PAOK Thessaloniki FC
Football UEFA Europa League Toumba Stadium Thu 22 Jan 12:45
Real Betis Balompié
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Europa League Betting Preview: PAOK vs Real Betis

Greek Super League club PAOK host Spanish La Liga team Real Betis at Toumba Stadium, with kick-off set for 12:45 on Thursday 22 January.

Can the Underdogs Make it a Close Contest?

PAOK look capable of beating Betis and we’ll take them on the Asian Handicap. Back the Double-Headed Eagle at -139 with a +0.25 goal start, with our stake split between 0 and +0.5 which means a return if they avoid defeat.

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Each Team Bidding to Secure Another Win

PAOK Thessaloniki won their last game, beating OFI Crete at home. They triumphed 3-0 at Toumba Stadium in the Super League. The Double-Headed Eagle had five shots on target and boasted 65% possession, with Dimitrios Pelkas, Taison and Georgios Giakoumakis scoring one goal each.

Real Betis claimed a 2-0 La Liga win over Villarreal at Estadio de La Cartuja in their previous game. The Seville side enjoyed 60% possession and managed six shots on goal, with Aitor Ruibal and Pablo Fornals both on target.

In the last round of the Europa League, PAOK were held to a 3-3 draw away to Ludogorets Razgrad, with Betis getting a 3-1 win when visiting Dinamo Zagreb.

Europa League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
4 Real Betis logo Real Betis 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 11:4 14
18 PAOK logo PAOK 6 2 3 1 13 10 3 13:10 9
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PAOK – Last 10 League & Europa League Games

PAOK have 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, averaging 2.2 goals from 6.2 shots on goal and 11.0 attempts. Razvan Lucescu's team have averaged 59.8% possession and 6.4 corners per match, with their opponents getting 1.1 goals from 2.8 shots on goal, 5.6 attempts and 3.2 corners.

Georgios Giakoumakis leads the way with 5 goals, with Taison and Giannis Konstantelias scoring 4 each. Andrija Zivkovic is the leading assists maker on 6.

Real Betis – Last 10 League & Europa League Games

Betis have won 5, lost 2 and drawn 3, with an average of 1.9 goals from 14.8 attempts and 6.0 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 48.9% possession, 4.8 corners awarded and 4.7 corners against them, while they’ve conceded 1.4 goals from 12.2 attempts and 4.4 shots on goal.

Juan Hernandez has scored 4 goals, followed by Aitor Ruibal and Pablo Fornals on 3. Antony is top assists provider with 4, while Alvaro Valles has kept 4 clean sheets in the previous 10 games.

Predicted & Confirmed Lineups

PAOK predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Antonis Tsiftsis (GK), Jonjoe Kenny, Tomasz Kędziora, Giannis Michailidis, Abdul-Rahman Baba, Magomed Ozdoev, Souahilo Meite, Georgios Giakoumakis, Giannis Konstantelias, Taison, Fedor Chalov.

Real Betis predicted lineup (4-3-3): Álvaro Vallés Rosa (GK), Aitor Ruibal García, Marc Bartra, Natan Souza, Valentin Gomez, Sergi Altimira, Giovani Lo Celso, Marc Roca, Abde Ezzalzouli, Ezequiel Ávila, Pablo Fornals.

PAOK vs Real Betis Prediction & Betting Tips

Explore our best PAOK vs Real Betis picks, including our main match prediction, top corners bet, correct score forecast, player performance props and a bet builder ready to use.

Match Prediction

If you agree with our verdict that PAOK can avoid defeat in this Europa League clash, then you can back them with a +0.25 goal start at -139. There are several reasons to back this selection.

Getting the lowdown on injuries and studying the Europa League form guide are important duties ahead of making football predictions. We also place great emphasis on the stats and a data-led approach can sometimes be effective.

Key PAOK vs Real Betis Europa League & league stats:

  • The +0.25 line has been covered by PAOK in 17 consecutive games at home.
  • The +0.25 line has been covered by PAOK in 18 of their last 20 games at home.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by Betis in 3 consecutive games on the road.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by Betis in 6 of their last 10 games on the road.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by Betis in 12 of their last 20 games on the road.
PAOK +0.25 Probability

When you look at the latest betting odds, our pick has a 58.1% chance of winning. However, our experts think that the probability sits between 65-70% taking all factors into consideration. This wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Match Prediction
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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Pablo Fornals Over 0.5 Shots On Target +175 BetMGM logo

Pablo Fornals (Betis) has totalled a minimum of one shot on goal in his past two games. Out of all the prop bets available, we’re going to take the +175 when it comes to this Shots on Target wager.

