Match Report
The table gap was wide: 57 points between PAOK (1st, 80 pts) and PAS Giannina (8th, 23 pts). PAS Giannina had been under-performing their position — 21st on five-round form against 8th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 8.7/3.4 for PAOK and 4.71/8.86 for PAS Giannina (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.62.
Over the last five, PAOK had taken 12 of 15 points to PAS Giannina's 5.
The head-to-head ledger counts 29 games: 19 PAOK wins, 7 for PAS Giannina, 3 draws, at 2.34 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 41% of the meetings went to the host.
The venue was Stadio Toumbas in Thessaloniki, with room for 9,500 spectators. A. Tsakalidis took charge of the match — our records show 38 games refereed with an average of 2.0 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, PAOK led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-0.