Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs between PAOK and Midtjylland. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither PAOK nor Midtjylland as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
PAOK form and stats
Action has already taken place for PAOK in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Lincoln Red Imps, København, Bohemians, Slovan Bratislava and Rijeka to reach the Knockout Round Play-offs.26 points is a decent return from 12 Super League games here at Stadio Toumbas for PAOK. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, PAOK has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
Nothing to worry about in defence for PAOK, as their goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis has completely shut out the opponents for 264 minutes in the Super League.
PAOK shared the glory with Aris in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how PAOK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for PAOK as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Ionikos are visiting.
At Stadio Toumbas, PAOK has the goal stats of 24-12 (for/against) from 12 league fixtures.
Midtjylland form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Midtjylland have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far.
Midtjylland's previous game was their home loss versus AaB (0-2). Midfield player Evander was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Evander hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
We have checked recent matches where Midtjylland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, two draws and one defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Midtjylland now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at OB is waiting in only three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Midtjylland have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other before in this season, with the match result Midtjylland - PAOK 1-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kurtič 14 goals |   J. dos Santos Júnior 7 goals |  C. Akpom 5 goals |
PAOK missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| PAOK | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 50 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| 8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | PAOK | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | OFI | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Aris | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 28 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -13 | 28 |
| 11 | Ionikos | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Lamia | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 18 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -18 | 17 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | -30 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | København | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Brøndby | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | AaB | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Silkeborg | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 6 | Randers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | AGF | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Viborg | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | OB | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Nordsjælland | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -23 | 10 |
| 12 | Vejle | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -28 | 9 |
