PAOK vs Asteras Tripolis Prediction

Recent Form Across All Competitions

Over their last 20 matches in all competitions, PAOK have won ten, drawn five and lost five, scoring 40 goals along the way. That run includes European football, so not every game came against Super League opposition, but the scoring record stands out.

PAOK: 20 completed matches; Asteras Tripolis: 20 completed matches.

PAOK

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

40

Conceded

27

Difference

+13

Asteras Tripolis

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

21

Difference

+1

Asteras have had a rougher ride: six wins, nine draws and five defeats in their last 20, with goals shared fairly evenly at 23 for and 21 against. They've drawn a lot of matches rather than losing outright, but they haven't strung league wins together recently either.

PAOK's scoring form has been the headline, while Asteras have been more about avoiding defeat than winning games.

Comparative Team Statistics: PAOK vs Asteras Tripolis

A Long History, Recently Tilted PAOK's Way

These two have faced off close to twenty times stretching back years, with results swinging both ways over that period, including some heavy scorelines either side. That long record doesn't tell us much about where either side is right now.

More recently though, PAOK won 2-0 at home in March, and the reverse fixture at Asteras last September finished 3-3. The head-to-head has been closer than the current table suggests, even if PAOK have had the edge on their own ground lately.

PAOK's recent home record in this fixture looks stronger than the overall head-to-head history.

A Big Early Gap in the Table

Five games in, the numbers look lopsided. PAOK sit second with 12 points from four wins and just the one defeat. Asteras are down in 12th, picking up only two points after three losses and two draws.

It's still early season, so there's time for things to shift, but right now PAOK are clearly playing at a higher level than their visitors.

A five-game sample is thin, but the early form gap between these two sides is already sizeable.

Where the Goals Are Coming From

Dimitris Pelkas leads the way for PAOK with three goals in five appearances, and Shoretire, Živković and Ndiaye have all chipped in too, spreading the goal threat around. Živković has also set up two for others, suggesting PAOK aren't just reliant on one man.

PAOK:

Best scorers:

D. Pelkas - 3

S. Shoretire - 2

A. Živković - 2

Best assist providers:

A. Živković - 2

T. Ali - 1

O. Ugresić - 1

Penalty cards:

Elustondo x 1

Asteras Tripolis:

Best scorers:

F. Macheda - 2

Best assist providers:

F. Macheda - 1

Asteras' attacking output looks thinner by comparison. Macheda has two goals and an assist in five matches, and there's little in the data to suggest anyone else has matched that output so far.

PAOK's goal threat looks more varied than Asteras', which could matter if the visitors need to chase the game.