FC Midtjylland will host PAOK at the MCH Arena in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League playoff tie on Thursday, with kickoff at 20:45 EAT.
FC Midtjylland sits first in the Danish Superliga table with 35 points from 17 matches. Bo Henriksen’s FC Midtjylland have netted 8 times over their last six outings and goals scored against them stands at 7.They finished third in the Group F of the UEFA Europa League.
The Wolves are hoping for better results following a 1-2 defeat against Brøndby IF. In that match, they had 34% possession, 11 shots with four of them on target and goal scored by Rhaphael Onyedika (36’).Brondby had 10 shots with 5 of them on target an goals scored by Marko Divkovic(28’ , 73’).
PAOK sits second in the Super League Greece with 47points from 22 matches. In the last five fixtures, The White-Blacks has won in four of them and has a draw in one. They have claimed seven points from nine available three group games away. They’ve conceded 13 goals in their past 6 fixtures.
Coming into this fixture, Razvan Lucescu’s men are hoping for another win after a 1-0 win over Atromitos. In that match, PAOK had 66% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for PAOK was Crespo (57′). Atromitos had 3 shots on goal with 1 on target.
Midtjylland vs PAOK head to head
This will be the first encounter between these two teams.
Home
- Midtjylland 3-1 Valerenga Oslo
- Midtjylland 4-5 Breidablik
- Saint Petersburg 1-0 Midtjylland
- Midtjylland 5-1 Esbjerg
- Midtjylland 1-2 Broendby
Away
- PAOK 1-0 Atromitos Athinon
- AEK Athens 1-2 PAOK
- PAOK 2-1 Panathinaikos
- Smyrnis 0-2 PAOK
- PAOK 1-1 Olympiacos
Midtjylland team news
Gaffer Bo Henriksen will have his squad full.
POAK team news
Razvan Lucescu will be without the services of Nelson Oliveira and Giannis Michailidis due to injury and suspension respectively.
Prediction and odds
Both sides have enough quality to find the back of the net and we are predicting the spoils to be shared in a high-scoring and entertaining draw.
- FC Midtjylland Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