Latest Pablo Fornals Player Prop Odds

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Taison to Score +340 BetMGM logo

Taison (PAOK) has managed four goals in his past five home matches. The odds that he will be an Anytime Goalscorer look attractive considering the numbers and we’ll plump for him to find the net at odds of +340.

Latest Taison Player Prop Odds

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Corners Prediction

Betis Under 4.5 Corners -108 BetMGM logo

Real Betis have totalled under 4.5 corners in 4 of the past 5 away games, while the last three PAOK home matches have involved them conceding under 4.5 corners. There is value when it comes to going under the Betis Team Corners line and this is available at -108.

Europa League & League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
PAOK Logo PAOK
Total
9.60 6.40 3.20
Home
9.20 6.80 2.40
Away
8.90 4.50 4.40
Betis Logo Betis
Total
9.50 4.80 4.70
Home
8.40 4.30 4.10
Away
9.90 4.00 5.90
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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap PAOK +0.25 -139
Total Goals Over 2.5 -147
Shots On Target Pablo Fornals Over 0.5 +175

If you want to follow our same-game multi, try PAOK to cover the +0.25 Asian Handicap, at least three goals in total along with Pablo Fornals (Betis) to finish with a minimum of one shot on target.

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PAOK vs Real Betis Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

1x2 Odds Suggest a Close Encounter

This Europa League encounter sees Real Betis available at +148 and PAOK Thessaloniki priced at +170 for the victory. If you want to back the game to finish level, the bookies have odds of +255 about the draw.

There’s sometimes a case for betting on the Draw No Bet market, with Betis available at -128 for those who want insurance on their bet. The same applies to opponents PAOK at -111.

If you want to bet on three goals or more, then Over 2.5 is the shortest odds. If you are expecting both teams to score, there’s the chance to back Yes at -185 on the BTTS market.

It’s fantastic to find hundreds of markets on offer for Europa League games. You simply need to visit the best sports betting sites and select from the various football options that are presented.

Antony Matheus dos Santos Top of First Goalscorer List

Favourite Antony Matheus dos Santos is now available at +500 to be the First Goalscorer. You will find similar odds apply when it comes to him scoring the last goal.

Player Goals
Antony Matheus dos Santos (Betis)
First
+175
Anytime
+500
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Abde Ezzalzouli (Betis)
First
+210
Anytime
+550
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Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK)
First
+220
Anytime
+600
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Cédric Bakambu (Betis)
First
+250
Anytime
+650
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Player Shots On Target
Antony Matheus dos Santos (Betis)
Over 0.5
-250
Under 0.5
+138
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Giorgos Giakoumakis (PAOK)
Over 0.5
-172
Under 0.5
-102
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Abde Ezzalzouli (Betis)
Over 0.5
-154
Under 0.5
-111
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Cédric Bakambu (Betis)
Over 0.5
-128
Under 0.5
-133
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Team Stats

Latest Europa League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

PAOK logo PAOK Stats
Real Betis logo Real Betis Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 6 wins, 2 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 7 wins and 3 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 5 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 4 wins, 1 defeat and 5 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession

PAOK vs Real Betis Lineups & Team News

Make sure to look over the PAOK vs Betis team news before betting. We’ll have the predicted and confirmed Europa League lineups for you plus all the latest on player injuries.

PAOK Predicted Lineup 4-2-3-1

Real Betis Predicted Lineup 4-3-3

PAOK Predicted Lineup 4-2-3-1

99 Antonis Tsiftsis
3 Jonjoe Kenny 16 Tomasz Kędziora 5 Giannis Michailidis 21 Abdul-Rahman Baba
27 Magomed Ozdoev 8 Souahilo Meite
7 Georgios Giakoumakis 65 G. Konstantelias 11 Taison
9 Fedor Chalov
1 Álvaro Vallés Rosa
24 Aitor Ruibal García 5 Marc Bartra 4 Natan Souza 16 Valentin Gomez
6 Sergi Altimira 20 Giovani Lo Celso 21 Marc Roca
10 Abde Ezzalzouli 9 Ezequiel Ávila 8 Pablo Fornals

Real Betis Predicted Lineup 4-3-3

Previous PAOK Lineups

18 Jan Super League
PAOK 3-0 OFI Crete
10 Jan Super League
Panetolikos 0-3 PAOK
21 Dec Super League
PAOK 2-0 Panathinaikos
14 Dec Super League
Atromitos 2-0 PAOK
11 Dec Europa League
Ludogorets 3-3 PAOK
07 Dec Super League
PAOK 3-1 Aris

