# The two sides have met 27 times in the Greek league with PAOK as host. The “Double-Headed Eagle” have prevailed 19 times, AEL Larissa celebrated two wins, while 6 matches ended undecided.
# The first league encounter between PAOK and Larissa was recorded on 6 January 1974, the Thessaloniki outfit prevailing 3-1 in Toumba Stadium thanks to goals by Apostolidis (4’), Kermanidis (41’) and Aslanidis (76’). Giannis Matzourakis, who had left PAOK two years earlier, reduced distances for the Thessaly club.
# PAOK sit on a five-match winning streak over AEL Larissa, all of them 1-0. This streak started after AEL Larissa recorded their second (and last to-date) victory in Toumba, on 24 February 2007. All goals in that 1-3 were scored by the visitors: Kožlej’s own-goal gave PAOK the lead, but Fotakis (50’), Förster (54’) and Kožlej (68’) turned the match around for Larissa.
# PAOK have defeated Larissa 1-0 five times at home –it’s the most ‘popular’ score between the two sides. The scorelines 2-1 and 4-0 have been recorded three times each, while the “Double-Headed Eagle” have prevailed 3-0 twice. There are six more scorelines that have appeared once.
# Three home matches of PAOK against Larissa ended 1-1, while the two sides played 2-2 draws twice. The only goalless draw between them was recorded on 8 March 1987.
# Stefanos Athanasiadis has scored four goals against AEL Larissa, among them his maiden goal in the Super League on 20 April 2008. The encounter held in Thessaly ended with a 4-3 win for the local side and Athanasiadis netting a brace.
# Athanasiadis also made his Super League debut against AEL Larissa. It happened in that 1-3 defeat of PAOK in Toumba, in February 2007, when he came off the bench to substitute Balafas in the 77th minute.