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PAOK Salonika v BSC Young Boys : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 6th Nov, 20:00 BST, Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

BSC Young Boys, led by manager Giorgio Contini, visit Razvan Lucescu and his PAOK Salonika side at the Toumba Stadium on Thursday night in the Europa League. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with additional weight given to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

In alignment, our prediction and the odds from the bookies suggest that this Europa League showdown should present fine viewing for neutrals in the ground, with at least 3 goals to scored in the game. As neither side is a nailed-on winner given their recent form, we're going with the stats and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point firmly in the direction of over 2.5 goals being the best bet here.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
PAOK
54%
-4/5
Draw
22%
-14/5
Young Boys
25%
-3/1
PAOK 2-1
10%
-7/1
Draw 1-1
9%
-13/2
PAOK 2-0
7%
-8/1
PAOK 1-0
7%
-7/1
PAOK 3-1
6%
-11/1
Draw 2-2
6%
-11/1
Young Boys 2-1
6%
-11/1
PAOK 3-0
5%
-12/1
Young Boys 1-0
5%
-11/1
PAOK 3-2
4%
-18/1
Draw 0-0
4%
-10/1
PAOK 4-1
3%
-20/1
Young Boys 2-0
3%
-18/1
Young Boys 3-2
3%
-25/1
Young Boys 3-1
3%
-22/1
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
-4/6
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
-11/10
Home 1st Goal
53%
-8/13
Away 1st Goal
45%
-6/4
No 1st Goal
2%
-10/1
BTTS - Yes
64%
-4/6
BTTS - No
36%
-11/10
BTTS - Home Win
30%
-23/10
BTTS - Draw
18%
-18/5
BTTS - Away Win
15%
-11/2
Home/draw
75%
-2/9
Away/draw
46%
-19/20
Home/away
78%
-1/4
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
-2/9
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
-3/1
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
-13/8
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
-4/9
Over 4.5 Goals
24%
-19/5
Under 4.5 Goals
76%
-1/6
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
-8/1
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
-1/20
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
-1/33
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
-10/1
Home DNB
69%
-7/20
Away DNB
40%
-19/10
PAOK win to nil
23%
--
Young Boys win to nil
10%
--
PAOK / PAOK
28%
-7/4
PAOK / Young Boys
3%
-25/1
PAOK / Draw
6%
-12/1
Draw / PAOK
16%
-19/5
Draw / Young Boys
9%
-15/2
Draw / Draw
14%
-9/2
Young Boys / PAOK
5%
-16/1
Young Boys / Young Boys
13%
-5/1
Young Boys / Draw
6%
-12/1
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Win / draw / win Europa League table
Won
Draw
Lost
PAOK
Young Boys
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Midtjylland330069 
-
-
-
-
2
Braga330059 
-
-
-
-
3
Lyon330059 
-
Jan 29
Jan 22
-
4
D. Zagreb321047 
-
-
-
-
5
Plzen321047 
-
-
-
-
6
Freiburg321037 
-
-
-
-
7
Ferencvaros321027 
-
-
-
-
8
Brann320136 
Nov 27
-
-
-
9
Celta320126 
-
l
 
3-1F
-
-
10
A Villa320126 
-
-
-
Nov 27
11
Lille320116 
-
w
 
3-4F
Dec 11
-
12
GA Eagles320116 
-
-
-
-
13
Young Boys320106 
Nov 6
-
-
-
14
Fenerbahce320106 
-
-
-
-
15
Porto320106 
-
-
-
-
16
Real Betis312025 
Jan 22
-
-
-
17
Nottm Forest311114 
-
-
-
-
18
Bologna311104 
-
-
-
-
19
Genk311104 
-
-
-
-
20
PAOK3111-14 
-
-
-
Nov 6
21
Celtic3111-14 
-
-
-
-
22
Panathinaikos310203 
-
-
l
 
1-4A
-
23
Roma3102-13 
-
-
-
-
24
Basel3102-13 
-
-
-
-
25
Feyenoord3102-13 
-
-
-
-
26
Ludogorets3102-23 
-
Dec 11
w
 
3-2A
-
27
Sturm Graz3102-23 
-
-
-
-
28
FCSB3102-23 
-
-
-
w
 
0-2F
29
Stuttgart3102-23 
-
-
-
Jan 29
30
Red Star Bel.3012-31 
-
-
-
-
31
Malmö3012-41 
-
-
-
-
32
M. Tel-Aviv3012-51 
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
-
33
Nice3003-30 
-
-
-
-
34
Salzburg3003-40 
-
-
-
-
35
Utrecht3003-40 
-
-
-
-
36
Rangers3003-50 
-
-
-
-
37
RZ Pellets 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
-
-
38
Rijeka 
w
 
