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Larissa vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Greek Cup Round of 16 clash against Larissa, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the game, as well as a look back at our previous encounters against the Vissini.
- This is the first time that the two teams are facing each other for the second consecutive year in the Greek Cup. Last season they again met at the same Round of 16 stage, with PAOK securing two victories.
- In the first game that took place at the Toumba, PAOK prevailed 5-0 thanks to a hat-trick by Tzolis (9′, 23′, 74′), and further strikes from Krmencik (47′), and Ingason (55′). In the second leg in Larissa, which took place on February 3, 2021, PAOK won again via a 2-1 (39′ Pereira own goal – 19′ Tsingaras, 29 Krmencik) scoreline.
- Apart from those meetings, PAOK and Larissa have met only a handful of times in the Greek Cup and have never before met more than once a decade. Their first meeting came in the 1985 final, when the Thessaly team deprived PAOK of the double, while they also met in 1990-91, 2003-04 and 2016-17.
- The 2016-17 meeting was the first time that PAOK faced Larissa in the competition in the group stage format. The match was a one-legged tie and took place at the Toumba, with the Double-headed Eagle prevailing 2-0 (28′ Mystakidis, 41′ Pereira).
- The paradox is that their first meeting on June 22, 1985 was in a Greek Cup final, since until then the draw had never brought them together. Larissa prevailed 4-1 in that final at the OAKA and won the first trophy in the club’s history.
- Their next meeting was on March 10, 1991 at the Toumba in the quarter-finals. PAOK prevailed 3-0 (41′ Lagonidis, 78′ Borbokis, 83′ Karageorgiou) and laid the foundations for qualification for the next phase. The 2-0 defeat in Larissa in the second leg was not an anxious one for PAOK, since the score until added time was just 1-0 thanks to Petkov’s goal (25′) and then just before the final whistle, Da Silva sent the ball into the net for the second time.
- In the 2003-04 season the two teams met quite early on in the first round of the competition which at that time was with direct knockout matches and not in a group as it is now. Larissa got a 1-1 draw (10′ Giasemakis – 42′ Tsakmakidis) at an empty Toumba due to a punishment for earlier crowd troubles. PAOK managed to clinch the tie in the second leg, however, winning 3-0 (14′ Hagan, 41′ Spasic, 86′ Giasemakis) to comfortably qualify for the second round.
