On Thursday night, Chelsea travel to Greece to face POAK in their opening game of the Europa League.
PAOK have a mixed recent record in the Europa League, as the Greek side have won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six games. Last time out in the competition, PAOK suffered a 2-0 defeat against Ostersunds last season, exiting at the preliminary rounds.
The Greek side’s recent Europa League games have been low scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five matches.
PAOK have a mixed recent home record in the Europa League, although they have won three of their last four games on home soil in Europe’s secondary competition.
The Greek side’s recent home games in the Europa League have been low scoring, with eight of their last ten games producing under 2.5 goals.
Premier League Chelsea are more accustomed to life in the Champions League. In fact, the Blues last appearance in the Europa League was in 2013 when they won the competition.
Due to that triumph, the visitors have a stellar recent record in the competition, winning five of their last six Europa League outings. The Blues recent games have been high scoring in the competition, with their last six games in the competition producing over 2.5 goals. >
A factor in those high scoring games is that the visitors have scored at least two goals in their last six games in the Europa League.
The Blues have an inconsistent recent away record in the Europa League in its various guises, as the visitors have lost five and won three of their games on their travels in the competition.
Forebet predicts that Maurizio Sarri’s side will kick-off their Europa League campaign with a high scoring victory.