The league table is allowed to rest as PAOK and Larissa 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.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK participated in Greek Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Olympiakos Piraeus.6-2-0 is the performance here at Stadio Toumbas so far in the Super League, giving PAOK a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! 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 ten games in a row here without a defeat.
In the match before that, PAOK hosted Olympiakos Piraeus and drew the Super League game 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for PAOK, as the Super League home game vs AEK Athens is only four days away.
PAOK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Toumbas with 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, PAOK have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Larissa form and stats
Larissa was sent out of Greek Cup in the final last season, when Kalamata turned out to be too strong.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Larissa so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Larissa, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The PAS Giannina game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. A depressing four defeats in a row for Larissa in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus PAS Giannina.
D. Pinakas was the last player to score for the away team. Larissa haven't scored a league goal in the last 291 minutes.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Panathinaikos's place.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Larissa we find four games. Results are zero Larissa wins, zero draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Larissa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Asteras Tripolis is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Larissa as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Larissa have conceded 17 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
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for PAOK, three draws and zero wins for Larissa. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 7 goals |  D. Pinakas 6 goals | C. Tzolis 4 goals |
PAOK missing players
Larissa missing players
| PAOK | Larissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 18% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | PAOK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Aris | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | OFI | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Apollon Smirnis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 13 | Larissa | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 8 |
| 14 | Lamia | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -21 | 6 |