Dynamo Kyiv 2-3 PAOK result, stats and report

Brann came from behind in their own way, surviving a frantic PAOK comeback to win 3-2 in the UEFA Europa Conference League and progress on the night. This was not pretty. It was competitive, scrappy, and occasionally chaotic. Which, if you ask me, is exactly what it needed to be.

PAOK dominated possession and territory for large portions of this Conference League opener but had to settle for a draw after Brann's clinical counter-punch was cancelled out by a headed equaliser from a substitute. The statistics paint a picture of a match PAOK should have won.

Anderlecht won a chaotic Europa League second leg 3-2, but the underlying statistics reveal a match PAOK dominated territorially while converting far less efficiently than their opponents.

Qarabağ controlled this Conference League tie from the first whistle, scoring twice from open play and keeping a clean sheet against a Dynamo Kyiv side that mustered zero shots on target across 90 minutes. The numbers are stark, and the structural reasons behind them are worth understanding.

Dynamo Kyiv nicked it with a tenth-minute goal and then spent the rest of the night defending for their lives. Qarabağ had the ball, the corners, and the pressure. They did not have the finishing.

Anderlecht scored inside the first minute and spent the rest of the night absorbing enormous pressure from PAOK, winning 1-0 in Thessaloniki despite being comprehensively outplayed on almost every surface-level metric. The interesting thing is why the result is far less surprising than it looks.

PAOK travel to Bergen for a UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier on 27 August 2026, and the form guide tells a story of two teams searching for consistency at a critical moment in their European campaigns.

Anderlecht host PAOK on Thursday evening carrying a first-leg lead and a settled defensive structure. Sophie Hargreaves breaks down the patterns that will decide whether the Belgians can close out the tie.