PAOK – Olympiacos: Facts & Figures
Here are some interesting stats, background data and head-to-head info regarding the encounters between PAOK and Olympiacos, a few hours before they meet in Toumba for matchday 23 of the Super League.
# PAOK have won 29 of their 58 home games against Olympiacos in the Greek league. Fifteen encounters ended undecided and the Piraeus outfit snatched the away victory 14 times.
# PAOK have recorded 9 victories over Olympiacos with a 1-0 scoreline, the most common result in their Thessaloniki clashes. Seven encounters ended in goalless draw and seven more in 1-1 draw. On 5 occasions, PAOK won 2-0 and five more matches ended in 2-1 victories for the “Double-Headed Eagle”. Olympiacos have managed to win 2-1 on five occasions in Toumba Stadium.
# Giorgos Skartados is the leading scorer of PAOK in their home matches against Olympiacos with 6 goals netted. Koudas, Afentoulidis, Sarafis and Guerino have 4 goals each. Stefanos Athanasiadis has scored twice against Olympiacos in the Super League at home. In total, “Klaus” has netted 4 goals against the “red-and-whites”, plus two for the Greek Cup.
# Olympiacos were undefeated for 58 league matches between 1 October 1972 until 21 April 1974, a period sandwiched between their two visits in Toumba Stadium. It was PAOK who put the end on a streak of 46 victories and 12 draws for Olympiacos.
# Vladan Ivić faced Olympiacos 12 times as a player and his record reads 5 victories – 3 draws – 4 defeats. He was the scorer of the solitary goal in PAOK’s 1-0 win in “Karaiskakis” Stadium on 12 May 2010, for the Super League play-offs.