SL1-R4: PAOK - AEK (26-09-21, 20:30 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

 

 VS  

MATCHUP:            P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – A.E.K. Athens
COMPETITION:     Superleague 1 – Round 4
DATE:                    26-September-2021
TIME:                     20:30 EEST  (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day)
CITY/STADIUM:    Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703)
REFEREES:         
TELEVISION:        Novasports Prime (Greece & Cyprus), PAOK TV (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), net TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus)  

PAOK vs AEK history:

SUPERLEAGUE

2020-2021:  3:1 (Zivkovic 2, Swiderski) - Attendance: nf  (PLAYOFFS)
2020-2021:  2:2 (Crespo, Vieirinha) - Attendance: nf
2019-2020:  0:2 Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS)
2019-2020:  1:0 (Vieirinha-p) - Attendance: 21,332
2018-2019:  2:0 (Prijovic 2) - Attendance: 23,763
2017-2018:  1:0 (Varela) - Attendance: 18,741 (the paper champion won the game 3:0 on forfeit)
2016-2017:  0:1 - Attendance: 15,413   (PLAYOFFS)
2016-2017:  1:0 (Matos) - Attendance: 18,741
2015-2016:  2:1 (Rodrigues, Mystakidis) - Attendance: no fans (PLAYOFFS)
2015-2016:  2:1 (Rodrigues, Athanasiadis-p) - Attendance: 21,999
2014-2015:  AEK played in 2^rd Division
2013-2014:  AEK played in 3^rd Division
2012-2013:  1:0 (Athanasiadis) - Attendance:  15,239
2011-2012:  1:0 (Georgiadis) - Attendance:  9,771 (PLAYOFFS)
2011-2012:  3:0 (Vieirinha, Athanasiadis, Salpiggidis) - Attendance:  19,235
2010-2011:  2:1 (Garcia, Vitolo-p) - Attendance:  19,075  (PLAYOFFS)
2010-2011:  2:1 (Fotakis, Vieirinha) - Attendance:  18,453
2009-2010:  1:0 (Muslimovic) - Attendance:  25,303  (PLAYOFFS)
2009-2010:  0:1 - Attendance:  18,589
2008-2009:  0:1 - Attendance:  28,703  (PLAYOFFS)
2008-2009:  1:1 (Muslimovic) - Attendance:  25,203
2007-2008:  0:4 - Attendance:  11,569
2006-2007:  2:0 (Arabatzis, Mieciel) - Attendance:  15,686
2005-2006:  2:1 (Salpiggidis, own goal)- Attendance:  10,367

ALPHA ETHNIKI (Professional)

2004-2005:  1:1 (Feutchine) - Attendance:  9,568
2003-2004:  3:2 (Giasemakis 2, Salpiggidis) - Attendance:  24,829
2002-2003:  0:1 - Attendance: 11,340
2001-2002:  3:2 (Georgiadis, Katsiabis, Okkas) - Attendance: 21,542
2000-2001:  2:1 (Froussos 2) - Attendance:  7,038
1999-2000:  4:4 (Maragos, Dolberg, Georgiadis, Valencia) - Attendance:  22,226
1998-1999:  2:1 (Olivares 2) - Attendance:  13,535
1997-1998:  0:0 - Attendance:  30,347
1996-1997:  0:0 - Attendance:  24,056
1995-1996:  1:3 (Zouboulis)- Attendance:  7,946
1994-1995:  1:1 (FanRoy) - Attendance:  13,509
1993-1994:  0:0 - Attendance:  11,248
1992-1993:  2:1 (Lagonidis, own goal) - Attendance:  9,267
1991-1992:  2:2 (Toursounidis, Lagonidis) - Attendance:  6,184
1990-1991:  1:1 (Mitsibonas) - Attendance:  13,782
1989-1990:  1:1 (Skartados-p) - Attendance:  35,346
1988-1989:  0:1 - Attendance:  31,969
1987-1988:  2:2 ( Bannon, Karasavidis) - Attendance:  33,243
1986-1987:  1:0 (Vasilakos) - Attendance:  14,167
1985-1986:  2:1 (Siggas, Vasilakos)  - Attendance:  24,113
1984-1985:  1:1 (C. Dimopoulos) - Attendance:  40,506
1983-1984:  1:0 (Kostikos) - Attendance:  11,886 (played at Serres)
1982-1983:  5:0 (C. Dimopoulos 3, Koudas, Kostikos) - Attendance:  10,468
1981-1982:  1:1 (Georgopoulos) - Attendance:  15,706
1980-1981:  1:2 (Sarafis) - Attendance:  36,964  (Kaftanzoglio Stadium)
1979-1980:  4:0 (Guerino 2, Orfanos, Vasilakos) - Attendance:  24,082

