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Atromitos vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Let paokfc.gr set the scene for you ahead of the Super League clash against Atromitos at the Toumba. Before the big kick-off, read through some interesting background facts and stats, as well as the history of our previous clashes with the Athens club.
- Atromitos’ two consecutive victories over PAOK at home equal the record held by the Peristeri team, since the Double-headed Eagle have never lost three consecutive away matches against the Peristeri club.
- Those two consecutive victories by Atromitos at home, in 2020-21 and 2021-22, put an end to an unbeaten streak that PAOK had created which lasted 10 consecutive matches without defeat for the Thessaloniki club. Atromitos had won 4-3 at the Toumba on November 28, 2016, and after this match the unbeaten streak of PAOK began. The tally for PAOK during that period was eight wins and two draws in all competitions and irrespective of venue. Also, the Double-headed Eagle has found the net in all 14 of their previous matches against Atromitos.
- 25 – the number of matches that have been played with Atromitos as the home side in the Greek top flight, with PAOK undefeated in 18 of these visits to Peristeri. PAOK have chalked up nine wins, while there have also been nine draws. The Peristeri club have prevailed seven times.
- PAOK has scored 34 goals in its away matches against Atromitos and a large chunk of them came in the 1976-77 season, when PAOK prevailed 6-1 thanks to goals from Kermanidis, Sarafis (2), Koudas (2) and Anastasiadis.’
- Dimitris Salpingidis has scored 4 goals for PAOK in away games against Atromitos and is the Double-headed Eagle’s top scorer in that list, while in second place is Stavros Sarafis with three goals. Koudas and Apostolidis have two. Salpingidis has also scored three goals in the matches against Atromitos at the Toumba and has a total of seven, while Sarafis has five overall.
- PAOK have 10 victories in matches against Atromitos away from home and five of those were without conceding a goal. There have been four 2-0 wins and two 1-0 victories, while there have been one 6-1, one 3-2 and one 2-1 win. The most popular draw result is 1-1 with four such matches registered in the hiztory books, followed by three 0-0 draws and one 2-2 draw.
- June 23, 1968 – the date of the first match in history between the two clubs regardless of competition, and it was in the Round of 16 phase of the Greek Cup. The match ended 1-1 at 90 minutes thanks to goals from Koukis (47′) and Fountoukidis (50′). At that time the winner of the match was decided by the flip of a coin, and PAOK saw the lucky penny fall in their favor and they progressed to the next round of the competition.
