PAOK vs Shamrock Rovers. Europa League match prediction and bets

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

Greece

Europa League Qualification

22 August 10:30

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Shamrock Rovers

Ireland

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In the first match of the final round of the Europa League qualification on August 22, PAOK will host Shamrock Rovers at the Toumba stadium. Fedor Chalov moved to the Greek PAOK largely because of the opportunity to play in European competitions. However, his new club has already been eliminated from the Champions League qualification and now the "black and whites" have to be content with the Europa League. But even in the second most important European tournament, they still need to book a place in the main round. Will the hosts be able to beat the Irish club and which bets will win? You will find the answer in our betting tip

Command Analysis

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

Current form

In preparation for the start of the 2024/25 season, Răzvan Lucescu's team lost four out of five friendly matches. In official games, it became clear that PAOK really had not found their form. The Black and Whites barely got past Bosnia's Borac Banja Luka in the first round of Champions League qualifying, and then suffered a defeat to Sweden's Malmö and went to the Europa League.

The Greek champion makes many mistakes in defense. In four matches in the Champions League, the club managed to concede seven goals. The same thing happened at the start of the domestic championship, where the team barely beat Panserraikos (3:2). The problems in defense have not gone away, and they managed to score three points only because of the low class of the opponent.

Disqualifications and injuries

The team will be without Samatta, Nasberg, Ricardo, Tsausis (not registered for the Europa League), as well as the injured Taison, Otto and Baba.

Interesting trends for betting

PAOK are unbeaten in nine of their last 10 matches, excluding friendlies
The team has scored in 11 games in a row.

Estimated lineup : Tsiftsis, Vierinja, Kendziora, Koulierakis, Rafa, Zivkovic, Ozdoev, Shvab, Murg, Chalov, Konstantelias

Shamrock Rovers

Current form

The Hoops started their European campaign in the Champions League qualifiers. In the first round, Stephen Bradley's men beat Vikingur from Reykjavik, but were then routed by Sparta Prague (2:6) over the course of two matches. After being eliminated from the most important European tournament, the team knocked out Slovenian Celje in the previous round of the Europa League qualifiers, beating their opponent in extra time. Today, the club once again faces a superior opponent. It will definitely not be possible to beat PAOK by relying solely on defense. Especially considering that this has not worked lately - the team has consistently conceded goals for eight matches in a row.

In the national championship, the team occupies the fifth line in the tournament table and is behind the season leader Shelbourne by as much as 10 points. In the last round, Shamrock Rovers drew with Drogheda United (1:1).

Disqualifications and injuries

Shamrock Rovers have McEneff and Gaffney in the hospital

Interesting trends for betting

Shamrock Rovers have won 22 away games with a handicap of +2.5.
The team has conceded in eight matches in a row.

Tentative XI : Pauls, Hoare, Lopez, Grace, Honohan, Farrugia, Watts, O'Neill, Clarke, Nugent, Green

Tip and bets

Tiphandicap (+2.5) at Shamrock Rovers

1.65

PAOK are suffering from defensive problems at the start of the season, but Stephen Bradley's team simply does not have enough attacking potential to take advantage of them. It is clear that the "Hoops" will lock all the locks and try to take at least a draw from Greece. Let's take a risk and bet on the Irish team's victory with a positive handicap.

Betting Tip – Asian handicap (+2.5) for Shamrock Rovers with odds of 1.65

Will the prediction win?

Tipboth will score

2.20

Betting on Team Goals

There is no doubt about PAOK's goals. At the same time, the club rarely keeps its goal intact. Moreover, the exchange of goals took place in six of the last seven matches involving the Greek team.

Prediction: Both teams to score with odds of 2.20

Bet on total

In the matches between the teams in the last two games, they have scored only seven goals between them. In general, in away matches involving Shamrock Rovers, the total of more than 3.5 goals has not been broken in two games in a row. We believe that there will be no goal extravaganza in the match.

Betting Tip - total under 3.5 goals with odds of 1.78

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