Hearts vs PAOK Prediction: Will the Greeks cope without the Russian?

Russian midfielder of PAOK Magomed Ozdoyev could not get a visa and will miss his team's match in Scotland against Hearts. Will the Greeks cope without the Russian?

Last season, Hearts reached the European Cup group for the second time in its almost 150-year history, where they finished third in the Conference League quartet with Fiorentina, Bashaksehir, and RFH. On the way to the group in the new season, the Scottish team has already managed to pass quite a strong opponent - Norwegian Rosenborg. Away Hearts lost 1:2, but at home was stronger 3:1, scoring the decisive goal at 90+2.

In the new draw of the Scottish championship, the team, which Frankie McAvoy, has not conceded a single goal in three rounds and won two matches out of three with a total score of 6:0.

The Greeks also started the national championship with a dry 3:0 win at home over Asteras. And in the Conference League, PAOK has conceded only once in four games, passing Israel's Beitar and Croatia's Hajduk. Magomed Ozdoyev made his debut for the new team in the return game with Hajduk; against Asteras he played all 90 minutes, but in Scotland, as already mentioned, he will not be able to help PAOK.

PAOK, under Răzvan Lucescu's leadership, missed only one match out of five in the new season, playing zero even against the strong Croatian Hajduk. In the last championship of Greece, PAOK also conceded less than one goal per match, so Scotland, given the not the highest class of Hearts, may well count on another dry meeting. We believe that PAOK at least will not lose, again taking into account the superiority of the Greeks in class.