PAOK – SKODA Xanthi: Facts & Figures
With the Super League encounter of PAOK against SKODA Xanthi about to start, paokfc.gr offer you interesting info on the head-to-head record of the two teams and the “Double-Headed Eagle’s” league openers.
# For a 7th consecutive season, PAOK open the Super League at home. Last season, AEL Kalloni put an end to five back-to-back wins, earning a 1-1 draw at Toumba Stadium. PAOK are undefeated though in their home league openers with 5 victories, 1 draw and 12-3 goals.
# PAOK suffered their last home loss in an opening league game 12 years ago. Olympiacos prevailed 2-0 in 2003-04, courtesy of goals by Georgiadis and Kafes. The last defeat regardless of venue was recorded at Xanthi (1-0) by local SKODA in 2007-08.
# PAOK will open the league against SKODA Xanthi at home for a 3rd time, as they were paired by the draw every two years. The streak started in 2011-12 (PAOK – Xanthi 1-0) and continued in 2013-14 (PAOK – Xanthi 3-0).
# PAOK have faced Xanthi in an opening league encounter at both grounds 4 times so far. In 1995-96 (Xanthi – PAOK 2-2) and 2007-08 (Xanthi – PAOK 1-0) they met at Thrace.
# SKODA Xanthi have been playing in the top-flight league for 27 years consecutively. In their 26 visits to Toumba Stadium so far, they have suffered 19 defeats, while also recording 3 victories and 4 draws.
# PAOK have defeated SKODA Xanthi at home with a 1-0 scoreline eight times, making it their favourite result against the Thrace outfit. They also won 2-1 four times, meaning that 12 of 19 PAOK victories were just by one goal. Xanthi prevailed in Toumba three times, with a 1-0 scoreline on each occasion. PAOK have also won 3-0, 4-1 and 2-0 (twice each result). Their largest victory over SKODA Xanthi was a 5-0 recorded on 12 December 1999.
# Kostas Frantzeskos and Veridiano Marcelo have scored more goals than anyone (5 each) in the encounters between PAOK and Xanthi. Giorgos Georgiadis, Vladan Ivić and Petros Teggelidis have netted 4 times each. Dimitris Salpingidis (3 goals) and Stefanos Athanasiadis (2) could increase their tally, but not today as they are sidelined with injury. Dimitris Papadopoulos netted both goals in last season’s 2-1 victory over SKODA Xanthi.
# Zisis Vryzas is the only player who has scored for both sides in their head-to-head encounters! On 28 January 1996, in a 3-3 draw in Toumba he scored for Xanthi and on 25 October 1998 he was on target for PAOK in their 1-0 victory at Xanthi. He has featured with the Xanthi shirt 7 times against PAOK. He would later face Xanthi 8 times as a player of PAOK.
