FCSB vs PAOK Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Daniel Hughes, Football Analyst | Published: 2 months ago | Last Updated: Feb 20, 23:45 | 4 min read

FCSB (FC Steaua Bucharest)

Football UEFA Europa League Arena Nationala Fri 21 Feb 00:45

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Bet On FCSB and Bag Some Insurance

FCSB and PAOK battle it out in the second leg of this Europa League League knockout phase play-off tie at Arena Nationala. FCSB were 2-1 winners in the first leg.

We want to be on the side of FCSB and our betting prediction is the 1.83 on the Draw No Bet market. Bet against PAOK and have some insurance.

Match Preview & H2H

FCSB´s last game was a 2-0 away victory over Gloria Buzau at Stadionul Municipal. Florin Tanase scored both goals in the Romanian Liga I match, with FCSB having seven shots on target and 60% of possession.

PAOK Thessaloniki´s previous match was a 7-0 home win against Lamia at Toumba Stadium. Razvan Lucescu's team had ten shots on target, eight corners and 71% of possession in the Greek Super League clash, with Giannis Konstantelias (3), Mbwana Samatta, Fedor Chalov, Andrija Zivkovic and Shola Shoretire on the scoresheet.

FCSB beat PAOK 2-1 away in the first leg. The Romanian side had 50% possession and won the shots on target 6-2.

FCSB – Last 10 League Games

6 wins and 4 draws, averaging 1.7 goals from 7.0 shots on goal and 17.5 attempts. FCSB have had 60.5% possession, 514.4 passes and 6.5 corners per game. On average, they have conceded 0.5 goals from 2.3 shots on goal and 9.1 attempts, while the opposition have been awarded 2.4 corners.

Daniel Birligea leads the way with 5 goals, Darius Olaru has 4, with Florin Tanase and David Miculescu scoring 2. The leading assistor is Risto Radunovic with 3.

PAOK – Last 10 League Games

PAOK have 6 victories, 3 defeats and 1 draw, averaging 12.0 attempts, 6.8 shots on goal and 2.4 goals. The Thessaloniki club average 59.2% possession, 6.7 corners awarded and 4.3 corners against them, while 0.7 goals have been conceded from 3.8 shots on goal and 8.1 attempts.

Mohamed Mady Camara has top scored with 4, while Mbwana Samatta, Giannis Konstantelias and Andrija Zivkovic are next on 3. Juan Sastre, Abdul Rahman Baba and Dimitrios Pelkas have clocked up 2 assists each in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

FCSB confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Stefan Tarnovanu (GK), Valentin Cretu, Siyabonga Ngezana, Mihai Popescu, Risto Radunovic, Vlad Chiriches, Adrian Sut, David Miculescu, Florin Tanase, Juri Cisotti, Daniel Birligea.

PAOK confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Dominik Kotarski (GK), Jonny, Tomasz Kedziora, Giannis Michailidis, Abdul Rahman Baba, Soualiho Meite, Magomed Ozdoev, Andrija Zivkovic, Dimitrios Pelkas, Giannis Konstantelias, Mbwana Samatta.

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Expert Europa League Analysis

It's important to understand the players who are unavailable for the upcoming action and the respective form of each team. If you want stats, you have come to the right place and they form the basis of our football predictions.

Key FCSB vs PAOK stats:

  • FCSB have not lost any of their last 11 matches this season
  • FCSB have won 6 of their past 10 home matches
  • FCSB have kept 5 clean sheets in their past 10 home matches
  • FCSB have scored 2 or more goals in 5 of their past 10 home matches
  • PAOK have conceded 2 or more goals in 5 of their last 10 away matches

FCSB vs PAOK Prediction

If you head to the Draw No Bet market, you can get 1.83 that the home side win and they look equipped to get the better of their opponents. This Europa League prediction stands a great chance.

In order to get bigger odds, you can simply back FCSB to win without the insurance of money back if the game ends all square.

Our Pick

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FCSB vs PAOK Odds

The bookies have betting odds of 2.60 for FCSB to win this Europa League game, while PAOK are 2.70 and the draw is available at 3.30.

It’s hard to split the odds between Over 2.5 Goals and Under 2.5 Goals for this match. The Both Teams to Score market is intriguing, with Yes and No evenly-matched.

There are hundreds of markets when it comes to betting on the Europa League coupon and we recommend visiting the leading betting sites to find the bet that matches your view on the game.

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Team Stats

Latest Europa League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

FCSB logo FCSB Betting Stats

PAOK logo PAOK Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 11 wins, 2 defeats and 7 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 6 wins, 1 defeats and 3 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 11 wins, 7 defeats and 2 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 4 wins, 5 defeats and 1 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

FCSB

PAOK

Goals / match
1.6 2.8
Conceded / match
0.4 1.2
Total / match
2 4

Corners

Corners

FCSB

PAOK

For / match
4.8 4.2
Against / match
1.8 3.2
Total / match
6.6 7.4

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

Our FCSB vs PAOK team news will highlight the injuries for both squads, with the lineups giving you a helping hand with your bets.

