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PAOK vs. HJK Helsinki: Facts & Figures
Paokfc.gr is here to put you in match-ready mode early on for the clash with HJK Helsinki at Toumba Stadium for their final group stage clash in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Check out some interesting facts and statistics about the background of the match.
- PAOK close out their group obligations against Helsinki, whom they defeated 3-2 in Finland on the opening matchday of the Conference League group stage. The overall tally in the five group matches to date is 4 wins and 1 draw, while including the qualifiers PAOK have played 11 matches and are unbeaten. In total the Black and Whites have recorded 8 wins and 3 draws.
- Helsinki are the first Finish club that PAOK have faced in European competitions and the opening matchday win came with goals from Koulierakis, Despodov and Brandon .
- This match will be the 30th in the Conference League for PAOK, and in the previous 29 matches to date the Double-headed Eagle have 16 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, with a total goal ratio of 46-26.
- At the same time, this is PAOK’s 230th match in European competitions, and the record to date reads 88 wins, 65 draws and 76 losses, with a goal tally of 315-286.
- Andre Vieirinha became the club’s leading foreign appearance-maker in European competitions, since he has now played 51 times and surpassed Jose Crespo, who had ended his PAOK career with 50 appearances in European games. The all-time club leader is Dimitris Salpingidis with 60 matches, while in second place, with 53 appearances, is Stefanos Athanasiadis.
- PAOK have already qualified to the «Round of 16» stage of the Conference League as first in the group after the victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, and will not compete in the intermediate round of the Play Offs.
