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PAOK vs. Olympiacos: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Matchday 2 2024-25 Stoiximan Super League Play Offs showdown with Olympiacos at the Toumba Stadium, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match, as well as a look back at our previous league encounters against the Piraeus club.
- PAOK and Olympiacos will meet for the 7th time in a Play Offs match with the Double-headed Eagle as the home team. Each team have recorded three wins, and there has never been a draw. In the 12 Play Offs matches both home and away, PAOK have registered 5 wins, 1 draw and six defeats to the Piraeus club.
- This is the 73rd meeting between the two teams with PAOK as the home team, with the first contest in the top flight taking place on November 22, 1959. At that time, Leandros Symeonidis and Lavrentios Katikaridis scored the two goals for PAOK in a 2-0 win.
- PAOK have won 33 out of 71 games, while 18 of them ended in draws. Olympiacos prevailed in 21. The two teams have met at the Toumba in the Greek Cup 11 times, with the Double-headed Eagle registering seven wins, two games ending in draws, and Olympiacos having two wins.
- 1-0 is the most popular score for PAOK’s home wins over Olympiacos, with nine of the 32 being that result. They have won 2-0 seven times and this is second on the list, while five of PAOK’s victories were via 2-1 results. Olympiacos have won 2-1 five times. In terms of draws, the most popular score is 1-1 with 11 occurrences.
- 6 goals have been scored by Giorgos Skartados against Olympiacos in home matches, and he is the top scorer for PAOK. Next with four goals are Koudas, Afentoulidis, Sarafis and Guerino.
- PAOK went 21 matches unbeaten in home matches against Olympiacos from January 3 1971 until May 24 1992. In that period, PAOK won 19 times, while two matches were drawn. The Double-headed Eagle lost 2-1 in September 1969 and it needed 23 years to suffer another at the Toumba, in May 1992.
- 6 goals have been scored by PAOK against Olympiacos on December 6 1987, at the Serres Municipal Stadium which remains the biggest loss suffered by the Erythrolefki in 61 years in the top division. Bannon (7’), Mavromatis (14’), Siggas (19’), Baniotis (42’) and Borbokis (74’, 88’) scored the goals for the Double-headed Eagle, while Tsalouchidis was on target for the Erythrolefki in the 49th minute.
