Krasnodar have met before this season: Krasnodar - PAOK 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): PAOK won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Krasnodar has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

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Krasnodar missing players

PAOK Krasnodar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
11 6   Won W   3 10
9 3   Drew D   3 5
5 3   Lost L   6 10
29 17   Scored S   9 35
18 10   Conceded C   9 25
76% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
56% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   42% 64%
32% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   17% 32%
20% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 16%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
36% 42%   BTTS BTTS   17% 32%
48% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
40% 42%   Failed to Score F T   58% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.8
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
266 131   Total Shots T S   156 339
103 53   Shots on Target S O   54 129
28% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   11% 23%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
2 Aris 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 PAOK 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
4 OFI 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Volos NFC 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
6 AEK Athens 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Asteras Tripolis 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
8 Atromitos 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
9 Panaitolikos 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 1
12 Larissa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Panathinaikos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Lamia 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zenit 9 6 2 1 20 5 4 4 0 0 15 3 5 2 2 1 5 2 15 20
2 Spartak Moskva 9 6 2 1 15 8 4 3 1 0 8 4 5 3 1 1 7 4 7 20
3 CSKA Moskva 8 5 1 2 14 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 8 3 7 16
4 Sochi 9 4 4 1 13 10 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 16
5 Krasnodar 9 4 3 2 18 7 4 2 2 0 11 4 5 2 1 2 7 3 11 15
6 Dinamo Moskva 8 4 2 2 7 4 5 3 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 14
7 Rostov 8 4 2 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 14
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 8 3 3 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 12
9 Rubin Kazan' 8 3 2 3 11 11 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 4 0 11
10 Ural 8 2 4 2 7 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 10
11 Akhmat Grozny 8 3 1 4 8 11 3 1 0 2 3 5 5 2 1 2 5 6 -3 10
12 Arsenal Tula 8 2 2 4 10 13 5 2 2 1 8 6 3 0 0 3 2 7 -3 8
13 Tambov 9 2 1 6 7 13 5 2 0 3 3 4 4 0 1 3 4 9 -6 7
14 Ufa 9 1 2 6 5 20 5 0 2 3 2 7 4 1 0 3 3 13 -15 5
15 Khimki 8 0 3 5 7 18 3 0 1 2 2 5 5 0 2 3 5 13 -11 3
16 Rotor Volgograd 8 0 2 6 3 15 4 0 0 4 1 8 4 0 2 2 2 7 -12 2

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.