PAOK vs Rijeka – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

28/08/2025 at 13:30 (Time Zone – GMT-4 (America/New_York))

Toumba Stadium (Thessaloniki).

Europa League - Qualification - Final
Referee: Sanchez J. (Esp)
Where to Watch on TV:


Bosnia-and-herzegovina	Arena Premium 1, Arena Sport 1
Croatia	MAX Sport 1, MAXtv To Go
Greece	Open TV
Israel	5 PLUS Israel
Slovakia	Arena sport 2

Match Stats


Expected Goals (xG)
2.23	0.70
Ball Possession
63%	37%
Total shots
18	6
Shots on target
11	3
Big Chances
4	0
Corner Kicks
6	2
Passes
85% (464/549)	73% (234/322)
Yellow Cards
0	2
Red Cards
0	1
Expected Goals (xG)
2.23	0.70
xG on target (xGOT)
4.24	0.93
Total shots
18	6
Shots on target
11	3
Shots off target
6	1
Blocked Shots
1	2
Shots inside the Box
12	3
Shots outside the Box
5	3
Hit the Woodwork
0	1
Headed Goals
1	0
Big Chances
4	0
Corner Kicks
6	2
Touches in opposition box
30	5
Accurate through passes
0	0
Offsides
0	2
Free Kicks
10	12
Passes
85% (464/549)	73% (234/322)
Long passes
58% (30/52)	35% (21/60)
Passes in final third
68% (103/152)	50% (23/46)
Crosses
27% (6/22)	67% (2/3)
Expected assists (xA)
1.49	0.21
Throw-ins
31	16
Fouls
12	10
Tackles
70% (7/10)	62% (8/13)
Duels won
36	33
Clearances
9	29
Interceptions
6	8
Errors leading to shot
2	1
Errors leading to goal
0	1
Goalkeeper Saves
3	6
xGOT faced
0.93	4.24
Goals prevented
0.93	-0.76

Key Moments

Here there are

1st Half (2 - 0)
12', 1 - 0, Meite S. ⚽, Zivkovic A. (A),
25', 2 - 0, Konstantelias G. ⚽, Meite S. (A),
34', Majstorovic A. 🟨,
2nd Half (3 - 0)
56', 3 - 0, Chalov F. ⚽, Konstantelias G. (A),
60', Menalo L. ↓, Cop D. ↑,
60', Orec A. ↓, Butic S. ↑,
69', Chalov F. ↓, Giakoumakis G. ↑,
69', Despodov K. ↓, Taison ↑,
71', Majstorovic A. 🟨,
75', Dantas T. ↓, Husic A. ↑,
77', 4 - 0, Giakoumakis G. ⚽, Konstantelias G. (A),
79', Konstantelias G. ↓, Pelkas D. ↑,
80', Ozdoev M. ↓, Camara M. ↑,
80', Zivkovic A. ↓, Ivanusec L. ↑,
84', Fruk T. ↓, Bogojevic B. ↑,
89', 5 - 0, Pelkas D. ⚽,

Highlights

Chances of winning

PAOK
63.2%

Draw
23.2%

Rijeka
13.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

64.2%

22.4%

13.3%

Our Initial ML Estimation

68.3%

21.1%

12.5%

PAOK - Rijeka Odds

	1	X	2	Marga
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.48 ↑ (1.39)	4 ↑ (3.98)	6.85 ↑ (6.7)	7.2% (12%)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

What is the prediction for PAOK - Rijeka?

Users Predictions: 47 users predict this event. PAOK will win (votes: 34 - 72.3%). Rijeka will win (votes: 10 - 21.3%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 6.4%).
Confidence interval (95%) for PAOK: 59.5% – 85.1%.

High ROI Users Predictions (ROI>2%): 23 high ROI users predict this event. PAOK (votes: 14 - 60.9%). Rijeka (votes: 6 - 26.1%). Tie (votes: 3 - 13%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by High ROI users:

O/U 2.5 - under (votes: 8 - 88.9%) 🥈 Silver Tip.

