SL1-R18: PAOK - PAS Giannina (14.01.24 - 20:30 EET)

[Blackhawk]

 VS 

MATCHUP:             P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – PAS Giannina
COMPETITION:      Superleague 1 – Round 18
DATE:                      14-January-2024
TIME:                      20:30 EET  (18:30 UTC, 12:30 CST, 05:30 AEDT next day)
CITY / STADIUM:   Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703)
REFEREES:   
TELEVISION:         Novasport Prime (Greece & Cyprus), Net TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia)

PAOK FC  vs  PAS Giannina History:

Superleague

2022-2023:  2:0 (Ingason, Schwab-p) - Attendance: 7,800
2021-2022:  1:0 (Akpom) - Attendance: 3,200 (playoffs)
2021-2022:  0:1 - Attendance: 8,024
2020-2021:  2:1 (Swiderski, El Kaddouri) - Attendance: nf
2019-2020:  PAS Giannina played in Superleague 2
2018-2019:  2:1 (Pelkas (p), Swiderski) - Attendance: 10,837
2017-2018:  1:0 (Prijovic) - Attendance: no fans
2016-2017:  0:1 - Attendance: 2,906
2015-2016:  3:1 (Athanasiadis, Charisis, Jairo) - Attendance: 7,390
2014-2015:  1:1 (Pereyra) - Attendance: 7,355
2013-2014:  2:1 (Stoch, Lucas) - Attendance: 11,494
2012-2013:  0:1 - Attendance: 8,088 (playoffs)
2012-2013:  2:0 (Georgiadis, Katsouranis) - Attendance: 9.758
2011-2012:  1:2 (Papazoglou) - Attendance: 9.587
2009-2010:  2:0 (Lino, Arabatzis) - Attendance: 13,239

Alpha Ethniki (Professional)

2002-2003:  1:0 (Georgiadis) - Attendance: 5,172
2000-2001:  2:3 (Kafes, Spasic) - Attendance: 7,065
1990-1991:  4:1 (Hassan, Borbokis, Karageorgiou, Magdi) - Attendance: 2,211
1986-1987:  3:1 (Papaioannou, Iordanidis, Baniotis) - Attendance: 8,155
1985-1986:  4:2 (Skartados 2, Mavromatis, Iordanidis)) - Attendance: 5,303
1983-1984:  0:0 - Attendance: 5,061
1982-1983:  4:1 (Dimopoulos 2, Kostikos, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 5,628
1981-1982:  2:1 (Guerino, Triantafyllidis) - Attendance: 9,553
1980-1981:  1:1 (Kostikos) - Attendance: 8,528
1979-1980:  2:1 (Kostikos, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 7,809

Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional)

1978-1979:  5:0 (Guerino 2, Kermanidis 2, Sarafis) - Attendance: ?
1977-1978:  1:0 (Orfanos) - Attendance: ?
1976-1977:  1:1 (Guerino) - Attendance: ?
1975-1976:  1:0 (Sarafis) - Attendance: ?
1974-1975:  4:1 (Paridis 2, Koudas, Apostolidis) - Attendance: ?

GAMES:   29   WINS:   20   TIES:   4   LOSSES:  5

[pash]

Inpaok predicting that Baba, Koulierakis, Tzimas(!), Taison and Ozdoev will start this match. Not a ton of surprises there, except the big one.

[paokarag4]

PAS always has a way of troubling us, you can see that in our recent history with them. Only four 2-goal wins since 09-10 season against them. Everything else is either a squeaky 1-goal win or dropped points. 

I am a little surprised that Tzimas is going to start as is being reported, not used to Lucescu giving a youngster responsibility like that. But I'm excited to see what the kid can do! 

Just need to win here even if it is by our favourite one goal, AEK-PAO also playing at the same time so one of them will drop points meaning 3 points here will see us skip past at least one of them on the table. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Squad for this match without Vieirinha (injured), Tsiggaras (gets a rest) and Näsberg (probably  history):

Κοτάρσκι, Ζίβκοβιτς, Λύρατζης, Σάστρε, Κεντζιόρα, Κουλιεράκης, Μιχαηλίδης, Μπάμπα, Ράφα Σοάρες, Σβαμπ, Οζντόεφ, Μεϊτέ, Μάρκος Αντόνιο, Κωνσταντέλιας, Μουργκ, Τάισον, Α.Ζίβκοβιτς, Ντεσπόντοφ, Μπράντον, Τζίμας.

[pash]

Happy, Dutchie? Sheesh!

 

[Dutch Eagle]

Thank you, sir! 

And the 5 mentioned indeed starting.

[Blackhawk]

Could be 0:2 already.

[Dutch Eagle]

Gooooaalllll

[Blackhawk]

1:0 Baba

[Dutch Eagle]

Baba again. Third in a row for the league. 

[Dutch Eagle]

We are not playing well. We are playing like it is 40 degrees Celsius and the players are 40+. It is like watching a 1970 match. So slow. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Great save of their keeper at Sastre's great strike. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Another big opportunity for PAS. And immediately HT.

AEX - Pana 1-1 at HT, btw.

[Blackhawk]

Yes pretty boring 1st half. Hopefully we can finish it off in 2nd half.

[pash]

No reason we shouldn't already be up 3-0. Hopefully Lucescu works his magic in the locker room ?

[Blackhawk]

2:0 Meite

[Dutch Eagle]

Goooooaaallll Meïté

[Dutch Eagle]

Tzimas missing alone in front of the keeper.

[Dutch Eagle]

Kedziora missing a great opportunity from 3 meters.

[Dutch Eagle]

Goaaalllll Tzimas

[Blackhawk]

3:0

Very nice goal by Tzimas. 

[Blackhawk]

4:0 Sastre

[Dutch Eagle]

And 4-0 Sastre. Falling and deflected. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Could also be an owngoal. 

[Dutch Eagle]

First subs now: Brandon, Konstantelias and Andrija in; Tzimas, Murg and Despodov.