David Flower
Dailysports's expert
PAOK Thessaloniki FC
Ferencvaros
One of the matches of the 6th round of the Europa League group stage will take place on Thursday at the Toumba Stadium in Thessaloniki, where PAOK will host Ferencváros. I suggest placing a bet on the number of goals in this match with a good coefficient.
Match Preview
In the last round, PAOK secured an important 2-0 away win against Latvian side RFS. This victory was PAOK's first in the last five Europa League matches (1 draw and 3 losses) and the first in the main stage where the team kept a clean sheet.
With 4 points, PAOK is currently in 27th place in the standings, outside the playoff zone. Over the weekend, PAOK played an away match against Panserraikos in the Greek Super League and won comfortably 4-1. Currently, PAOK sits third in the league table, 3 points behind Olympiacos.
Meanwhile, Ferencváros, under coach Pascal Jansen, confidently beat Malmö 4-1 at home in the last Europa League round. This result marked their third consecutive win in the competition, with convincing victories in the last two matches.
With 9 points, the Hungarians occupy a strong 11th place in the standings. It's worth noting that Ferencváros has a +6 goal difference, which is only bettered by four clubs at this stage. In the Hungarian league, Ferencváros is second, trailing Puskás Akadémia by 1 point. Over the weekend, Ferencváros won 1-0 at home against Zalaegerszeg.
Probable Line-ups
- PAOK: Kotarski, Rahman Baba, Mihailidis, Kendziora, Sastre, Ozdoev, Kamara, Tyson, Konstantelias, Despodov, Fyodor Chalov
- Ferencváros: Dibusz; Makreki, Cissé, Gartenmann, Ramírez; Abu Fani, Maïga; Traoré, Saldanha, Kady Borges; Pešić
Match Facts and Head-to-Head
- The "Both teams to score" bet has been successful in 3 out of 5 matches involving Ferencváros
- PAOK has not lost in their last 5 matches across all competitions, with 4 wins
- In 4 out of 5 PAOK matches, the "Both teams to score" bet has been successful
Prediction
Bookmakers are favoring the home team in this match, with PAOK's victory priced at 1.98. The guests will be missing key forward Varga due to card accumulation, so our bet here is "Ferencváros total under 1.0" at a coefficient of 1.68.
