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Apollon Smynis vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Super League Interwetten Matchday 8 contest against Apollon Smyrnis, 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 Athens club.
- PAOK have scored 3 goals or more in all of their previous visits to Rizoupoli until a goalless draw between the two teams in the 2017-18 season.
- The first match between the two clubs in the Super League was in the 2013-14 season which ended in a 3-3 draw. In that match the Double-headed Eagle went 3-0 up but let the lead slip as the home side fought back to 3-3.
- The match before that came in the 1999-00 campaign when PAOK won 4-3 thanks to a couple of goals from Nalitzis and a goal apiece from Froussou and Kafes. In the 1998-99 season the match ended in a 4-1 win for PAOK, while in 1997-98 there was a 4-4 draw.
- PAOK are currently on an 8-match unbeaten streak at Rizoupoli (5 wins – 3 draws). Before that hot streak, Apollon Smyrnis had claimed 4 wins in a row. And further back than those games, Apollon had only recorded four wins and eight draws in 32 matches,
- Overall there have been 40 matches with Apollon as the home side in the top flight, with the Elafra Taxiarchia recording 20 wins, while there have been 11 draws, and PAOK have recorded nine wins.
- PAOK have won with 5 different scorelines against Apollon in Athens. There have been four 1-0 wins, while other results include 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1 and 3-0 victories.
- PAOK needed 6 games to get their first win over Apollon at Rizoupoli, since it took them from the first match in the first season of 1959-60 until March 7 1965 – when PAOK won 2-1 – to get their first one.
- 4 – the number of times that the two teams met during the 2013-14 season in the league and the Greek Cup. In those matches, Apollon failed to register a single goal against PAOK in the first three. The cup matches ended in 3-0 wins for PAOK both home and away, while at the Toumba the match ended in a goalless draw, while the game at Rixoupoli ended in a 3-3 draw.
- 2 – number of goals scored by three PAOK players in the last four games at Apollon. Lucas found the net twice in the 3-3 draw in the league at Rizoupoli. Koulouris scored a brace in the 3-0 win for PAOK in the cup in Athens, while Vukic also got a double in a 3-0 win in the first leg of the Greek Cup match.
- 3 of the last 6 matches in the league between the two sides have ended in a draw.
