UEFA Europa League Matchday 1 Wed, Sep 24 · 17:45 Stadio Toumbas, Thessaloníki
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Our take

PAOK were clear favourites.

PAOK were the stronger side on L90 Strength (49 vs 21). PAOK had ? days of rest, Maccabi Tel Aviv ? and had to travel.

Matches / 14d0 · 0
PAOK64%
Draw21%
Maccabi Tel Aviv15%
Expected goals 2.13 – 0.95
PAOK62%
Draw22%
Maccabi Tel Aviv16%
Expected goals 2.00 – 0.90
PAOK64%
Draw21%
Maccabi Tel Aviv15%
Expected goals 2.13 – 0.95
PAOK56%
Draw23%
Maccabi Tel Aviv20%
Expected goals 1.90 – 1.06
PAOK62%
Draw22%
Maccabi Tel Aviv16%
Expected goals 2.00 – 0.90
Over 2.5 59% Both score 54% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Thessaloníki)

No weather data yet

Referee · GermanySven Jablonski
  • Cards per match 4.0
  • Penalties per match 0.21
  • Matches 82

Team strength

PAOKMaccabi Tel Aviv
49 L90 StrengthIn forecast 21
52 Current StrengthIn forecast 19
45 AttackIn forecast 19
55 DefenceIn forecast 20
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

PAOK

Attack—
Defense risk—

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

PAOKMaccabi Tel Aviv
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
0.60 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
— xGVia Att/Def 1.17
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.83
— Goals minus xGContext +0.33
70% Scored inContext 70%
70% Clean sheetsContext 0%
15.88 ShotsContext 11.00
5.88 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.33
37% On target shareContext 49%
9.67 Shots in the boxContext 7.67
59% Box shareContext 60%
9% ConversionContext 14%
2.43 OffsidesContext 2.00
7.00 Shots allowedContext 10.83
2.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.33
2.17 BlocksContext 4.00
2.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
88% Save rateContext 60%
56% PossessionIn forecast 48%
484 PassesContext 399
408 Accurate passesContext 323
84% Pass accuracyContext 81%
7.01 Team ratingContext 6.93
13.38 FoulsContext 10.33
13.38 Fouls sufferedContext 11.67
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 1.70
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

PAOK
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel—0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
PAOK Maccabi Tel Aviv
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km—
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one8.18.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

PAOK Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1J. Pavlenka(G)
21A. Baba 5G. Michailidis 16T. Kędziora 3J. Kenny
27M. Ozdoev 8S. Meïté
11Taison 65G. Konstantelias 14A. Živković
7G. Giakoumakis
Maccabi Tel Aviv Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
90R. Mishpati(G)
3R. Revivo 5M. Camara 13R. Shlomo 6T. Asante
17K. Belić 28I. Sissokho
11S. Jehezkel 10K. Andrade 77O. Davida
42D. Peretz

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
PAOK Absences are shown before kick-off
Maccabi Tel Aviv Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • PAOK+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

PAOK · Home No home games yet this season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Sven Jablonski Germany · 82 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.93
Red cards0.10
Cards 5+43%
Fouls19.9
Penalties0.21
Home wins41%
PAOK1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.2.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L10 Nov 24H · Olympiakos Piraeus2–32
Maccabi Tel Aviv

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

PAOK
No complete event data.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
No complete event data.
PAOK10 games · scored 13 · conceded 6
3 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 46-60
1 1 61-75
3 2 76-90
Maccabi Tel Aviv10 games · scored 15 · conceded 12
2 1 0-15
2 16-30
3 5 31-45
1 2 46-60
3 3 61-75
4 1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Beta

Numbers are home · draw · away chances. Pick a scenario to update the forecast at the top of the page.