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Galatasaray vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s UEFA Europa League match with Galatasaray, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match, some interesting statistics about the match in Turkey.
- PAOK face a team from Turkey for the third time in the club’s history. The first was the historic qualification against Fenerbahce in 2010-11. Then it was a tie for the Europa League qualifiers, where the Double-headed Eagle had won 1-0 at the Toumba (19′ Vieirinia) and in the second leg Belozoglou’s goal (50′) sent the match to extra time, where PAOK claimed the qualification for the group stages of the competition thanks to a goal from Muslimovic in 102nd minute.
- In 2020-21 for the 2nd Qualifying Round of the Champions League, PAOK faced Besiktas in a single match due to the special conditions of the coronavirus pandemic and won 3-1. Christos Tzolis scored two goals in the 7th and 24th minutes, while Dimitris Pelkas made it 3-0 in the 30th minute and Larin scored to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
- On the other hand, Galatasaray has had six encounters with Greek teams in European competitions and has five wins and one loss. They have faced Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in two-legged ties, while they have also played two single-leg knockout matches against Olympiacos and Panionios.
- This is the first time that PAOK face a team from a neighboring country in the group stage of a competition, or in a phase after the qualifiers.
- PAOK’s last prevous appearance in a Europa League match was on 10 December 2020 for the group stage at the Toumba, where they faced Granada in a game that ended in a goalless draw.
- For the qualifiers, as well as the subsequent phases of the European Cups, PAOK have played 239 games and their record is 94 wins, 66 draws and 79 losses.
