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PAOK vs Rijeka Prediction & Betting tips
On Thursday evening at 20:30, Toumba Stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece, will host the confrontation between PAOK and Rijeka, a match that is part of the second leg of the Europa League play-off. The round-robin match played a week ago was quite balanced, but Rijeka, who had more chances, scored, as evidenced by the score being 1-0 for the Croatians. To qualify for the Europa League groups, PAOK must win by at least 2-0 in Thursday evening’s confrontation. In 2021, the two teams faced each other in the Conference League play-off where the round-robin match in Greece ended in a draw, score 1-1, and the return was won by PAOK 2-0.
PAOK:
PAOK made their debut in the new Greek Super League season over the weekend, where they won 1-0 at home against AEL Larissa in a match played without spectators. Returning to the Europa League, PAOK qualified for the play-offs with emotion, after in the 3rd preliminary round they eliminated Wolfsberger AC from Austria after two goalless matches in 90 minutes of the first leg and 115 minutes in the second leg, when Camara avoided penalties and scored the winning goal and the qualification goal for PAOK. For PAOK, the next match will be the home match against Atromitos.
Rijeka:
On the other hand, Rijeka started their European campaign in the UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated in the 2nd preliminary round by Ludogorets. In the 3rd preliminary round of the Europa League, Rijeka had some emotions after losing the first leg to Shelbourne at home, with a score of 2-1, managing to qualify away in Ireland after defeating them 3-1, the winning and qualifying goal being scored in the 90th minute. In the championship, Rijeka has had a weaker start to the season after losing their last two matches, both at home, 0-2 to Dinamo Zagreb and 1-2 to Varazdin, but in both matches important players were rested for the European cup matches.
PAOK vs Rijeka head to head matches
21.08.25 EL Rijeka vs PAOK 1:0
26.08.21 CL Rijeka vs PAOK 0:2
19.08.21 CL PAOK vs Rijeka 1:1
* Our advice is: OVER 2.5 GOALS
* Selection odd for this bet is: 2.20
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!
