Galatasaray vs PAOK Prediction & Betting Tips (25 September)

Galatasaray literally failed to qualify for the Champions League by falling against a team from Young Boys Berne who had still not won a championship ticket. Worse still, Icardi and his partners lost both matches 3-2 in Switzerland, 0-1 at home. In the process and before the international break, the reigning Turkish champion took out his nerves against Adana Demirspor 1-5, thus achieving at the same time a 3rd consecutive victory in the elite. Since the return of the international break, Cimbom will have played twice at home against Rizespor and Gaziantep to follow and traveled, last weekend, to its runner-up and its eternal rival, Fenerbahce to follow.On the other side of the median, we still find the 1/4 finalist of the last Conference League, PAOK Salonika, and champion of Greece at the same time.

We absolutely must not underestimate this team which still competed in two preliminary rounds of the Champions League but was eliminated by the Swedes of Malmö in a splendid double confrontation punctuated by an elimination on the return leg, after extra time 2-2 on the first leg, 3-4 defeat on the return leg. Since this setback, PAOK has never again lost in all competitions for a record of five victories in five matches. Since the return from the break, the Greeks will have tried to achieve a 6th and 7th TCC victory for the reception of Panathinaikos and a trip last weekend to Volos to follow. 

Excluded during the return match against Young Boys, starting goalkeeper Muslera will probably serve his red card this evening for this first day. In addition, we can note that Sanchez (ex-Tottenham) is injured and will probably be forced to withdraw. Remember that in the last days of the transfer window, the crack Kerem Akturkoglu (hat-trick with Turkey against Iceland) joined Benfica, which remains a major loss for the club. However, Icardi (top scorer in the SuperLig last year with 25 goals without forgetting his 8 assists) is still there just like Mertens (9 goals, 16 goals last year), without forgetting to mention the double-pivot in the middle , Torreira (Arsenal) and Demirbay (ex-Leverkusen, 6 goals, 3 assists in SL last year).

On the PAOK side, the offensive Brandon Thomas (7 goals, 4 assists last season) is on the flank ( injured), just like Taison (5 goals, 10 goals in the league last season). Absent since his arrival, Tiemoué Bakayoko is not sure if he is there. Note the presence of the former resident of La Gantoise, Tarek Tissoudali (15 goals, 8 assists in the Jupiler League last year) who has some difficulty exposing himself in Greece (only 1 small goal) while the Austrian Schwab (2 goals in the league) has no complexes (5 pawns, 3 goals over the entire season in the league last year).