PAOK vs. Olympiacos: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s previous postponed Matchday 4 Super League Interwetten Play Offs showdown with Olympiacos, 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 Erythrolefki in the Play Offs.
- The last two games between the two sides have ended in a draw, one in the league championship and one in the Greek Cup. PAOK prevailed 2-0 in the last game between the two clubs in the Play Offs that took place at the Toumba last season, thanks to two goals from A. Zivkovic (49, 63).
- The last time Olympiacos left the Toumba victorious was on June 7, 2020 on Matchday 1 of the 2019-20 Play Offs courtesy of a goal by El Arabi in the 23rd minute.
- This is the 67th match between the two clubs with PAOK as the home side, with the first PAOK – Olympiacos encounter in the Greek top flight taking place on November 22 1959. Goals from Leandros Symeonidis and Lavrentios Katikaridis gave PAOK a 2-0 win on that day.
- PAOK have won 32 of the previous 66 games, while 17 have ended in a draw. Olympiacos have come out on top on 17 occasions. The two teams have met at the Toumba in the Greek Cup 11 times, with the Double-headed Eagle counting 7 wins, while there has been 2 draws and Olympiacos have emerged victorious twice.
- During the 2020-21 season the two teams met five times. PAOK won two of those games – one of which was the Greek Cup final in May – while in the regualr season and the Play Offs there was one draw, one win for PAOK at the Toumba, and Olympiacos won both of there home matches.
- 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.
- The most popular scoreline is 1-0, with 9 out of the 31 wins coming via that result. Next is 2-0, which has appeared six times, while there have been 5 wins via a 2-1 scoreline. Olympiacos has won 2-1 on five occasions. In terms of the draws, the most popular results are 0-0 and 1-1, both of which have appeared 7 times.
- 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.