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PAOK vs. Olympiacos: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Matchday 21 Stoiximan Super League showdown with Olympiacos at the Toumba, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match, as well as a look back at our previous league encounters against the Piraeus club.
- This is the 68th meeting between the two teams with PAOK as the home team, with the first contest in the top flight taking place on November 22, 1959. At that time, Leandros Symeonidis and Lavrentios Katikaridis scored the two goals for PAOK in a 2-0 win.
- PAOK have won 32 out of 67 games, while 17 of them ended in draws. Olympiacos prevailed in 18. The two teams have met at the Toumba in the Greek Cup 11 times, with the Double-headed Eagle registering seven wins, two games ending in draws, and Olympiacos having two wins.
- Their last meeting in the regular season in the league was on January 30, 2022, when the two teams drew 1-1, while in the Play Offs last year, Olympiacos prevailed 2-1 at the Toumba. PAOK has a win and a draw in the last two games against Olympiacos, both of which took place in Piraeus, while in their last six away matches there were four draws, a win from PAOK and a win by Olympiacos.
- PAOK went 21 matches unbeaten in home matches against Olympiacos from January 3 1971 until May 24 1992. In that period, PAOK won 19 times, while two matches were drawn. The Double-headed Eagle lost 2-1 in September 1969 and it needed 23 years to suffer another at the Toumba, in May 1992.
- 6 goals have been scored by Giorgos Skartados against Olympiacos in home matches, and he is the top scorer for PAOK. Next with four goals are Koudas, Afentoulidis, Sarafis and Guerino.
- The most popular scoreline is 1-0, with 9 out of the 31 wins coming via that result. Next is 2-0, which has appeared six times, while there have been 5 wins via a 2-1 scoreline. Olympiacos has won 2-1 on five occasions. In terms of the draws, the most popular results are 0-0 and 1-1, both of which have appeared 9 times.
- 6 goals have been scored by PAOK against Olympiacos on December 6 1987, at the Serres Municipal Stadium which remains the biggest loss suffered by the Erythrolefki in 61 years in the top division. Bannon (7’), Mavromatis (14’), Siggas (19’), Baniotis (42’) and Borbokis (74’, 88’) scored the goals for the Double-headed Eagle, while Tsalouchidis was on target for the Erythrolefki in the 49th minute.
