PAOK Thessaloniki FC vs FCSB Bukarest, Europe 2024-25 PLAYOFFS

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UEFA Europa League · 2024-25

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

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FCSB Bukarest

Thu 13 Feb 2025 · 20:00 UTC Toumba Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Dimitrios Pelkas 14' Y

Taison 33' Y

Taison 45' YR

Y 45' Siyabonga Ngezana

Y 51' Vlad Chiriches

Y 52' Daniel Birligea

Y 65' Andrei Gheorghita

Y 72' Risto Radunovic

Y 75' Malcom Edjouma

Y 78' Adrian Sut

Overview

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PAOK Thessaloniki FC vs FCSB Bukarest — Europe at Toumba Stadium.

PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 games · 12 pts (2025/26)
FCSB Bukarest 8 games · 7 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Lawrence Visser

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Olympique Lyonnais	8	21
2	Aston Villa FC	8	21
3	FC Midtjylland	8	19
4	Real Betis Balompie	8	17
5	FC Porto	8	17
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	8	17
7	SC Freiburg	8	17
8	AS Roma	8	16
9	KRC Genk	8	16
10	Bologna FC 1909	8	15
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	15
12	Ferencvarosi TC	8	15
13	Nottingham Forest FC	8	14
14	FC Viktoria Plzen	8	14
15	FK Crvena Zvezda	8	14
16	RC Celta de Vigo	8	13
17	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	8	12
18	Lille OSC	8	12
19	Fenerbahce SK	8	12
20	Panathinaikos AO	8	12
21	Celtic FC	8	11
22	PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad	8	10
23	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	8	10
24	SK Brann	8	9
25	BSC Young Boys	8	9
26	SK Sturm Graz	8	7
27	FCSB Bukarest	8	7
28	Go Ahead Eagles	8	7
29	Feyenoord Rotterdam	8	6
30	FC Basel 1893	8	6
31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	8	6
32	Rangers FC	8	4
33	OGC Nice	8	3
34	FC Utrecht	8	1
35	Malmo FF	8	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	8	1

Head-to-Head

PAOK Thessaloniki FC 3 games · Avg 2.0 goals FCSB Bukarest

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-13 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 1–2 FCSB Bukarest 2024-10-03 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 0–1 FCSB Bukarest

Recent Form

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Feb	FCSB Bukarest	H	1–2	L
30 Jan	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	A	0–2	L
23 Jan	SK Slavia Praha	H	2–0	W
12 Dec	Ferencvarosi TC	H	5–0	W
28 Nov	FK Rigas Futbola Skola	A	2–0	W
07 Nov	Manchester United FC	A	0–2	L

FCSB Bukarest

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Feb	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	A	2–1	W
30 Jan	Manchester United FC	H	0–2	L
23 Jan	Qarabag Agdam FK	A	3–2	W
12 Dec	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	A	0–0	D
28 Nov	PAE Olympiakos SFP	H	0–0	D
07 Nov	FC Midtjylland	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

PAOK Thessaloniki FC		FCSB Bukarest
#17	Position	#27
12	Points	7
8	Played	8
3 / 3 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 5
17	Scored	9
14	Conceded	16
+3	GD	-7
1.50	PPG	0.88
38%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

30% Clean Sheets
PAOK Thessaloniki FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
FCSB Bukarest this season

