Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — PAOK II 1st with 23 points, Ethnikos Neou Keramidiou 5th with 5, 18 apart. Recent form told a different story for Ethnikos Neou Keramidiou: only 39th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Scoring rates set the scale: Ethnikos Neou Keramidiou 0.25 scored and 1.38 conceded per game, PAOK II 0.88 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.14.
Ethnikos Neou Keramidiou entered with five losses in a row. Level finishes had become the habit for PAOK II: three in a row. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Ethnikos Neou Keramidiou against 6/15 for PAOK II.
Stadio Katerinis in Katerini, capacity 6,200, hosted the game. PAOK II led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
PAOK II: Jorge Cabezas (13'), Jorge Cabezas (72')