# PAOK recorded three wins and were defeated once in their last four games against Panionios. In all four encounters, only the winning side got to score.

# The two sides have met twice in the Super League play-offs. That happened last season, with PAOK securing two 2-0 victories both at home and away.

# Stefanos Athanasiadis scored three times in last season’s play-off encounters against Panionios. He netted a brace in Toumba Stadium in the second match, after giving PAOK the lead in the first one (Mak made it 2-0 in Nea Smyrni).

# PAOK and Panionios met six times in 2015-16, clashing in the league’s regular season, the Greek Cup and the play-offs. The “Double-Headed Eagle” recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered a defeat in Nea Smyrni. In the regular season of 2016-17, both sides won their home games 1-0.

# The two sides have met 57 times in Toumba Stadium, with PAOK prevailing in 44 encounters. Panionios won 4 matches, while 9 matches ended undecided. The last victory of the Nea Smyrni outfit in Toumba dates back to 7 September 1985. Since then, they have managed to edge out two league draws: a 1-1 in 2000-01 (Tetradze 19’ – Chasiotis 67’) and another 1-1 in 2006-07 (Mięciel 33’ – Goundoulakis 44’).