The league table is allowed to rest as Larissa and PAOK battle for Greek Cup honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
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.
Larissa form and stats
Larissa was eliminated in the final last season in the Greek Cup. Kalamata was too strong.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Larissa have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Alkazar. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts. With eleven home Super League games in a row without a win, the Larissa fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Volos NFC game long ago, can be stopped today.
Larissa haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 561 minutes ago. D. Pinakas scored that one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Aris in the Super League.
Larissa are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Lamia awaits in three days.
Larissa has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 9 games. Larissa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
PAOK form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Olympiakos Piraeus wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
As you can tell from the results above, PAOK was very dominant against Panaitolikos, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Christos Tzolis, Stefan Schwab, Karol Świderski (2) and Thomas Murg providing the goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as PAOK are hosting Apollon Smirnis in the Super League only four days away.
PAOK has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. 11 goals have been conceded by PAOK in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
PAOK - Larissa 5-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Larissa wins - draws - PAOK wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 9 goals |  D. Pinakas 6 goals | C. Tzolis 5 goals |
Larissa missing players
PAOK missing players
| Larissa | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 18 | 49 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 76% | 55% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 15% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 43 | 54 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | PAOK | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Aris | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | OFI | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 13 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -20 | 11 |
| 14 | Larissa | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 9 |