5-0F
l
 
1-0A
-
-
39
S. Bratislava 
-
-
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-1F
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
3
PAOK have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home european games
PAOK 20TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
PAOK0 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
PAOK5 - 0Rijeka
PAOK0 - 0RZ Pellets
PAOK1 - 2FCSB
PAOK2 - 0Slavia
PAOK5 - 0Ferencvaros
PAOK2 - 2Plzen
PAOK0 - 1FCSB
PAOK4 - 0Shamrock
PAOK3 - 3Malmö
PAOK3 - 2Borac Banja Luka
PAOK0 - 2Brugge
PAOK5 - 1D. Zagreb
PAOK4 - 2HJK Helsinki
PAOK2 - 2Aberdeen
PAOK2 - 1E.Frankfurt
PAOK4 - 0Hearts
PAOK3 - 0Hajduk Split
PAOK0 - 0Jerusalem
PAOK1 - 1Levski
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APAOK4 - 3Lille
APAOK1 - 3Celta
HPAOK0 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
HPAOK5 - 0Rijeka
APAOK0 - 1Rijeka
APAOK0 - 0RZ Pellets
HPAOK0 - 0RZ Pellets
APAOK0 - 2FCSB
HPAOK1 - 2FCSB
APAOK0 - 2R.Sociedad
HPAOK2 - 0Slavia
HPAOK5 - 0Ferencvaros
APAOK2 - 0Rigas Futbola Skola
APAOK0 - 2Man Utd
HPAOK2 - 2Plzen
HPAOK0 - 1FCSB
APAOK1 - 3Galatasaray
APAOK2 - 0Shamrock
HPAOK4 - 0Shamrock
HPAOK3 - 3Malmö
Young Boys 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
FCSB0 - 2Young Boys
S. Bratislava0 - 1Young Boys
Celtic1 - 0Young Boys
Stuttgart5 - 1Young Boys
Shakhtar2 - 1Young Boys
Barcelona5 - 0Young Boys
Galatasaray0 - 1Young Boys
S. Lisbon1 - 1Young Boys
RB Leipzig2 - 1Young Boys
Man City3 - 0Young Boys
Red Star Bel.2 - 2Young Boys
M. Haifa0 - 0Young Boys
Anderlecht0 - 1Young Boys
Kuopio PS0 - 2Young Boys
Liepaja0 - 1Young Boys
Man Utd1 - 1Young Boys
Villarreal2 - 0Young Boys
Atalanta1 - 0Young Boys
Ferencvaros2 - 3Young Boys
CFR Cluj1 - 1Young Boys
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
1
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HYoung Boys3 - 2Ludogorets
AYoung Boys2 - 0FCSB
HYoung Boys1 - 4Panathinaikos
HYoung Boys3 - 2S. Bratislava
AYoung Boys1 - 0S. Bratislava
HYoung Boys0 - 1Red Star Bel.
AYoung Boys0 - 1Celtic
AYoung Boys1 - 5Stuttgart
HYoung Boys1 - 6Atalanta
AYoung Boys1 - 2Shakhtar
HYoung Boys0 - 1Inter
AYoung Boys0 - 5Barcelona
HYoung Boys0 - 3A Villa
AYoung Boys1 - 0Galatasaray
HYoung Boys3 - 2Galatasaray
AYoung Boys1 - 1S. Lisbon
HYoung Boys1 - 3S. Lisbon
AYoung Boys1 - 2RB Leipzig
HYoung Boys2 - 0Red Star Bel.
AYoung Boys0 - 3Man City
Goal Statistics

PAOK Salonika's fans will be hoping for goals on Thursday night, not least because BSC Young Boys have conceded in each of their last 5 Europa League outings. A PG of 1.9 for Razvan Lucescu's side suggests that run should continue.

PAOK 20th Young Boys 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
15%
There is a 60% probability that PAOK will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Young Boys will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
PAOK’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-12
Young Boys have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.3
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
PAOK
PG (predicted goals)
Young Boys
2
1.3
Attack rating
PAO
YBB
12%
better
view stats
Games scored15
17
Failed to score5
3
Scored first11
11
Goals scored32
38
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.9
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
17
Avg. XG for1.4
1.7
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
20%
better
PAO
YBB
view stats
Games conceded11
16
Clean sheets9
4
Conceded first6
7
Goals conceded23
33
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
15%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+20%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between PAOK v Young Boys will show here when available.

PAOK Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7233
I MichailidisS Meïté G KonstanteliasT Kedziora
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Michailidis DEF71
1
-
T Kedziora DEF7
2
1
A Baba DEF7
-
S Meïté  MID721
1
-
M Camara MID71
-
G Konstantelias MID723
2
-
F Chalov FWD711
-
A Zivkovic FWD722
2
-
J Pavlenka GLK6
-
J Kenny DEF6
2
-
M Ozdoev MID6
3
-
L Ivanusec MID5
2
-
K Despodov FWD41
-
Taison FWD41
-
G Giakoumakis FWD42
2
-
D Pelkas MID31
-
A. Mythou FWD3
-
J Sastre DEF2
-
A Bianco MID2
-
D. Chatsidis FWD21
-
A Tsiftsis GLK1
1
-
G Taylor DEF1
-
A Vogliacco DEF1
-
Young Boys Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5333
M KellerC Bedia E FernandesJ Hadjam
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Keller GLK5
-
B Zoukrou DEF5
1
-
J Hadjam DEF5
3
-
L Benito DEF5
-
R Raveloson MID51
1
-
J Monteiro MID522
1
-
A Gigovic MID52
-
E Fernandes MID53
-
C Bedia  FWD531
-
S Córdova FWD5
1
-
S Janko DEF411
1
-
C Fassnacht MID41
1
-
D Males MID41
-
S Lauper MID4
-
P Dominik MID3
-
E Colley FWD3
-
R Andrews DEF21
-
A Virginius MID2
-
F. Tsimba FWD2
1
-