If you’re looking for the latest player information, check out the Europa League squads.

FCSB vs PAOK Lineups

FCSB Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

PAOK Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

FCSB Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

32 Stefan Tarnovanu
2 Valentin Cretu 30 Siyabonga Ngezana 17 Mihai Popescu 33 Risto Radunovic
21 Vlad Chiriches 8 Adrian Sut
11 David Miculescu 7 Florin Tanase 31 Juri Cisotti
9 Daniel Birligea
42 Dominik Kotarski
19 Jonny 16 Tomasz Kedziora 5 Giannis Michailidis 21 Abdul Rahman Baba
82 Soualiho Meite 27 Magomed Ozdoev
14 Andrija Zivkovic 80 Dimitrios Pelkas 7 G. Konstantelias
70 Mbwana Samatta

PAOK Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

FCSB Substitutes

  • 1Mihai Udrea
  • 5Joyskim Dawa
  • 15Marius Stefanescu
  • 18Malcom Edjouma
  • 22Mihai Toma
  • 25Alexandru Baluta
  • 29A. Marian Musi
  • 38Lukas Zima
  • 42Baba Alhassan
  • 77Andrei Gheorghita

PAOK Substitutes

  • 2Mohamed Mady Camara
  • 9Fedor Chalov
  • 15Omar Colley
  • 22Stefan Schwab
  • 23Juan Sastre
  • 25K. Thimianis
  • 54K. Balomenos
  • 71Brandon
  • 77Kiril Despodov
  • 99Antonis Tsiftsis

Previous FCSB Lineups

17 Feb Liga I
Gloria Buzau 0-2 FCSB
14 Feb Europa League
PAOK 1-2 FCSB
10 Feb Liga I
FCSB 3-0 Sepsi

Previous PAOK Lineups

17 Feb Super League
PAOK 7-0 Lamia
14 Feb Europa League
PAOK 1-2 FCSB
09 Feb Super League
OFI Crete 0-5 PAOK

Predicted lineups and confirmed starting 11s form part of our FCSB vs PAOK lineups service and this includes the formations for each team.

Injuries & Suspensions

FCSB Injury Table

Type Name Info
No information for this team.

PAOK Injury Table

Type Name Info
No information for this team.

Team Squads

FCSB Squad

PAOK Squad

Before the latest matches, get up-to-date injuries and suspensions news. We have the latest injury news and you can scroll through each list of players.

We’ve got a full list of players for every squad and there’s also stats available.

UEFA FlagTables & Standings

Europa League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Lazio 8 6 1 1 17:5 19
2 Athletic Club 8 6 1 1 15:7 19
3 Man United 8 5 3 0 16:9 18
4 Tottenham 8 5 2 1 17:9 17
5 Frankfurt 8 5 1 2 14:10 16
6 Lyon 8 4 3 1 16:8 15
7 Olympiacos 8 4 3 1 9:3 15
8 Rangers 8 4 2 2 16:10 14
9 Bodo/Glimt 8 4 2 2 14:11 14
10 Anderlecht 8 4 2 2 14:12 14
11 FCSB 8 4 2 2 10:9 14
12 Ajax 8 4 1 3 16:8 13
13 Real Sociedad 8 4 1 3 13:9 13
14 Galatasaray 8 3 4 1 19:16 13
15 Roma 8 3 3 2 10:6 12
16 Viktoria Plzeň 8 3 3 2 13:12 12
17 Ferencvaros 8 4 0 4 15:15 12
18 Porto 8 3 2 3 13:11 11
19 AZ Alkmaar 8 3 2 3 13:13 11
20 FC Midtjylland 8 3 2 3 9:9 11
21 Union S-G 8 3 2 3 8:8 11
22 PAOK 8 3 1 4 12:10 10
23 Twente 8 2 4 2 8:9 10
24 Fenerbahce 8 2 4 2 9:11 10
25 Braga 8 3 1 4 9:12 10
26 Elfsborg 8 3 1 4 9:14 10
27 Hoffenheim 8 2 3 3 11:14 9
28 Besiktas 8 3 0 5 10:15 9
29 Maccabi Tel Aviv 8 2 0 6 8:17 6
30 Slavia Prague 8 1 2 5 7:11 5
31 Malmo FF 8 1 2 5 10:17 5
32 RFS 8 1 2 5 6:13 5
33 Ludogorets 8 0 4 4 4:11 4
34 Dynamo Kiev 8 1 1 6 5:18 4
35 Nice 8 0 3 5 7:16 3
36 Qarabag FK 8 1 0 7 6:20 3
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Athletic Club 4 4 0 0 9:1 12
2 Tottenham 4 3 1 0 9:2 10
3 Lazio 4 3 1 0 9:3 10
4 Roma 4 3 1 0 7:1 10
5 Galatasaray 4 3 1 0 13:9 10
6 Man United 4 3 1 0 8:4 10
7 AZ Alkmaar 4 3 1 0 8:4 10
8 Frankfurt 4 3 1 0 7:3 10
9 Elfsborg 4 3 1 0 4:1 10
10 Ajax 4 3 0 1 12:4 9
11 Real Sociedad 4 3 0 1 8:2 9
12 Ferencvaros 4 3 0 1 10:6 9
13 Braga 4 3 0 1 7:3 9
14 Bodo/Glimt 4 3 0 1 9:6 9
15 Olympiacos 4 2 2 0 7:1 8
16 Union S-G 4 2 2 0 5:3 8
17 PAOK 4 2 1 1 9:3 7
18 Porto 4 2 1 1 7:4 7
19 FCSB 4 2 1 1 6:3 7
20 Anderlecht 4 2 1 1 9:7 7
21 Rangers 4 2 1 1 8:6 7
22 Lyon 4 2 1 1 6:4 7
23 Viktoria Plzeň 4 2 1 1 5:3 7
24 Besiktas 4 2 0 2 8:8 6
25 Hoffenheim 4 1 2 1 6:5 5
26 FC Midtjylland 4 1 2 1 5:5 5
27 RFS 4 1 2 1 4:5 5
28 Fenerbahce 4 1 2 1 3:4 5
29 Twente 4 1 1 2 2:4 4
30 Nice 4 0 3 1 5:8 3
31 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 1 0 3 3:6 3
32 Dynamo Kiev 4 1 0 3 2:9 3
33 Slavia Prague 4 0 2 2 5:7 2
34 Malmo FF 4 0 1 3 4:8 1
35 Ludogorets 4 0 1 3 3:8 1
36 Qarabag FK 4 0 0 4 4:12 0