ALPHA ETHNIKI (Amateur/Semi-Professional)

1978-1979:  2:1 (Guerino, Kostikos) - Attendance:  41,909
1977-1978:  1:1 (Damanakis) - Attendance:  17,552
1976-1977:  0:0 - Attendance:  45,252
1975-1976:  1:0 (Guerino) - Attendance:  45,010
1974-1975:  1:1 (Kermanidis) - Attendance:  39,017
1973-1974:  3:0 (Paridis, Terzanisis, Aslanidis) - Attendance:  26,426
1972-1973:  0:0 - Attendance:  39,554
1971-1972:  2:0 (Sarafis, Paridis) - Attendance:  35,411
1970-1971:  0:0 - Attendance:  25,660
1969-1970:  4:0 (Sarafis 2, Paridis, Koudas) - Attendance:  21,716
1968-1969:  1:1 (Terzanidis) - Attendance:  18,247
1967-1968:  1:2 (Giakoumis) - Attendance:  22,156
1966-1967:  1:0 (Giakoumis) - Attendance:  19,640
1965-1966:  1:1 (Charalambidis) - Attendance:  13,225
1964-1965:  1:1(Apostolidis) - Attendance:  9,337
1963-1964:  1:0 (Mouratidis) - Attendance:  19,912
1962-1963:  0:3 - Attendance:  14,442
1961-1962:  1:2 (Kiourtzis) - Attendance:  13,276
1960-1961:  1:1 (Raptopoulos) - Attendance:  ?
1959-1960:  1:2 (Nikolaidis)- Attendance:  14,230

PANHELLENIC CHAMPIONSHIP (Amateur)

1958-1959:  1:3 (Kiourtzis)- Attendance:  ?
1957-1958:  1:1 (Kouiroukidis)- Attendance:  ?  (Harilaou Stadium)
1953-1954:  2:2 (Papadakis, Karoufalidis)- Attendance:  ?
1939-1940:  3:4 (Kalogiannis 2)- Attendance:  ?
1935-1936:  4:1 (Ioannidis, Kalogiannis, Ilioupoulos, Kontopoulos)- Attendance: 10,000
1931-1932:  2:2 ()- Attendance:  ?
1930-1931:  1:2 (Papaiordanidis) - Attendance:  ?  (Iraklis Stadium)

GAMES:   75    WINS:  32    TIES:  26    LOSSES:  17

All PAOK home games were either played at Syndrivani Stadium (prior to 1959) or Toumba Stadium (after 1959) unless otherwise noted.

[Blackhawk]

Our toughest game so far this season. Let's see if we are up to the task. Vieirinha should be back for this one.

[Athens4]

I think we are in for a rude awakening.

[Nea Bafra]

0-3 

[Dutch Eagle]

What a negative atmosphere these days. Pffffffff. Like the chartini are the next thing. They were freaking eliminated by some Bosnians and now we should fear them as the new future champs and next years CL-winners? Because PAOK you are!

[Athens4]

I don't think it has much to do with AEK. Everyone can see they have an average team. It is more to do with us not being up to standard.

[Nea Bafra]

14 hours ago, Dutch Eagle said:

What a negative atmosphere these days. Pffffffff. Like the chartini are the next thing. They were freaking eliminated by some Bosnians and now we should fear them as the new future champs and next years CL-winners? Because PAOK you are!

You want me to be realistic or blind? My prediction is a reflection of our performances. We have not put together more than 30 minutes of good football in a game so far this season.

[PAOKSYD]

Im am so geed for this match. Like a moment of truth for us and such a crucial match and a potential turning point for us.

