PAOK vs Hajduk Prediction: the Hosts Should Outplay the Croats

Prediction for the Conference League match between PAOK vs Hajduk, which will take place on August 17th. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options!

The Greek club kicked off the qualifying campaign with matches against Israeli side Beitar, with the first game ending in a 0:0 draw. In the return match, Răzvan Lucescu's team won 4:1. From the 40th minute in Israel, PAOK played in the minority.

In the match against Hajduk in Croatia, the teams were even for 90 minutes. Considering the lack of goals, the game was not as close as it might seem. Both teams had three shots on goal, threatened each other from set pieces, and could have scored at least one goal each. Magomed Ozdoyev debuted for PAOK, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute.

PAOK did not play in any national tournaments this season, but Hajduk managed to play several matches. Ivan Leko's team lost the Croatian Super Cup to Dinamo Zagreb (0:1). Still, in three rounds of the national championship, they won three games - against Dinamo (2:1), Rijeka (1:0) and Slaven (3:0). Recall that last season Hajduk finished second in the Croatian championship.

Hajduk is the most TO team of the past Croatian championship, while PAOK played very effectively in the pre-season training camp. The teams played exceptionally well in offense and the first H2H meeting, although they did not score. In this regard, the odds for TO in the upcoming match look strange, which we will take advantage of. We'll be betting on the total of goals, as well as the yellow cards - it's quite possible that the meeting will turn out to be rough. The atmosphere at the Thessaloniki stadium and the statistics of referee Stegemann, who averaged almost 5.0 cautions per game last season, are factors in our favor. We also think that Hajduk is overrated - the Croatians are not that much inferior to the Greeks.