Match Report
31 points separated the sides: PAOK 2nd on 53, Apollon Smirnis 8th on 22. PAOK's recent output lagged their position: 21st on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Apollon Smirnis were scoring 1 and conceding 1.43, PAOK 1.92 and 0.92, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Apollon Smirnis had been beaten in three straight games. 9 matches unbeaten backed PAOK's arrival. The last-five ledger: Apollon Smirnis 1/15, PAOK 11/15.
10 meetings are on record — 0 won by Apollon Smirnis, 6 by PAOK, 4 drawn, at 3.3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 30% of meetings won. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 70% of the meetings. The recent trend is more open — 4.2 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.3 all-time.
The match was played at Stadio Georgios Kamaras in Athens (capacity 14,200). Half-time and full-time told different stories: PAOK led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.