Previous Real Betis Lineups

17 Jan La Liga
Real Betis 2-0 Villarreal
14 Jan Copa del Rey
Real Betis 2-1 Elche
10 Jan La Liga
Real Oviedo 1-1 Real Betis
04 Jan La Liga
Real Madrid 5-1 Real Betis
21 Dec La Liga
Real Betis 4-0 Getafe
18 Dec Copa del Rey
Real Murcia 0-2 Real Betis

Injuries & Suspensions

PAOK Injury Table
Type Name Info
Dimitrios Kottas Other
Real Betis Injury Table
Type Name Info
Gonzalo Petit Red card (direc
Hector Bellerin Muscle
Juan Hernandez Muscle
Junior Firpo Hamstring
Isco Other
Team Squads

PAOK Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Razvan Lucescu

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Abdul Rahman Baba 21 D 6 540 6 0 1 1 0 0
Soualiho Meite 8 M 6 474 5 1 1 0 0 0
Jonjoe Kenny 3 D 5 450 5 1 0 1 1 0
Giannis Michailidis 5 D 5 450 5 0 0 1 0 0
Tomasz Kedziora 16 D 5 376 4 1 0 0 2 1

Real Betis Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Natan 6 D 5 450 5 1 0 1 1 0
Alvaro Valles 1 G 5 450 5 1 0 0 0 0
Sergi Altimira 6 M 6 431 5 1 0 0 0 0
Valentin Gomez 16 D 5 428 5 1 0 0 1 0
Cedric Bakambu 11 F 5 404 5 0 1 2 3 0
UEFA FlagEuropa League Table
Europa League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Lyon 6 5 0 1 13:3 15
2 FC Midtjylland 6 5 0 1 13:5 15
3 Aston Villa 6 5 0 1 10:4 15
4 Real Betis 6 4 2 0 11:4 14
5 Freiburg 6 4 2 0 9:3 14
6 Ferencvaros 6 4 2 0 11:6 14
7 Braga 6 4 1 1 10:5 13
8 Porto 6 4 1 1 9:5 13
9 Stuttgart 6 4 0 2 12:5 12
10 Roma 6 4 0 2 10:5 12
11 Nott’m Forest 6 3 2 1 11:6 11
12 Fenerbahce 6 3 2 1 9:5 11
13 Bologna 6 3 2 1 9:5 11
14 Viktoria Plzeň 6 2 4 0 6:2 10
15 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9:7 10
16 Genk 6 3 1 2 7:6 10
17 Crvena Zvezda 6 3 1 2 5:5 10
18 PAOK 6 2 3 1 13:10 9
19 Celta Vigo 6 3 0 3 12:9 9
20 Lille 6 3 0 3 10:7 9
21 Young Boys 6 3 0 3 8:12 9
22 Brann 6 2 2 2 6:7 8
23 Ludogorets 6 2 1 3 11:14 7
24 Celtic 6 2 1 3 7:11 7
25 Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 3 8:13 7
26 Basel 6 2 0 4 8:9 6
27 FCSB 6 2 0 4 7:11 6
28 Go Ahead E. 6 2 0 4 5:11 6
29 Sturm Graz 6 1 1 4 4:8 4
30 Feyenoord 6 1 0 5 7:13 3
31 RB Salzburg 6 1 0 5 5:11 3
32 Utrecht 6 0 1 5 3:9 1
33 Rangers 6 0 1 5 3:11 1
34 Malmo FF 6 0 1 5 3:12 1
35 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 1 5 2:18 1
36 Nice 6 0 0 6 4:13 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Stuttgart 3 3 0 0 8:2 9
2 Porto 3 3 0 0 7:2 9
3 Lyon 3 3 0 0 6:1 9
4 FC Midtjylland 3 3 0 0 6:1 9
5 Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 5:1 9
6 Freiburg 3 3 0 0 5:1 9
7 Real Betis 3 2 1 0 6:3 7
8 Ferencvaros 3 2 1 0 6:3 7
9 Fenerbahce 3 2 1 0 4:2 7
10 Crvena Zvezda 3 2 1 0 3:1 7
11 Lille 3 2 0 1 9:5 6
12 Nott’m Forest 3 2 0 1 7:3 6
13 Basel 3 2 0 1 6:3 6
14 Braga 3 2 0 1 6:4 6
15 Celta Vigo 3 2 0 1 6:4 6
16 Brann 3 2 0 1 4:4 6
17 Young Boys 3 2 0 1 5:6 6
18 PAOK 3 1 2 0 5:1 5
