PAOK – Schalke: 16th February 2017

PAOK Thessaloniki

Although they were penalized with 3 points, the hosts have a good chance to catch the play-off for the Europa League. If reborn after winter vacation short, PAOK won six victories in eight rounds this year. One of the two gaps came just in that last weekend, when he drew the land Xanthi (0-0). It was the first time in the last six rounds when the band sarblui Ivic failed to find the way to goal. Instead, defensive resisted the fourth time in the last five rounds.

In the Europa League, the hosts finished second in Group J with 10 points accumulated, ahead of teams like Qarabag and Liberec. In the three matches played at home, he has two victories and one defeat, while none of these confrontations have not scored more than two goals

Schalke 04

On the other side, the guests were more than disappointing season in the Bundesliga, then walked in Greece with morale high after two consecutive wins. After qualifying in Cup quarterfinals after an emphatic 4-1 Sandhausen, “miners” were victorious in the championship. Hertha met even the Veltins Arena, they have won 2-0 at the end of a game they had controlled a large part of the time. By goluriel marked Burgstaller and Goretzka Schalke have brought the European Cups in eight points, but the task is not simple at all. This winter brought the Nuremberg striker Austrian Burgstaller marked the second time for his new band.

Contrary to the weak Bundesliga, Schalke dominated Group I, which also won it, which also included teams such as Krasnodar, Salzburg and Nice. In three trips made to managed two successes, while in Austria had to admit defeat. In none of these parties -or scored goals in both gates