PAOK vs Malmo Match Analysis & Prediction
13/08/2024 8:30 pm
PAOK will be hoping that home advantage can help them secure a spot in the playoff round of the 2024-25 Champions League at the expense of Malmo FF on Tuesday night.
The third qualifying tie is delicately poised following a 2-2 draw in the first leg last week, and the two sides will meet once again to determine which team progresses to the next round.
PAOK twice trailed to Malmo in the first leg at Eleda Stadion, but Taison equalised at 1-1 in the 42nd minute, before Abdul Baba Rahman came up with a second for the visitors in the 75th minute of the game.
Razvan Lucescu’s side are the reigning Greek champions, lifting the title for just the fourth time last season, and they are looking to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League for the first time.
They beat Borac Banja Luka 4-2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round of this season’s competition, and they would have been pleased with their draw in the first leg against Malmo last week.
PAOK actually made it to the quarter-finals of last season’s UEFA Conference League, with their campaign in the competition being ended by Club Brugge.
Meanwhile, Malmo are 23-time Swedish champions, while they were famously runners-up in the 1978-79 Champions League, losing the final to Nottingham Forest, who won the title for the first time in their history.
The Blue Ones beat KI Klaksvik 6-4 in the second qualifying round of this season’s Champions League, and they are now looking to make it to the group stage for the first time since 2021-22, when they competed alongside Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg and Chelsea.
Last season, Henrik Rydstrom’s side fell in the second qualifying round, but they did compete in the group stage of the 2022-23 Europa League, and they have a strong history of European football.
Malmo are actually 18 matches into their domestic season, sitting at the top of the Allsvenskan table, and they will enter this contest off the back of a 1-0 victory over Halmstad on Saturday.
PAOK vs. Malmo Head to head
These two teams played out a 2-2 draw in their only previous encounter.
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06/08/2024Malmo2PAOK2Champions League
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13/08/2024PAOKN/AMalmoN/AChampions League
PAOK Team News
Konstantinos Koulierakis has made a strong start to the season in the middle of the defence, and the 20-year-old has also come up with two goals, making him PAOK’s leading scorer in the 2024-25.
Taison (one) is joint-second on the list with four other players, and he is expected to operate in a wide area on Tuesday, while Brandon Thomas should be given the not in the final third of the field.
PAOK's Last 5 Matches
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13/07/2024PAOK1Union Saint-Gilloise2Club Friendlies
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13/07/2024Vitesse2PAOK1Club Friendlies
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24/07/2024PAOK3Borac Banja Luka2Champions League
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31/07/2024Borac Banja Luka0PAOK1Champions League
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06/08/2024Malmo2PAOK2Champions League
Malmo Team News
Malmo’s Sebastian Nanasi, Niklas Moisander, Anton Tinnerholm and Stefano Vecchia will miss out on Tuesday night due to fitness issues.
Isaac Kiese Thelin has been in excellent form this season, scoring 16 times across all competitions, and the 32-year-old will continue in the final third of field for the visitors.
Malmo's Last 5 Matches
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23/07/2024Malmo4KI1Champions League
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27/07/2024Malmo0Sirius1Allsvenskan
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30/07/2024KI3Malmo2Champions League
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06/08/2024Malmo2PAOK2Champions League
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10/08/2024Halmstad0Malmo1Allsvenskan
PAOK vs. Malmo: Odds and Predictions
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