Romania FlagLiga I Superliga

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 FCSB 30 15 11 4 43:24 56
2 CFR Cluj 30 14 12 4 56:32 54
3 U Craiova 30 14 10 6 45:28 52
4 U Cluj 30 14 10 6 43:27 52
5 Dinamo Bucharest 30 13 12 5 41:26 51
6 Rapid Bucharest 30 11 13 6 35:26 46
7 Sepsi 30 11 8 11 38:35 41
8 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 34:40 41
9 Petrolul Ploiesti 30 9 13 8 29:29 40
10 Farul Constanta 30 8 11 11 29:38 35
11 UTA Arad 30 8 10 12 28:35 34
12 Otelul Galati 30 7 11 12 24:32 32
13 Poli Iasi 30 8 7 15 29:46 31
14 Botosani 30 7 10 13 26:37 31
15 Unirea Slobozia 30 7 5 18 28:47 26
16 Gloria Buzau 30 5 5 20 25:51 20
1 FCSB 6 4 2 0 11:7 42
2 U Craiova 6 3 1 2 8:5 36
3 CFR Cluj 6 2 2 2 9:7 35
4 U Cluj 6 3 0 3 7:9 35
5 Dinamo Bucharest 6 1 1 4 7:11 30
6 Rapid Bucharest 6 1 2 3 7:10 28
1 Otelul Galati 6 5 0 1 9:2 31
2 Hermannstadt 6 2 3 1 8:5 30
3 Petrolul Ploiesti 6 2 2 2 7:5 28
4 Poli Iasi 6 3 2 1 9:2 27
5 Farul Constanta 6 2 3 1 10:7 27
6 Botosani 6 3 0 3 8:8 25
7 UTA Arad 6 2 1 3 5:10 24
8 Sepsi 6 0 1 5 4:14 22
9 Unirea Slobozia 6 1 4 1 5:6 20
10 Gloria Buzau 6 2 0 4 4:10 16

Greece FlagSuper League Super League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Olympiacos 26 18 6 2 45:16 60
2 AEK 26 16 5 5 44:16 53
3 Panathinaikos 26 14 8 4 31:22 50
4 PAOK 26 14 4 8 51:26 46
5 Aris 26 12 6 8 31:28 42
6 OFI Crete 26 10 6 10 37:38 36
7 Atromitos 26 10 5 11 32:32 35
8 Asteras Tripolis 26 10 5 11 27:29 35
9 Panetolikos 26 9 6 11 20:22 33
10 Levadiakos 26 6 10 10 30:34 28
11 Panserraikos 26 8 4 14 30:47 28
12 Volos 26 6 4 16 20:42 22
13 Kallithea 26 4 9 13 24:40 21
14 Lamia 26 3 6 17 14:44 15
1 Olympiacos 30 21 6 3 53:20 69
2 Panathinaikos 30 16 8 6 40:30 56
3 PAOK 30 17 4 9 59:33 55
4 AEK 30 16 5 9 47:25 53
1 Aris 30 15 7 8 37:29 31
2 Asteras Tripolis 30 13 5 12 32:32 27
3 Atromitos 30 11 6 13 35:36 22
4 OFI Crete 30 10 6 14 39:46 18
1 Levadiakos 31 9 11 11 38:36 38
2 Panetolikos 31 10 8 13 23:26 38
3 Volos 31 9 6 16 28:44 33
4 Panserraikos 31 9 6 16 35:56 33
5 Kallithea 31 6 10 15 29:47 28
6 Lamia 31 3 8 20 16:51 17

An up-to-date table is available and we recommend you check out Europa League standings to see which teams are challenging near the top and bottom.

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