International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both PSV and PAOK are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
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.
PAOK have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
PSV form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.PSV have collected 12 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-0-0. 3W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for PSV. In general it's been a long time since PSV tasted defeat here at Philips Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
PSV drew their last game, 1-1 away at FC Twente. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Willem II.
Eran Zahavi felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against FC Twente as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 44th minute.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for PSV, as the Eredivisie home game vs Sparta Rotterdam is only three days away.
Goals are plentiful at Philips Stadion in the league this season as PSV has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. As for guarding their own goal, PSV have only let in 1 goal at home.
PAOK form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.As the visiting team in Super League matches, PAOK have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far. Total Europa League statistics for PAOK: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for PAOK as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Panathinaikos game have they lost an away game, meaning PAOK has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.
PAOK had fun at their own home (Philips Stadion) last time out, beating PAS Giannina 2-1. Omar El Kaddouri and Karol Świderski scored. Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Apollon Smirnis with the score of 3-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. García Pérez when Omar El Kaddouri scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Omar El Kaddouri scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat PAS Giannina.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of PAOK when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning one game.
The schedule is very tough for PAOK now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Lamia is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy PAOK's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result PAOK - PSV 4-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (PSV wins - draws - PAOK wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Malen 5 goals |   K. Świderski 5 goals |  C. Madueke 4 goals |
PSV missing players
PAOK missing players
| PSV | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 277 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 141 | 306 | ||
| 106 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 123 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | PAOK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | PSV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 24 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | PSV | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | AZ Alkmaar | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Willem II | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Heracles | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 8 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -14 | 8 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 4 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 3 |
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Aris | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | PAOK | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Atromitos | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | PAS Giannina | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | OFI | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | Larissa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Apollon Smirnis | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
| 14 | Lamia | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |