Gent vs PAOK Thessaloniki Predictions

• Only five of Gent’s last 15 matches have included three or more goals
• There have been two goals or fewer in four of PAOK’s last five away fixtures
• Gent have played 12 Conference League games and only three have contained three or more goals

Can Gent bounce back?

Jasmin Kurtić’s second half strike earned PAOK a 1-0 win in Greece last week, but Gent’s recent form suggests they can keep things tight and bounce back.

The Belgian outfit are unbeaten in their six home games in the Europa Conference League, while they have lost just three of their last 12 matches at the KAA Gent Stadium in all competitions.

Their fixtures generally do not have much goalmouth action though. Indeed, their three games in this competition with three or more goals all came in the qualifying stages.

PAOK looking to reach the quarter-finals

That 1-0 lead gives PAOK something to defend in Belgium, and they head into this game having lost just one of their last nine away matches, of which only three contained three or more goals.

Gent are a tougher opponent than who they face domestically though, and they have failed to score in their last two Europa Conference League fixtures on the road.

None of their last nine outings have included three or more goals over 90 minutes, and indeed Răzvan Lucescu’s side have kept five clean sheets during that period.

I do not think there will be many goals in this match, predicting there will be fewer than three over the 90 minutes, while selecting a 1-0 Gent win as the correct score prediction.