PAOK Thessaloniki vs FK Krasnodar Predictions

• Both teams scored in each of PAOK’s three Champions League qualification matches this season.
• Both teams scored in the first leg encounter between PAOK and Krasnodar in Russia.
• PAOK beat Besiktas and Benfica at home in the qualification stage’s earlier rounds.

PAOK hoping for another Greek miracle

Trailing 2-1 from their first leg in Russia, PAOK Thessaloniki have a tricky deficit to overturn in their crucial climactic meeting with Krasnodar this week – though the Greeks have already shown an aptitude for upsetting the odds in the Champions League on their own patch this year.

PAOK shocked both Besiktas and big-spending Portuguese giants Benfica at the Stadio Toumbas in the early qualifying rounds of Europe’s elite club competition, though the Double-headed eagle of the North conceded in both games, and in all three of their qualification fixtures to date this term.

Their ability to carve open their opponents at the other end makes them a dangerous prospect however, and the away goal they nicked in Russia against Krasnodar on September 22 could prove pivotal.

With the pattern already set, we think it’s worth backing both teams to score again in Wednesday’s second leg, however, our correct score prediction tips PAOK to eventually grind out a 2-1 victory in a result that would take the tie to extra time.

PAOK have considerable momentum behind them on home turf thanks to successive victories against Besiktas and Benfica, and a third Champions League scalp in Greece for Thessaloniki looks possible.