Celta Vigo vs PAOK Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Knockout Playoffs
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Celta Vigo are a very strong and entertaining team as they seek to push deep into Europe with the visit of PAOK Salonika to Balaidos in Galicia on Thursday.
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Key stats
- Prior to this first leg, the only UEFA encounter between the two sides was Celta’s 3-1 home win on Matchday 2 of this season’s UEFA Europa League.
- Celta are unbeaten in their six UEFA meetings with Greek opposition, winning each of the last five.
- Celta’s only previous UEFA two-legged tie against a Greek team was in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup second round when they defeated Aris Thessaloniki 4-2 on aggregate (2-2 away, 2-0 home).
- Celta have lost only two of their last eight UEFA Europa League matches (W5 D1).
- Celta have won five of their last seven UEFA competition home matches (L2).
- Celta have won both of their previous UEFA two‑legged ties in which they won the first leg away from home.
- PAOK have won only two of their last 13 UEFA matches against Spanish opposition (D5 L6), and they are winless in their previous eight away games against teams from Spain.
- PAOK have lost their previous four UEFA two-legged ties against Spanish teams.
- PAOK have won only one of their ten previous UEFA two‑legged ties after losing the first leg at home. Their sole success came against FK Lyn in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup first round, where they overturned a 1-0 home defeat with a 3-0 victory in Norway to progress 3-1 on aggregate.
Celta Vigo vs PAOK prediction
Claudio Giraldez is in charge of an impressive Celta Vigo side and the Galicians put in an excellent performance at the Toumba Stadium in Thessaloniki last week, courtesy of goals from Iago Aspas and Williot Swedberg in the first-leg of their UEFA Europa League knockout playoff round tie.
Since then, Celta have cemented themselves in the top six of La Liga, too, with a comfortable 2-0 defeat of Real Mallorca, whereas PAOK shared a 1-1 draw with AEL Limassol to mean that they are now on a run of just three victories in their last eight matches across all competitions.
PAOK have already been beaten in Vigo this season and another loss is on the cards but the Greeks will give Celta some things to be concerned about in the north west of Spain.
Celta Vigo vs PAOK tip: Celta Vigo to win & both teams to score
