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PAOK v. OFI: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Super League Interwetten Matchday 4 contest against OFI, 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 Cretan club.
- PAOK plays host to OFI for the 44th time in the Greek top flight. In their previous 43 meetings, the Double-headed Eagle have won 35 times, there have been seven draws, while the Cretan club have recorded one win.
- OFI have lost on their last seven visits to Thessaloniki in the league, and they have in fact scored only in two of those games. Another loss in the Greek Cup last season means the total number of defeats in domestic play is eight. This series began after a 2-2 draw (8′ Vangelis, 9′ P. Konstantinidis – 6′ Leozinio, 36′ Kounenakis) between the two teams on October 6, 2007.
- In the last seven games between the two teams, PAOK has recorded seven wins as the home team, and has scored plenty of goals, with the overall score 25-2.
- The 2-2 draw in Crete in the second game of the Super League Play Offs brought an end to another PAOK hot streak, which saw PAOK rack up seven wins against OFI with victories both at home and away.
- The seven draws between the two clubs with PAOK as the home side have featured few goals. Four of them ended in a 0-0 result, while two more games ended 2-2 and one with a 1-1 scoreline. OFI’s only victory was in January 1993 via a 2-1 scoreline (25′ Lagonidis – 64′ Machlas, 83′ Georgamlis).
- The most goals that PAOK have scored in a match against OFI at home is five in a 5-0 win during the 2013-14 season. This was the second time PAOK won by such a scoreline, with the first coming in the 1977-78 season. This is the biggest winning margin PAOK have recorded over the Cretan team.
- The most popular scoreline in matches between the two cubs is 2-0, since it’s a result which has occurred eight times in home matches against OFI. It’s the only result which has also happened twice in succession, since generally there have not been many repetitions of results. In fact, in their first eight matches in the Greek top flight, there were eight different scorelines.
- On September 22, 1968, the then newly-promoted OFI made its debut at teh top level against PAOK at the Toumba. The Double-headed Eagle led 3-0 at half-time with two goals from Giorgos Koudas (33′, 37′), and one from Aslanidis (45′), and in the second half the tempo dropped off. Karakiriakos (59′) reduced the deficit to 3-1, and Lazos (88′) added a fourth for PAOK to make it 4-1.
- PAOK has scored 99 goals in home matches against OFI in 43 matches against the Cretans. Ninety-eight of those goals have been scored by PAOK players, while there has been one own goal by Costas Pavlopoulos. Koudas, Kostikos, Salpingidis, and Akpom are the four PAOK players who have found the net five times in home matches against OFI, while Orfanos and Athanasiadis have each scored three times.