BTS - no (votes: 4 - 100%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

TQ, OT - PAOK (1.75) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

O/U 1.5 - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall votes from High ROI Users Predictions (including all markets): 24 high ROI users predict this event. PAOK (votes: 15 - 62.5%). Rijeka (votes: 6 - 25%). Tie (votes: 3 - 12.5%).

The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:0.

Preview Facts

1st leg result: 0-1. 2nd leg.
PAOK is in very good shape right now (last 5 games: 3 wins).
Rijeka's form has been unstable in recent games (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).
In this match, PAOK is the undeniable favorite.
In the last 3 head-to-head matches, PAOK won 1 match, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 3:2. (average 1:0.7).
Including home match between the teams, PAOK won 0 matches, drew 1 match, lost 0 matches, and goals 1:1.

How many head-to-head matches has PAOK won against Rijeka?

PAOK has won 0 of their last 1 head-to-head matches.

How many head-to-head matches has Rijeka won against PAOK?

Rijeka has won 1 of their last 1 head-to-head matches.

What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?

The latest head-to-head matches between PAOK - Rijeka were as follows:

21.08.2025 Rijeka - PAOK 1:0

Latest results of PAOK

24.08.2025 PAOK - AEL Larissa 1:0 ✺

21.08.2025 Rijeka - PAOK 1:0 ✺

14.08.2025 Wolfsberger - PAOK 0:1 ✺

07.08.2025 PAOK - Wolfsberger 0:0 ✺

26.07.2025 NEC Nijmegen - PAOK 2:3 ✺

Latest results of Rijeka

24.08.2025 Rijeka - Varaždin 1:2 ✺

21.08.2025 Rijeka - PAOK 1:0 ✺

16.08.2025 Rijeka - Dinamo Zagreb 0:2 ✺

12.08.2025 Shelbourne - Rijeka 1:3 ✺

09.08.2025 Osijek - Rijeka 0:0 ✺

UEFA Europa League Table

League phase

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Lyon	8	7	0	1	18:5	13	21
2	Aston Villa	8	7	0	1	14:6	8	21
3	Midtjylland	8	6	1	1	18:8	10	19
4	Betis	8	5	2	1	13:7	6	17
5	FC Porto	8	5	2	1	13:7	6	17
6	Braga	8	5	2	1	11:5	6	17
7	Freiburg	8	5	2	1	10:4	6	17
8	AS Roma	8	5	1	2	13:6	7	16
9	Genk	8	5	1	2	11:7	4	16
10	Bologna	8	4	3	1	14:7	7	15
11	Stuttgart	8	5	0	3	15:9	6	15
12	Ferencvaros	8	4	3	1	12:11	1	15
13	Nottingham	8	4	2	2	15:7	8	14
14	Plzen	8	3	5	0	8:3	5	14
15	Crvena zvezda	8	4	2	2	7:6	1	14
16	Celta Vigo	8	4	1	3	15:11	4	13
17	PAOK	8	3	3	2	17:14	3	12
18	Lille	8	4	0	4	12:9	3	12
19	Fenerbahce	8	3	3	2	10:7	3	12
20	Panathinaikos	8	3	3	2	11:9	2	12
21	Celtic	8	3	2	3	13:15	-2	11
22	Ludogorets	8	3	1	4	12:15	-3	10
23	Din. Zagreb	8	3	1	4	12:16	-4	10
24	Brann	8	2	3	3	9:11	-2	9
25	Young Boys	8	3	0	5	10:16	-6	9
26	Sturm Graz	8	2	1	5	5:11	-6	7
27	FCSB	8	2	1	5	9:16	-7	7
28	G.A. Eagles	8	2	1	5	6:14	-8	7
29	Feyenoord	8	2	0	6	11:15	-4	6
30	Basel	8	2	0	6	9:13	-4	6
31	Salzburg	8	2	0	6	10:15	-5	6
32	Rangers	8	1	1	6	5:14	-9	4
33	Nice	8	1	0	7	7:15	-8	3
34	Utrecht	8	0	1	7	5:15	-10	1
35	Malmo FF	8	0	1	7	4:15	-11	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv	8	0	1	7	2:22	-20	1

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