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PAOK vs. Lamia: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Greek Cup semi-final, second leg clash against Lamia, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match, as well as a look back at our previous encounters against the Fthiotida club in the competition.
- Against Lamia, PAOK are looking to seal their ticket to the final of the Greek Cup for the sixth time in the last seven years, and for a third consecutive year. This would be PAOK’s 23rd appearance in a final, with a total of 8 victories, 4 of them coming in the last 7 years.
- PAOK are facing Lamia for the fourth time for the Greek Cup. In fact, it is the second time that the two teams will meet at the semi-final stage of the competition, while the other two ties were in the round of 16 and quarter-finals.
- The first meeting came in the 1971-72 season when they met in the semi-finals, with Lamia then being the first team in the second division to reach that stage of the competition.
- On June 28 1972 the semi-final was a one-legged tie played at the Toumba, and the Double-headed Eagle won 2-0 thanks to goals from Sarafis (48’) and Apostolidis (56’).
- On February 6 1985 the teams met for the second time in the Round of 16, and PAOK progressed thanks to a comfortable 6-0 win at the Toumba in a match when the goalscorers were Papritsas (2), Dimopoulos (2), Damanakis, and Iordanidis.
- In the return match PAOK won 9-1. Lentas scored Lamia’s only goal from the penalty spot, while for the Double-headed Eagle the goals were scored by Vasilakos (3), Mavromatis (2), Iordanidis (2) Papritsas, and Iosifidis. Lamia were forced to play with 10 men from the 32nd minute due to Kalenteroglou’s sending off.
- The two teams met again in 2020-21 with PAOK winning 5-2 in the first game while teh second leg in Lamia ended 1-1. All three times PAOK have met Lamia so far, the Double-headed Eagle reached the final, and two out of those three times they won the Greek Cup. In 1984-85 they were defeated by Larissa in the final, but had already won the league championship that season.
