PAOK vs FCSB Prediction and Betting Tips | October 3rd 2024 

PAOK will face FCSB at the Toumba Stadium on Thursday in another round of the League Phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Europa League. The home team have hit a rough patch in recent games and will be looking to turn a corner when they return to continental action this week.

They kicked off their Europa League campaign away at Galatasaray last week and suffered a 3-1 defeat against the Turkish powerhouse. PAOK found themselves a goal down minutes after the restart following an own goal from Abdul Rahman Baba and then drew level midway through the half before their opponents scored two late goals to clinch all three points.

FCSB, meanwhile, enjoyed a winning start to their group-stage run as they picked up a 4-1 home victory over Latvian side RFS last week. Goals from Daniel Birligea and Marius Stefanescu handed Roș-albaștrii a 2-1 lead heading into the break before Darius Olaru netted a second-half brace to make sure of the points.

The visitors now sit second in the table with with three points and will be looking to make it two wins from two on Thursday.

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PAOK vs FCSB Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Thursday's game will mark the fourth meeting between PAOK and FCSB, although all three of their previous matchups have been friendlies, with the two teams winning a game apiece and their final matchup ending in a 1-1 draw.
• The hosts have had three meetings against Romanian opposition in European competitions, losing all three of those games by an aggregate scoreline of 7-0.
• The visitors' only competitive encounter with Greek opposition came back in the 1998-99 season when they faced Panathinaikos in a Champions League qualifying clash which they lost 8-5 on aggregate.
• FCSB were one of just two teams in the Europa League this season to record four goals on the opening day.

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PAOK vs FCSB Prediction

PAOK are on a run of back-to-back defeats after going winless in their seven games prior. They are winless in their last two home matches and will be looking to snap that streak this week.

FCSB have won their last two games and are undefeated in their last six. They have, however, struggled for results on the road in recent games and could see defeat here.

Prediction: PAOK 1-0 FCSB

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PAOK vs FCSB Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: PAOK to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Seven of the visitors' last nine matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of PAOK's last five home matches)