PAOK get ready to welcome Lamia for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
PAOK have less rest than Lamia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Apollon Smirnis, was also a home game here at Stadio Toumbas. The away team is better rested.
PAOK form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.25 points is a decent return from 11 Super League games here at Stadio Toumbas for PAOK. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The PAOK fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Toumbas and will expect new points from this game. PAOK has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for PAOK, who played 2-2 against Apollon Smirnis. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Toumbas). In the game before, an away victory in the Greek Cup match versus Larissa with a 2-1 scoreline.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how PAOK have performed as huge favourites like they are today: eleven games found in the database showing ten PAOK wins, one draw and zero defeats.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), PAOK's attacking play is working. PAOK have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lamia form and stats
Lamia's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.Lamia have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-3-5 (8 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Lamia goalkeeper Damir Kahriman is eager to challenge this, with his 309 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Lamia are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Panathinaikos. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Apollon Smirnis in the Super League.
Lamia are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eight matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were one win, one draw and six defeats. Of the defeats, four games were lost by at least two goals margin.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lamia manager M. Grigoriou as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Asteras Tripolis.
Goals are few and far between in Lamia's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. Lamia have conceded 13 goals 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
Last eight meetings between the teams: PAOK won seven, Lamia won one and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 9 goals | C. Tzolis 5 goals |  S. Ingason 4 goals |
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| PAOK | Lamia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 13.4 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 20% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 46 | 57 |
| 2 | Aris | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | PAOK | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Apollon Smirnis | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | OFI | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 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 |