PAOK Thessaloniki FC are 17th (12 pts). FCSB Bukarest are 27th (7 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between PAOK Thessaloniki FC and FCSB Bukarest is underway.
5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
14' It’s a booking for PAOK Thessaloniki FC player. Dimitrios Pelkas gets a card.
19' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
21' Goal! Mbwana Samatta scores his 3 goal in 24 matches.
26' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FCSB Bukarest needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
33' Taison is having his name booked by the referee on 33.
38' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Stefan Schwab made 30 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' Omar Colley has so much to prove this time. He replaces Giannis Michailidis on 40 minute.
45' PAOK Thessaloniki FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 45.
46' The whistle greets David Miculescu as he departs to be replaced by Andrei Gheorghita.
50' What a strike from Andrei Gheorghita! The score is 1-1.
51' FCSB Bukarest receives a card for a hard tackle on 51.
52' FCSB Bukarest player sees a card in front of him.
56' Another change for FCSB Bukarest made on 56 minute. Vlad Chiriches leaves to be changed by Malcom Edjouma.
60' Joyskim Dawa puts FCSB Bukarest on the lead.
61' Another substitution for PAOK Thessaloniki FC to replace Dimitrios Pelkas by Kiril Despodov on 61 minute.
65' It’s gonna be a card for Andrei Gheorghita.
68' The FCSB Bukarest manager makes a substitution. Daniel Birligea departs to be replaced by Baba Alhassan.
69' PAOK Thessaloniki FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Magomed Ozdoev is hanging Soualiho Meite on the field on 69 minute.
72' The referee calls foul for Risto Radunovic. He receives a card.
75' FCSB Bukarest receives a card for a hard tackle on 75.
78' It’s gonna be a card for Adrian Sut.
83' The supporters are chanting for Marius Stefanescu. He replaces Juri Cisotti on 83 minute.
88' PAOK Thessaloniki FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 88.
With this win, FCSB Bukarest is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

PAOK Thessaloniki FC Lineups

Starting XI

19
Jonny Otto
42
Dominik Kotarski
21
Abdul Rahman Baba
82
Soualiho Meite ↓ Magomed Ozdoev 69'
16
Tomasz Kedziora
11
Taison
22
Stefan Schwab ↓ Mohamed Mady Camara 69'
5
Giannis Michailidis ↓ Omar Colley 40'
80
Dimitrios Pelkas ↓ Kiril Despodov 61'
7
Ioannis Konstantelias
70
Mbwana Samatta ↓ Brandon 61'

Bench

Coach Răzvan Lucescu

FCSB Bukarest Lineups

Starting XI

21
Vlad Chiriches ↓ Malcom Edjouma 56'
33
Risto Radunovic
7
Florin Tanase
17
Mihai Popescu
2
Valentin Cretu
8
Adrian Sut
32
Stefan Tarnovanu
9
Daniel Birligea ↓ Baba Alhassan 68'
30
Siyabonga Ngezana ↓ Joyskim Dawa 46'
11
David Miculescu ↓ Andrei Gheorghita 46'
31
Juri Cisotti ↓ Marius Stefanescu 83'

Bench

Coach Elias Charalambous

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Birligea	1
Joyskim Dawa	1
Andrei Gheorghita	1
Mbwana Samatta	1
David Miculescu	1
Juri Cisotti	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.47 PAOK Thessaloniki FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.42 FCSB Bukarest xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

PAOK Thessaloniki FC51% Draw23% FCSB Bukarest26%

Actual: FCSB Bukarest win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

PAOK Thessaloniki FC or Draw

74%

Draw or FCSB Bukarest

49%

PAOK Thessaloniki FC or FCSB Bukarest

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

PAOK Thessaloniki FC45% Draw37% FCSB Bukarest18%

Actual: PAOK Thessaloniki FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 1

7.9%

3 – 1

2 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

3 – 0

5.1%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

1 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

4.3%

0 – 0

3.2%

4 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — PAOK Thessaloniki FC

Handicap	PAOK Thessaloniki FC covers	Push	FCSB Bukarest covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	17%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	20%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	11%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

PAOK Thessaloniki FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

FCSB Bukarest keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

PAOK Thessaloniki FC vs FCSB Bukarest, Europe 2024-25 PLAYOFFS

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Events

Match Events

Lineups

PAOK Thessaloniki FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

FCSB Bukarest Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

PAOK Thessaloniki FC Form

FCSB Bukarest Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — PAOK Thessaloniki FC

Clean Sheet