The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League Play-offs, as the hometeam Hearts will try to edge PAOK in their own ballpark.
It's quite the trip for PAOK when visiting Hearts as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
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 Hearts and PAOK.
Hearts form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Hearts, as the manager McAvoy led his troops to eliminate Rosenborg, and reach the Play-offs. Hearts participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Hearts's previous fixture was a League Cup game also played at their home, ending 4-0 against Partick Thistle. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Preceding that result, a home win against Rosenborg in the Europa Conference League.
There will be little rest for Hearts after this match as they are travelling to Dundee for a Premiership game in only three days.
PAOK form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Beitar Jerusalem and Hajduk Split in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round, when Levski Sofia drew the shortest straw.When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
The fans enjoyed PAOK's previous fixture versus Asteras Tripolis, a 3-0 win played at home. Midfielder Živković was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.5. Živković scored two goals and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that game, the win at home hosting Hajduk Split in the Europa Conference League (3-0).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kifisia in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Živković 2 goals |   Y. Oda 1 goals |  L. Shankland 1 goals |
Hearts missing players
PAOK missing players
| Hearts | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | ||
| 11.5 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | PAOK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | OFI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Lamia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Panathinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | AEK Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Atromitos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Aris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Panserraikos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Asteras Tripolis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Kifisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
