Gent vs PAOK – The second leg of PAOK’s Europa Conference League last 16 encounter takes place tomorrow at the Ghelamco Arena in Gent. The visitors had the advantage after PAOK won 1-0 in Greece last week.
Gent must reverse a one-goal deficit from the first leg to progress in the Europa Conference League. Jasmin Kurtic’s second-half goal decided a tight encounter in Thessaloniki, Gent’s lone loss in their last eight games in all competitions.
The Buffalos won 2-0 away at Beerschot on Saturday thanks to goals from Julian De Sart and Darko Lemajic. Gent have won four of their six Europa Conference League home games this season, including the qualifying phase.
Gent will be buoyed by recent victories over RFC Seraing (4-0) and Zulte Waregem (2-1). PAOK may lead going into the second leg in Belgium, but they will know they have a long way to go to reach the quarter-finals.
They did win a hard-fought match against Midtjylland on penalties in the knockout playoff round to set up their match with Gent.
They did lose the away leg 1-0 to Midtjylland, and a repeat of same result on Thursday would send the game to extra time.
The visitors will be confident after Chuba Akpom scored a stoppage-time goal in the Greek Super League triumph over PAS Gianna.
Razvan Lucescu will be hoping his side will draw encouragement from their unblemished run against Belgian opposition.
Gent vs PAOK – Betting Stats
PAOK won the first leg 1-0 at home and are currently in terrific form. They have won three straight games and were unbeaten in 21 of their previous 22 games.
Notably, they have only lost once in the last three months.
Gent, on the other hand, had won seven of their last eight games and scored six goals in their last two home games.
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