PAOK and PSV get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
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 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
PAOK form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Seven points from three Super League home games is a great start for PAOK, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stadio Toumbas. PAOK haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus AEK Athens, 126 days ago.
PAOK are returning here after visiting Panaitolikos in a Super League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Nika Ninua, Antonio Čolak and Karol Świderski scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the away draw at Granada that finished 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 four games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost two.
The manager A. Moreira Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Apollon Smirnis in only three days.
The PAOK fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively PAOK have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
PSV form and stats
PSV was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
PSV had fun at their own home (Stadio Toumbas) last time out, beating ADO Den Haag 4-0. Ryan Thomas, Noni Madueke (2) and Eran Zahavi scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Omonia Nicosia at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As you can tell from the results above, PSV was very dominant against ADO Den Haag, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Ryan Thomas, Noni Madueke (2) and Eran Zahavi providing the goals.
After this away game PSV return home for a Eredivisie game against Willem II. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The PSV manager R. Schmidt has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. PSV have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Madueke 4 goals |   K. Świderski 3 goals |  C. Gakpo 3 goals |
PAOK missing players
PSV missing players
| PAOK | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 11 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 34 | 51 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 298 | 155 | Total Shots | T S | 172 | 294 | ||
| 118 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 109 | ||
| 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Granada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | PSV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | PAOK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aris | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | PAS Giannina | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | OFI | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 13 | Larissa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 14 | Lamia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 18 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | PSV | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | AZ Alkmaar | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Heracles | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Willem II | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -14 | 5 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 2 |