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Marseille vs Olympiacos Piraeus Prediction & Betting tips
There are only two rounds left in the Champions League group stage. In many places, the promoters for the round of 16 have already been determined and in Group C everything is actually already clear.
With Marseille and Olympiakos, the two teams that have so far not been able to convince at all will now meet. Since the two group favorites Manchester City and Porto are as good as fixed as newcomers, the two outsiders now only have to fight for the remaining Europa League ticket.
The guests probably have the better cards for staying in international business, because the Greeks won the first leg. Apart from the direct duel, Olympiacos, like Marseille, also lost all games.
For the French, the group stage has been completely forgotten anyway, as they had not even scored a goal in their four games so far. Nevertheless, in the game Marseille vs. Olympiacos Piraeus the betting odds of bookmakers offer slight advantages to the hosts. With a clear victory, they could at least make the switch to the Euro League.
Marseille:
The French have certainly not covered themselves with fame in the Champions League this year. With a basically competitive troop, you stumbled from one defeat to the next. If now in the game Marseille vs. Olympiacos Piraeus would be successful again if a tip against the hosts would be the same as the performances shown so far.
One must not forget, however, that coach Villas-Boas with Thauvin, Payet, Sanson and Co. has a lot of quality that the opponent cannot offer in this form. So are the signs pointing to the first win of the season in the premier class?
The only question is how the Greeks will be defeated if there are no goals in the front, because the offensive was not successful in the group stage yet. The hopes of changing this circumstance rest mainly on the shoulders of right winger Thauvin, who has already scored four goals in the league.
At least the coach can use the full strength of his squad against the Greeks, because as our list of bans / injuries in the Champions League shows, no one is missing from the southern French.
After a 1-0 defeat against Olympiakos in the away game, a win with at least two goals is now needed to be ahead in the direct duel. With just one win, the French could still achieve third group rank, which would mean switching to the Europa League.
A small justification that in the game Marseille vs. Olympiacos Piraeus, the odds on the side of the hosts, offer the last two home games in the league, in which three goals were scored each. Against the Greek defensive wall, however, a brilliant performance will be necessary to score more than one goal.
Olympiacos Piraeus:
The Greek group outsider could look forward to a promising start in the premier class. Since the home win against Marseille at the start of the season there has been neither a point nor a goal.
So now it comes to the grand final for the remaining Europa League ticket and the Greeks’ chances are not bad. A draw would make things clear and a defeat with a goal difference and an away goal would be enough.
The well-known strong defense of the Greeks should once again be the key to success in France. Although it has already conceded a few goals in the Champions League against the top teams, in the league the Greek champions have conceded just two goals in eight games this season.
So there is a lot of work waiting for the opponent’s already battered offensive and so in the game Marseille vs. Olympiacos certainly justified a prognosis for a few goals, because even the guests in the premier class were only successful in the goal completion.
With this defensive tactic, a point is certainly possible against the troubled French. The quality for dangerous counterattacks is also given at Olympiakos.
Marseille vs Olympiacos Piraeus head to head matches
21.10.20 CL Olympiacos Piraeus Marseille 1 : 0
23.11.11 CL Marseille Olympiacos Piraeus 0 : 1
13.09.11 CL Olympiacos Piraeus Marseille 0 : 1
27.09.94 EL Marseille Olympiacos Piraeus 3 : 0
13.09.94 EL Olympiacos Piraeus Marseille 1 : 2