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Xanthi vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Super League Matchday 26 encounter with Xanthi, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match, as well as a look back at our previous encounters against the Akrites.
- This will be the 31st meeting between the two teams with Xanthi as host, with the Akrites enjoying a long run in the top flight since the summer of 1989. In the 30 matches played to date, PAOK has recorded 13 wins, eight matches have ended in a draw, and Xanthi have won on nine occasions.
- 4 – the number of consecutive draws there were before PAOK secured a 3-0 win at Xanthi in the 2017-18 season. Three of those draws came via a 0-0 scoreline, and the other match ended 1-1. That match was on January 20th 2016, while the two goalless draws were at the Toumba, and one more 0-0 in Xanthi. After that, PAOK went on to record five wins in a row: 3-0 on December 2nd 2017 and 2-1 on March 31st 2019, but also three times at the Toumba via scorelines of 2-1, 2-0 and 2-0.
- 30 – the number of PAOK players who have scored a total of 40 goals against Xanthi away from Thessaloniki. Top scorer is Vladan Ivic, who has scored in three matches against the Akrites.
- Magdy Dolba was the first player to score for PAOK in an away match at Xanthi, and he also scored again in the following season – a feat which puts him top of the list of players who have celebrated two wins in away games against Xanthi. The other names on the list are Toursounidis, Frantzeskos, Georgiadis, Vieirinha .
- The last player to join that list was Stefanos Athanasiadis with his goals in the 2014-15 and 2012-13 seasons. Overall in matches both home and away, Athanasiadis has found the back of the net four times.
- 5 – the number of wins PAOK have recorded in Xanthi via a 2-1 scoreline. The next most popular result is 2-0 and 3-0, both of which have occurred on three occasions. One match ended 1-0 an another 3-2.
- 7 – the number of draws that have appeared. The most popular result in those games by far is 0-0 which has occurred four times, while two matches ended in 1-1 and another two with 2-2 scorelines. Xanthi has recorded five wins via a 1-0 scoreline, and one win with the following scorelines: 3-0, 5-2 and 2-1.
- January 14th 1990 – the first time the two teams met in the Greek top flight with PAOK arriving as leader in the standings along with Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK. PAOK won the match 2-0 with goals from Magdy Dolba and Sakis Anastasiadis.
