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PAOK Salonika v Viktoria Plzen : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 24th Oct, 17:45 BST, Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Thursday evening sees Razvan Lucescu’s PAOK Salonika and Miroslav Koubek’s Viktoria Plzen go up against one another in a Europa League clash at the Toumba Stadium. Recent form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We've backed , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our top tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 minutes. Both PAOK and Plzen's latest form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
PAOK
51%
9/10
3%
10/11
2%
Draw
23%
13/5
3%
27/10
6%
Plzen
26%
3/1
5%
14/5
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1
8%
11/2
PAOK 2-1
10%
15/213/2
6%
PAOK 1-0
9%
8/1
6%
13/2
PAOK 2-0
8%
9/18/1
Plzen 2-1
7%
12/110/1
Plzen 1-0
6%
12/1
8%
10/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/110/1
PAOK 3-1
6%
14/111/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1
8%
9/1
PAOK 3-0
5%
16/112/1
Plzen 2-0
4%
20/116/1
PAOK 3-2
3%
20/1
9%
16/1
Plzen 3-1
3%
28/120/1
PAOK 4-1
3%
28/120/1
Plzen 3-2
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
8/11
4%
7/10
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
11/10
5%
21/20
3%
Home 1st Goal
53%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
44%
8/5
4%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
58%
8/13
5%
13/20
BTTS - No
42%
6/5
7%
23/20
BTTS - Home Win
26%
13/5
4%
12/5
3%
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/317/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
14%
6/15/1
Home/draw
74%
2/9
2%
1/4
Away/draw
49%
10/11
6%
17/20
1%
Home/away
77%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
2/9
2%
2/9
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
10/3
8%
29/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
35%
7/4
8%
17/10
Under 3.5 Goals
65%
4/9
3%
4/9
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
4/1
9%
19/5
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/6
3%
2/13
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
9/1
9%
8/1
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/16
1%
1/20
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
8%
9/1
Home DNB
67%
4/11
3%
2/5
Away DNB
42%
2/1
9%
7/4
2%
PAOK win to nil
25%
5/2-
Plzen win to nil
12%
7/1
14%
-
PAOK / PAOK
27%
2/1
3%
19/10
3%
PAOK / Plzen
3%
28/125/1
PAOK / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / PAOK
16%
4/119/5
Draw / Plzen
10%
15/2
6%
7/1
7%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
9%
17/4
5%
Plzen / PAOK
4%
20/116/1
Plzen / Plzen
13%
5/15/1
Plzen / Draw
6%
14/111/1
bet365
Win / draw / win form
22
Plzen have not lost in 22 consecutive european games
PAOK
20 games
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
Plzen
20 games
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
8
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
5 / 20
Clean sheets
15 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
14
Draw
6
bet365
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Goal Statistics

PAOK Salonika's defensive record is very strong, Razvan Lucescu's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Europa League outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Viktoria Plzen makes sense in this context.

PAOK Plzen
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that PAOK will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Plzen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
=0
PAOK’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Plzen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2024/2024 season
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PAOK
PG (predicted goals)
Plzen
1.8
1.2
Attack rating
16%
better
PAO
PLZ
view stats
Games scored17
16
Failed to score3
4
Scored first13
12
Goals scored41
30
Avg. goals scored2.1
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for20
16
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
PAO
PLZ
18%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
10
Clean sheets7
10
Conceded first6
6
Goals conceded21
16
Avg. goals conceded1.1
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
11
Conversion rate against12%
9%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.4
KickOff rating
+18%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between PAOK v Plzen will show here when available.

PAOK Europa League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4221
D KotarskiG KonstanteliasA ZivkovicS Schwab
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Kotarski GLK4
-
T Kedziora DEF4
-
A Baba DEF41
-
S Schwab MID41
1
-
M Ozdoev MID41
1
-
M Camara MID4
1
-
G Konstantelias MID42
-
K Despodov FWD41
-
F Chalov FWD4
-
A Zivkovic FWD42
-
Taison FWD411
-
J Castro DEF3
-
T Tissoudali  FWD3
-
I Michailidis DEF2
1
-
J Sastre DEF2
1
-
T Murg MID2
-
R Soares DEF1
-
K Koulierakis DEF1
-
S Shoretire MID1
-
B Thomas FWD1
-
Plzen Europa League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6222
S DwehD VasulinP SulcL Kalvach
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Dweh DEF6
-
V Jemelka  DEF611
1
-
L Kalvach MID61
2
-
P Sulc MID612
1
-
L Červ MID611
-
D Vasulin FWD621
1
-
M Havel DEF51
-
Cadu MID5
-
J Kopic MID5
-
E Jirka FWD5
-
M Tvrdon GLK4
-
M Vydra FWD4
-
T Slončík MID3
-
A. Sojka MID3
-
J. Panoš FWD31
1
-
J Mosquera FWD3
-
M Jedlicka GLK2
-
P. Adu FWD21
-
L Hejda  DEF1
-
J. Bello FWD1
-
Ricardinho FWD1
-