Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 8th Finals between Gent and PAOK. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for PAOK, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gent and PAOK.
Gent form and stats
Gent are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at GHELAMCO-arena. 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in this competition.
Gent enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Beerschot-Wilrijk's place. The match ended 2-0 with Lemajić and Sart scoring. Midfielder Sart was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Sart scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 69 successful passes (of 82 total).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Anderlecht are coming to town in three days.
The Gent manager Vanhaezebrouck has got the team scoring with 31 from 15 home games in the league. Gent's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
PAOK form and stats
The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses both home and away.
Akpom scored in PAOK's previous match, the home game against PAS Giannina that ended 1-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the PAOK manager Lucescu as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against AEK Athens.
Head 2 Head
PAOK - Gent 1-0 was the product when this pair of squads formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Previous three meetings with these participants: Gent won one, PAOK triumphed in one and we saw one draw. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kurtič 15 goals |   T. Tissoudali 14 goals |  L. Depoitre 9 goals |
Gent missing players
PAOK missing players
| Gent | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 42 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 31 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 29 | 63 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 65 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 32 | 58 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 56 |
| 5 | Gent | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 55 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 34 | -3 | 48 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 48 |
| 8 | Genk | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 45 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 43 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 42 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 40 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 37 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -15 | 33 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -29 | 32 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | -21 | 32 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -17 | 31 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 36 | -36 | 26 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 31 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 30 | 65 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 35 | -35 | 16 |