A solid win here, and boom some teams in Greece will start to fear us this season and will give the magician Lucescou something to build on! 

A draw we live to fight another day. 

A lose and its own, the athenian media will have a field day, the anti-paok media in thessa will go nuts and the fans will start to demand explanations from Ivan on why we have such a bad squad.... 

Hopefully the referring is fair and we see some cracka football, as this so far has been the most exciting season for nearly a decade for me. 

In terms of line ups, i would like to see. 

Akpom start, i cannot stand swarovski.

I would prefer to see murg & zivkovic on the wings, for me mitrita is a dud. 

I liked seeing Augustou in the midfield with Kutric & Schwab. Leaving Biseswar to come on off the bench. 

But lets see what super coach has installed for us, as he cannot blame the grass again this season! 

[Dutch Eagle]

3 hours ago, Nea Bafra said:

You want me to be realistic or blind? My prediction is a reflection of our performances. We have not put together more than 30 minutes of good football in a game so far this season.

I'm not saying that we play the football we did in the 2018/2019 season. It hurts my eyes most of the times. And I mentioned a few times during the matches that Paschalakis is motm in my opinion, what means that we are not the upperdog and lucky the opponent did not score.

Point is: AEX is "bad" too. And if two "bad" teams play eachother one could win. A loss is not 100% a fact despite not playing good football. It's like Division D of the Nations League: at the end a minnow wins, promotes to the C Division (and one even made it to Euro 2020 thanks to a brainfart of someone at the offices of UEFA) while being bad. 

Keep the faith, my brother!

 

[paokarag4]

Vierinha isn't fit to play, Kagawa and Rodrigo have also been left out of the squad. Strange what has happened with Rodrigo I guess he's on the outer for some reason. He was the starter early in the season until he injured himself against Rijeka. It means we'll see Lucas Taylor at right-back, something that makes me nervous but let's see how he goes in his first real test. 

The squad in full: Πασχαλάκης, Ζίβκοβιτς, Τέιλορ, Λύρατζης, Βαρέλα, Μιχάι, Μιχαηλίδης, Σίντκλεϊ, Τσιγγάρας, Εσίτι, Ντόουγκλας, Σβαμπ, Κούρτιτς, Μπίσεσβαρ, Μουργκ, Μιτρίτσα, Α.Ζίβκοβιτς, Σβιντέρσκι, Άκπομ και Κούτσιας

[pash]

Makes me wonder if Soares is one of the players that will be cut during the winter transfer window. Perhaps there's hope yet for Lyratzis. Though I doubt it.

[Blackhawk]

Kagawa and Rodrigo are partly out of the lineup due to the fact that you can't have more that 5 "foreigners" on the games squad.

[Blackhawk]

Our lineup:

------------- Paschalakis ------------
Taylor - Varela - Michailidis - Sidcley
------ Schwab ---------- Kurtic ------
Zivkovic ----- Augusto ---- Biseswar
------------- Swiderski --------------

BENCH: Zivkovic, Mihaj, Lyratzis, Esiti, Tsiggaras, Murg, Mitrita, Akpom, Koutsias

[Dutch Eagle]

Bought the PAOK tv season ticket. Pame PAOK!

[Dutch Eagle]

One change in the squad just before kick-off: Mihai instead of Varela.

[Blackhawk]

My 7 day trial to Net TV Plus Plus ends. Hopefully they don't cut it off in the middle of the game.

[Blackhawk]

Yes Varela injured at warm up. We are not starting good.

[PaokCT]

AEK controlling the first 10 minutes. Ball has been on our side the whole game so far

[PaokCT]

Huge missed chance. Schwab has a wide open hit from 18 yards away and skies it. 

[PaokCT]

Goal! Biseswar 

[Blackhawk]

Biseswar gooooal

[PaokCT]

Augusto header just wide!

[Blackhawk]

That could have been 2:0

[PAOKSYD]

Another match we start with improvement from the last match!

This was our best first half so far this season. 

Schwabb, Augustou, Biseswar, Sidlcey all playing super well! 

Only player who is not playing good so far is Taylor! 

 

[Dutch Eagle]

I like what I see so far.