On Thursday, PSV Eindhoven travels to PAOK Salonika for a meeting of Group E of the Europa League. PAOK Salonika is looking for their first victory while PSV Eindhoven is hoping for a second success.
PAOK Salonika vs PSV Eindhoven Free Betting Tips – Europa League
Defending champion last year, PAOK Salonika was unable to keep its title by finishing in 2nd place in the standings with all the same 18 units behind Olympiakos. Despite a good run in the Champions League play-offs, the Greeks lost in the last round of the play-offs against Krasnodar (2-1 defeats on the first leg and 1-2 on the return). In the league, the players from Thessaloniki occupy 4th place in the standings after beating Panaitolikos (1-3) this weekend. On the other hand, they have not yet managed to shine in this group since they were hooked by Omonia Nicosia (1-1) before going to seek a point on the ground of Granada last Thursday.
For its part, PSV finished only 4th in the Eredivisie standings, far behind the two leaders, Ajax and AZ, in a championship that was permanently stopped along the way. On the other hand, Roger Schmidt’s players easily passed the obstacles Mura (1-5) and Rosenborg (0-2) during the C3 play-offs to reach the group stage. Beaten from the start by Granada (1-2), they recovered well by winning in front of Omonia Nicosia last week (1-2). In the league, the Dutch are 3rd in the standings, 2 points behind Ajax. After their defeat against Vitesse, they rebounded perfectly by curbing ADO Den Haag (4-0) on Sunday.
The workforce for PAOK Salonika vs PSV Eindhoven
As for PAOK, young Norwegian defender Adrian Pereira should be the only player missing in this meeting. This weekend the Polish striker Swiderski scored his third goal of the season while the Croatian rookie Colak finally unlocked his counter in his new colours when he had blazed under the jersey of Rijeka last season (20 goals).
At PSV, there are several former Ligue 1 players like defender Boscagli (ex Nice) and midfielder Sangaré (ex Toulouse) while former World Champion Götze signed up this summer. Offensively, the young Dutch hopefuls Malen and Gakpo are there but the top scorer is the Englishman Madueke (4 goals in the league). For this match, Argentina striker Romero (1 goal in 1 game this season), former Chelsea player van Ginkel, Mexican international Gutierrez and defender Armando Obispo (0 games this season) are all on the flank. Absent last week due to a ban on access to the Cypriot border, Israel international Zahavi and incumbent Teze should be able to play this match.
The key points for the match PAOK Salonika vs PSV Eindhoven
The match will be played behind closed doors.
Coaches have the possibility of making 5 substitutions during the game.
PAOK Salonika vs PSV Eindhoven Free Betting Tips
PSV could manage to seek a second success in this group against a PAOK Salonika team that is a little less strong on paper. PSV Eindhoven victory!
Betting Tips: Draw or win PSV
Odds: 1.68