19 Bologna 3 1 2 0 5:2 5
20 Viktoria Plzeň 3 1 2 0 3:0 5
21 Panathinaikos 3 1 1 1 3:3 4
22 Genk 3 1 1 1 2:2 4
23 Sturm Graz 3 1 1 1 2:2 4
24 Ludogorets 3 1 1 1 6:7 4
25 RB Salzburg 3 1 0 2 4:4 3
26 Roma 3 1 0 2 3:4 3
27 FCSB 3 1 0 2 5:7 3
28 Feyenoord 3 1 0 2 4:6 3
29 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 0 2 4:7 3
30 Celtic 3 1 0 2 2:6 3
31 Go Ahead E. 3 1 0 2 2:6 3
32 Utrecht 3 0 1 2 2:4 1
33 Malmo FF 3 0 1 2 2:4 1
34 Rangers 3 0 1 2 1:4 1
35 Nice 3 0 0 3 2:6 0
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 1:12 0
Greece FlagSuper League Table
Super League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 PAOK 17 13 2 2 37:12 41
2 AEK 17 13 2 2 31:12 41
3 Olympiacos 16 12 3 1 33:8 39
4 Levadiakos 17 10 4 3 42:19 34
5 Panathinaikos 16 7 4 5 24:21 25
6 Volos 17 8 1 8 19:24 25
7 Aris 17 5 6 6 14:18 21
8 Kifisia 17 4 7 6 24:26 19
9 Atromitos 17 4 4 9 17:22 16
10 Panetolikos 17 4 3 10 15:30 15
11 OFI Crete 16 5 0 11 19:30 15
12 Asteras Tripolis 16 2 7 7 15:23 13
13 Larissa 17 2 7 8 15:28 13
14 Panserraikos 17 2 2 13 9:41 8
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 PAOK 9 8 1 0 18:2 25
2 AEK 9 8 0 1 16:4 24
3 Olympiacos 8 7 1 0 21:4 22
4 Levadiakos 9 6 1 2 27:10 19
5 Panathinaikos 8 5 2 1 14:7 17
6 Volos 8 4 1 3 8:10 13
7 Aris 8 2 5 1 7:6 11
8 OFI Crete 8 3 0 5 13:10 9
9 Kifisia 8 2 3 3 11:11 9
10 Asteras Tripolis 7 1 5 1 12:10 8
11 Larissa 9 1 4 4 8:15 7
12 Panserraikos 9 2 1 6 5:17 7
13 Panetolikos 9 2 0 7 10:20 6
14 Atromitos 8 1 2 5 7:11 5
Spain FlagLa Liga Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Barcelona 20 16 1 3 54:22 49
2 Real Madrid 20 15 3 2 43:17 48
3 Villarreal 19 13 2 4 37:19 41
4 Atlético Madrid 20 12 5 3 35:17 41
5 Espanyol 20 10 4 6 23:22 34
6 Real Betis 20 8 8 4 33:25 32
7 Celta Vigo 20 8 8 4 28:20 32
8 Elche 20 5 9 6 27:26 24
9 Real Sociedad 20 6 6 8 26:28 24
10 Athletic Club 20 7 3 10 19:28 24
11 Girona 20 6 6 8 20:34 24
12 Osasuna 20 6 4 10 21:24 22
13 Rayo Vallecano 20 5 7 8 16:25 22
14 Sevilla 20 6 3 11 26:32 21
15 Mallorca 20 5 6 9 24:30 21
16 Getafe 20 6 3 11 15:26 21
17 Valencia 20 4 8 8 19:31 20
18 Alavés 20 5 4 11 16:25 19
19 Levante 19 3 5 11 21:32 14
20 Real Oviedo 20 2 7 11 11:31 13
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 10 9 1 0 23:7 28
2 Barcelona 9 9 0 0 28:5 27
3 Real Madrid 10 9 0 1 23:6 27
4 Villarreal 10 8 1 1 23:7 25
5 Elche 11 5 5 1 19:10 20
6 Osasuna 10 6 2 2 18:11 20
7 Real Betis 10 6 1 3 20:11 19
8 Espanyol 11 6 1 4 13:14 19
9 Mallorca 10 4 4 2 14:13 16
10 Athletic Club 10 5 1 4 10:11 16
11 Alavés 10 4 3 3 12:10 15
12 Celta Vigo 11 3 5 3 16:13 14
13 Valencia 10 3 5 2 12:9 14
14 Real Sociedad 10 4 2 4 15:15 14
15 Rayo Vallecano 9 2 6 1 7:6 12
16 Girona 10 3 3 4 9:17 12
17 Getafe 10 3 2 5 8:9 11
18 Sevilla 10 3 1 6 14:16 10
19 Real Oviedo 10 1 5 4 3:11 8
20 Levante 8 0 3 5 8:18 3