OFI get ready to welcome PAOK for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Group Stage leg 1 of 2.
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 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
OFI form and stats
Last season, OFI's Greek Cup journey ended in the 8th finals against Ergotelis.The home supporters can't complain about results here as OFI have scored 18 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
OFI's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Volos NFC. A Super League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Panaitolikos.
The OFI manager G. Simos has got the team scoring with 18 from 9 home games in the league. OFI have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
PAOK form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for PAOK, as they won the Greek Cup.PAOK have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games.
The PAOK goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 266 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for PAOK, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Aris in the Super League. A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Atromitos.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for PAOK, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The PAOK manager Abel Ferreira has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. As opposed to that, PAOK have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 OFI victory, 2 draws and 7 PAOK wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
K. Świderski
9 goals
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Lisandro Semedo
6 goals
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K. Tsilianidis
5 goals
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OFI missing players
PAOK missing players
| OFI | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 29 | 54 | ||
| 36 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 272 | 147 | Total Shots | T S | 152 | 289 | ||
| 118 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 73 | 141 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PAOK | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 38 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Aris | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | OFI | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Atromitos | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Larissa | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Panathinaikos | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 10 | Xanthi | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 11 | Lamia | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 8 |
| 14 | Panionios | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 6 |