SL1-R4:.PAOK - Panaitolikos (20.09.25, 20:30 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

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MATCHUP:               P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki - Panaitolikos Agrinio
COMPETITION:      Super League 1 - Round 4
DATE:                        21-September-2025
TIME:                         20:30 EEST  (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day)
CITY / STADIUM:   Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703)
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TELEVISION:         Novasports Prime (Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia)

PAOK – Panaitolikos history

Superleague

2024-2025:  2:0 (SamSastre, Tissoudali) - Attendance:  10,171
2023-2024:  2:1 (Samatta, Zivkovic) - Attendance:  11,785
2022-2023:  1:0 (Brandon) - Attendance:  8,600
2021-2022:  2:0 (Kurtic-p, Jaba) - Attendance:  no fans
2020-2021:  5:0 (Swiderski 2, Schwab, Tzolis, Murg) - Attendance:  no fans
2019-2020:  2:1 (Swiderski, Misic) - Attendance:  17,968
2018-2019:  2:1 (Akpom, own goal) - Attendance:  15,168
2017-2018:  1:0 (Prijovic) - Attendance:  no fans
2016-2017:  2:1 (Biseswar, Rodrigues) - Attendance:  11,515
2015-2016:  0:0 - Attendance:  8,964
2014-2015:  1:2 (Mak) - Attendance:  6,936
2013-2014:  1:0 (Lucas) - Attendance:  11,922
2011-2012:  3:0 (Vieirinha, Papazoglou, Spadacio) - Attendance:  9,975

Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional)

1976-1977:  2:1 (Orfanos 2 ) - Attendance:  ?
1975-1976:  4:1 (Guerino 2, Sarafis,Anastasiadis ) - Attendance:  ?

GAMES:  15    WINS:  13    TIES:  1    LOSSES:  1

[Blackhawk]

Better wake up and bounce back from the disaster in the cup.

[Dutch Eagle]

Everybody is fit again.

Squad for tomorrow:

Παβλένκα, Γκουγκεσασβίλι, Τσιφτσής, Σάστρε, Κένι, Κεντζιόρα, Λόβρεν, Βολιάκο, Μιχαηλίδης, Μπάμπα, Τέιλορ, Μεϊτέ, Οζντόεφ, Καμαρά, Μπιάνκο, Κωνσταντέλιας, Ιβανούσετς, Πέλκας, Τάισον, Α.Ζίβκοβιτς, Ντεσπόντοφ, Τσάλοφ, Γιακουμάκης.

[PaokCT]

Conspiracy: we are tanking the cup to focus on league & europa

[Dutch Eagle]

Starting 11:

Παβλένκα, Σάστρε, Κεντζιόρα, Λόβρεν, Μπάμπα, Μεϊτέ, Οζντόεφ, Ζίβκοβιτς, Τάισον, Πέλκας και Γιακουμάκης,

[Dutch Eagle]

Yellow Zivkovic (hands)

[Dutch Eagle]

Pelkas injured and Konstantelias replacing him.

[Dutch Eagle]

Save Pavlenka (great shot from a distance)

[Dutch Eagle]

Their keeper denying Sastre with his shot from about 30 m. distance

[Dutch Eagle]

HT 0-0. Need.to step up.

[Dutch Eagle]

We are stepping up. Zivkovic with a strike justt over the crossbar. 

[Blackhawk]

This is not looking good. I am getting on a plane from Chania to Athens. Hopefully when I land, there will be good news awaiting.

[Dutch Eagle]

Ozdoyev and Zivkovic subbed out. Camara and Despodov subbed in.

[Dutch Eagle]

And they score the 0-1 after a counter 

[PaokCT]

Lucescu is officially on the chopping block

[PaokCT]

Nvm goal taken away. Foul on Giakoumakis before

[Dutch Eagle]

VAR and 0-0 again. Giakoumakis was fouled prior to the goal. 

[PaokCT]

VAR checking for red card against PAN. I feel like Olympiakos

[Dutch Eagle]

Red card for them after VAR intervention

[Dutch Eagle]

Mady's header pushed over the crossbar by their keeper.

[Dutch Eagle]

Chalov in for Giakoumakis. Do it Fyodor!

[PaokCT]

wtf is that sub? Chalov for Giakoumakis? Why not take out a defender and play 2 CF

[Dutch Eagle]

FT 0-0. Threw away 2 valuable points. Despite 78% possession. 

[italosPAOK4]

another very bad result for us

[paokarag4]

Pressure goes up again, 2nd time in a relatively short period this season that our backs are against the wall. Maccabi was already a massive game given it is one of our 4 winnable ones in the Europa League, but coming off these last 2 results increases its importance. 

We created enough chances to win the game, but when you start slow and are pretty lacklustre for a half you leave yourself a lot to do in 45 minutes. 

Patience with Lucescu seems to be at an all time low from the fans. It feels like he has a lost about 20-30% of his support just by not doing what the average football fan considers an obvious move (playing 2 strikers for the last 10 minutes against 10 men, changing formation etc.) Again these are simple solutions, but it is no doubt frustrating when you watch you team pepper the opposition goal for a half and the only change is in personnel. 

As always our response is key and will give us a good indication into the mentality of the team for this season.  We simply must beat Maccabi and then Asteras away.