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Rijeka vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Just a few hours ahead of PAOK’s crucial UEFA Europa Conference League Play Offs decider against HNK Rijeka, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match.
- This is PAOK’s 101st away game in European competitions and the Double-headed Eagle need a win to go through after the 1-1 draw at the Toumba last week.
- The team have traveled for a second leg match with the score at 1-1 from the first leg four times previously in European competitions, progressing twice and being eliminated twice. The first attempt was successful, with PAOK beating Mechelen 1-0 (86′ Borbokis) away from home after a 1-1 (40′ Skartados – 62′ Ingeson) at the Toumba in the 1991- 92 season in the second round of the UEFA Cup.
- In 2003-04 in the second round of the UEFA Cup, a 1-1 draw (17′ Karadimos – 24′ Bizat) with Debreceni was followed by a goalless draw away from home, which sent PAOK out. The next 1-1 first-leg draw with Metalurg Donetsk (25′ Salpingidis – 67′ Tischenko) was again in the UEFA Cup and the qualification to the 2nd round came after a 2-2 away draw (39′ Kosirin, 57′ Tischenko – 42′ Salpingidis, 45’ Konstantinidis). PAOK ended the match with nine players, with Karypidis receiving a red card in the 82nd minute and Giasoumis in the 84th minute.
- On August 20, 2009, a 1-1 home draw with Heerenveen in the Europa League Play Offs with goals from Ivic (54′) and Paulo Enrique (45′) was not enough for PAOK to qualify, as the second-leg match in the Netherlands ended 0-0.
- Historically, PAOK have 21 wins and 33 draws away from home in Europe, while they have lost 46 times with an overall goal ratio of 110-166.
- This is the third time that PAOK faces a team from Croatia. The record until the match with Rijeka was three wins and one defeat, while at the Toumba, PAOK recorded two wins without conceding a goal, with an overall record of 7-0. Rijeka was the first team to score at the Toumba and made PAOK’s record two wins and a draw.
- Dinamo Zagreb was the first opponent from the neighboring country and they met in the Europa League groups, with PAOK prevailing 1-0 (56′ Ivic) at the Toumba on September 30, 2010. In the match in Croatia, PAOK won again via a 1 -0 (61′ Salpingidis) scoreline.
- Next, PAOK met Lokomotiva Zagreb in 2015-16 in the 2nd qualifying round for the Europa League and a 2-1 defeat in Croatia (30′ Kolar, 45′ Andrijašević – 88′ Mak) thankfully did not have consequences for PAOK’s ability to qualify, as in the second leg the home side prevailed with a convincing 6 -0 (3′ Lucas, 7′ Mak, 14′ Pelkas, 34′ Kitsiou, 59′ Andrijašević own goal, and 84′ Mak) win.
- Rijeka has so far faced Greek teams twice, and in fact in the same season. After being eliminated from the Champions League qualifiers by Olympiacos with two defeats in 2017-18, they then found themselves in the same group of the Europa League as AEK, where they lost 2-1 at home and recorded a 2-2 draw at the OAKA.
