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Olympiacos Piraeus vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting tips
Pep Guardiola’s club won all three group games and scored three goals in each game. If the Citizens follow up with another away win in Greece, the round of 16 would be wrapped up after the fourth match day of the group stage.
In the run-up to the match between Olympiacos and Manchester City, the odds of the bookmakers are clearly pointing towards the guests, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
Nevertheless, the Greek record champions should not be underestimated. Piraeus won 1-0 at home against Olympique Marseille on matchday one and only lost the two away games in Group C. The Greeks still have valid chances for the round of 16 and will certainly not want to bow to the Citizens without a fight.
In view of the international world class of the Sky Blues, however, we do not believe that Olympiacos Piraeus against Manchester City can give a tip on the home side’s point win. Much more likely appears to us to be the next overwhelming victory of the Citizens, which is why we allude to tip 2 with the Asian handicap of -1.5.
Olympiacos Piraeus:
Olympiacos is a long runner in the UEFA Champions League. For the 20th time, the Thrylos (in German: the legends) are in the group stage of the premier class, which they finished in third place last season behind the eventual overall winners Bayern and Tottenham.
Afterwards, the Erythrolefki (in German: the Red-Whites) only continued in the Europa League. There, however, Pedro Martins’ team continued to cause a sensation and, among other things, eliminated Arsenal FC.
Now Olympiakos want to build on the strong start when the French representative Olympique Marseille were defeated 1-0 in the Karaiskakis stadium in the duel of the Olympics.
The Thrylos thus built on their international home strength. The Erythrolefki lost only two of the past 16 international home games, and they even won ten of these games. The record against Premier League clubs is no less impressive. Seven of the 17 home games against English teams ended in a win.
The first leg three weeks ago, which the Thrylos lost 3-0 in England, clearly showed that it could be a different game against Manchester City. With two defeats in a row, the opening win of the reigning Greek double winner was put into perspective again a bit.
At Olympiacos Piraeus against Manchester City, tip 1 should not be categorically excluded. It is clear, however, that the Greeks are facing a real mammoth task, especially since Pedro Martins from Youssef El Arabi to Ahmed Hassan to Mathieu Valbuena has to do without several important top performers.
Manchester City:
At the end of the 2018/19 season, Manchester City won the national triple of the championship, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Only a year later, however, the Citizens clearly lost their immense national supremacy.
In the championship, Liverpool were 18 points short in the end and in the FA Cup it was the final destination in the semi-finals against Arsenal.
At the moment, things are even more mixed at the national level for Pep Guardiola’s team, who last only played 1-1 against Liverpool and suffered a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday. After having played eight league games, the current Premier League table only shows 13th place.
Then City could finally dedicate itself to the national tasks in all forms and concentrate on the necessary catch-up in the league.
The Citizens could only win three of their previous eight games in the league. The Champions League has the same number of wins from just three games, with the Sky Blues always scoring three times in all three group games and conceding only one goal.
In any case, the Guardiola squad is still feared internationally for their goal threat. The English scored 44 goals in their last 16 Champions League games. This also resulted in a strong away record: City won eight of the last twelve European away games.
Olympiacos Piraeus vs Manchester City head to head matches
03.11.20 CL Manchester City Olympiacos Piraeus 3 : 0
02.08.14 ICC Olympiacos Piraeus Manchester City 3 : 2 (2 : 2)