The PAOK & Olympiakos Piraeus managers Lucescu and Martins are both worrying about and looking forward to this vital fixture in the top part of the Super League positions.
- PAOK have the most scored goals (40) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
PAOK and Olympiakos Piraeus should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadio Toumbas. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for PAOK, as their goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis has completely shut out the opponents for 300 minutes in the Super League.
PAOK enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Volos NFC's place. The match ended 4-0 with Sastre, Akpom, Ingason and Kurtić scoring.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how PAOK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost zero.
The PAOK manager Lucescu has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. PAOK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 23 points collected from 9 Super League games. 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.
The Olympiakos Piraeus goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 614 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The followers enjoyed Olympiakos's previous game versus PAS Giannina (placed 5th), a 2-0 win played at home.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympiakos Piraeus playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Olympiakos Piraeus win, zero draws and two defeats.
Olympiakos Piraeus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Olympiakos Piraeus as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
PAOK and Olympiakos Piraeus have faced each other before this season: Olympiakos Piraeus - PAOK 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four PAOK victories, one draw and five Olympiakos Piraeus wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kurtič 13 goals |   Y. El-Arabi 9 goals |  C. Akpom 5 goals |
PAOK missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| PAOK | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 61% |
| 67% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 56% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 6.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 13.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 12.6 | 14.9 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 40% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 53% | 42% |
| 9.9 | 8.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.1 | 7.9 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
- Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (23) away in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+21) in Super League
- PAOK have the most scored goals (40) in Super League
- PAOK have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Super League
- PAOK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- PAOK have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- PAOK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PAOK is in the best form (6-0-0) in Super League
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | PAOK | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 37 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | OFI | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Aris | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Lamia | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 10 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -21 | 9 |
