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Barcelona vs Olympiakos Piraeus Prediction & Betting tips
Matchday 3 in the UEFA Champions League. In Group D FC Barcelona and Olympiakos Piraeus from Greece meet. The situation in the table is quite clear. The Catalans are in first place after two victories, while Olympiakos Piraeus lost the first two games and the table finishes. It is clear that Barcelona is a high favorite, but will there be a peat rival? Kick-off at Camp Nou is at 19:45. The game is led by the Scottish William Collum.
Barcelona :
Barcelona is, as every year, one of the favorites on the win in the Champions League. At the start of the match, Ernesto Valverde’s men at the home stadium of Juventus won 3-0. Man of the evening was as often Lionel Messi, who gave two goals to the victory. In the second game at Sporting CP, Barcelona won 1: 0 in Lisbon through Sebastian Coates’ own goal. Also in the Spanish league, the Catalans are currently the measure of all things. After eight game days, they are undefeated in number one and have four points ahead of their first rivals from Valencia. Barcelona have been undefeated for ten competitive games. The Catalans lost their last defeat in the Spanish Supercup when they defeated the Royal from Madrid 3-1. This was followed by a series of nine victories in a row until they had a 1: 1 win at Atletico Madrid last Saturday. Luis Suarez saved a point with his late goal in the 82nd minute. Waiver must be given to coach Valverde on Ousmane Dembele (muscle injury) and Rafinha (knee injury).
Olympiakos Piraeus :
Olympiakos Piraeus is a clear outsider in the Catalan capital. After two games in the UEFA Champions League, they are on the fourth place. The opening game was lost at home against Sporting CP with 2: 3. At half time the Greeks were already in the backstory with a 3: 0 goal, before they could be operated by late goal in the 89th minute and in stoppage time at least still result cosmetics. The second game was lost in Italy at Juve with 0: 2. For the Greek champion of last year, it does not go much better in the Greek league. They are currently ranked fifth in the table after seven games. After the first two games against AE Larisa (4: 1) and Lamia (1: 0) were won, followed by a draw with two draws and two defeats. Only last Saturday was a 4: 3 win at Panionios Athens. Also, coach Takis Lemonis will have to do without some players. Question marks stand behind the operations of Jagos Vukovic and El Fardou Ben Nabouhane. A reunion for German fans with Marko Marin, who previously played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and Werden Bremen on Torjagd and since 2016 plays at Piraeus.