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Olympiacos vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Super League Interwetten Matchday 7 showdown with Olympiacos at the “Georgios Karaiskakis”, 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 Erythrolefki.
- In the Greek top flight, PAOK have faced Olympiacos 65 times away from home. The results tally shows 11 wins, 8 draws and 46 defeats
- PAOK is the team that is responsible for four of the six defeats in total that Pedro Martins has suffered in the Olympiacos dugout in league games. Since the 2018-19 season when he took over the technical leadership of Olympiacos, he has led the Red and Whites in 108 league matches and so far counts 84 wins, 18 draws and six defeats. Apart from PAOK, Olympiacos have lost to OFI and Panathinaikos.
- It’s the same story in the Greek Cup, where in the 21 matches he has been in charge in Faliro, he has recorded three defeats, two of which are at the hands of PAOK, while he has also suffered one defeat against Lamia in the 2018-19 season.
- The last match between the two teams was the Greek Cup final on May 22 2021 when PAOK won 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium and clinched the trophy.
- In their last 10 visits to Olympiacos, PAOK have recorded three wins and one draw.
- On July 12 2020 PAOK won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Mihaj to deny Olympiacos the chance to win the league title undefeated.
- On April 6, 1960, PAOK faced Olympiacos for the first time in the top flight and recorded a 2-1 victory thanks to goals from Leandro Symeonidis (38′), and Giorgos Havanidis (42′). Olympiacos had taken the lead through Kostas Polychroniou (31′). PAOK also went unbeaten on their first three visits to the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, getting a 1-1 draw (49’ Ifantis – 89’ Vasiliadis) in the second match.
- On January 4 1976, PAOK recorded one of the club’s most famous victories on the road to winning the championship, beating Olympiacos 4-0 at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (24′ Terzanidis, 56′, 63′ Koudas, 78′ Guerinho).
- Pantelis Kafes is the only player to have scored a hat-trick for PAOK against Olympiacos, and that feat came on February 23, 2003 in a 4-3 loss at the Giorgos Kamaras Stadium in Rizopouli.
- 17 – the number of matches Olympiacos went unbeaten at the then newly renovated Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (15 wins – 2 draws) until PAOK’s second visit there on October 16 2005. Two goals from Pantelis Konstantinidis cancelled out a Yaya Toure free-kick as PAOK won 2-1 to break the home side’s unbeaten record.
- Giorgos Koudos is the top away scorer with three goals in matches against Olympiacos in Pireaus, and four more strikes in matches when PAOK were the home side. Overall, both home and away, he is the top scorer along with Afentoulidis and Skartados, while Sarafis is next with six goals.
