This could be an interesting match as Xanthi have their presumed home advantage while PAOK are ahead 29 points in the Super League table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for PAOK, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
PAOK have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.
Xanthi form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Xanthi have to build on here at Xanthi FC Arena in the Super League. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Xanthi haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 289 minutes ago. M. Castro scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager G. Paraschos led his Xanthi to a defeat in the Super League match away at Atromitos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Xanthi FC Arena. In the match before that, Xanthi hosted Lamia and drew the game 0-0.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Xanthi had similar winning odds as today, and found two games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew one and lost one. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Xanthi lost zero similar games by at least two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Xanthi here at Xanthi FC Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). From these home matches, Xanthi have conceded only 10 goals.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK, who have the most scored goals (21) away in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 8-2-2 from 12 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus Olympiakos Piraeus with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result PAOK won their away game at Larissa. The scoreline was 2-1.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with PAOK given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed five matches with four wins as expected, zero draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won two of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Olympiakos Piraeus in just three days.
PAOK are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by PAOK in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result PAOK - Xanthi 2-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Xanthi won one game, three matches ended with a draw and PAOK has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 10 goals |   S. Chebel Faucher 6 goals |  C. Akpom 6 goals |
Xanthi missing players
PAOK missing players
| Xanthi | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 49 |
| 31 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 84% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 52% | 42% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 76% |
| 44% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 12% |
| 36% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 24% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 42% | 44% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 3 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 8.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 155 | 93 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 122 | 277 |
| 65 | 37 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 58 | 132 |
| 31% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 37% |
- PAOK has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- PAOK has the most scored goals (21) away
- PAOK has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- PAOK have created more than twice as many corners as Xanthi.
- PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PAOK have scored more than double the goals of Xanthi.
- PAOK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- PAOK have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- PAOK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Xanthi has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Xanthi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | PAOK | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Aris | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | OFI | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Xanthi | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Larissa | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Lamia | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 27 |
| 12 | Volos NFC | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 14 | Panionios | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -29 | 10 |