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Olympiakos Piraeus vs Luzern Prediction & Betting tips
The third qualifying round of the Europa League is scheduled for this week. On Thursday, the first leg will take place and in a week the winners will be determined in the return leg. Thanks to the third place in the table in the Swiss Super League, FC Luzern enters only in this phase in the Europa League. Also the opponent finished in the Super League the third final rank. Olympiakos Piraeus is contesting his championship games in Greece. The two teams have never met. The bookmakers clearly favor the Greeks for the first leg. In the duel in the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus between Olympiakos Piraeus and the Lucerne FC promises a bet on the away team betting odds in the 8 range. Surely the Swiss go down as outsiders in the game on Thursday. However, Olympiakos made an effort in the past season and the preparation was not without problems; Accordingly, the FCL may well be expected a surprise.
Olympiacos Piraeus:
Looking into the past of the Super League in Greece, the dominance of Olympiakos Piraeus becomes clear. In the last 20 years, the Red-White secured 17 (!) Championship titles. In the past season, AEK Athens and especially their own mistakes thwarted them. Even PAOK crowded in front of the series champion in the table. This Olympiakos is only found in the Europa League this season. Club President Evangelo Marinakis responded with four games to go with a drastic measure – virtually the entire team was on leave and numerous youth players ended the season.
During the summer break, millions were invested in the new team. The previous test match results were still not really convincing. The footballers from the port city conceded against Genk and PSV each a 4-0 defeat. For Olympiakos, the match against FC Luzern will be the first competitive match of the new season. Since Olympiakos Piraeus against Lucerne the betting odds as a clear favorite in the game, the expectations of the Greeks is correspondingly high.
Lucerne:
Not much has changed in central Switzerland during the summer. But there was a change in key positions. Goalkeeper Jonas Omlin moved to FC Basel in the summer transfer window. Thus, the Lucerne is missing an important backing. In the past season, the central Swiss conceded only 1.4 goals per game. The substitute Mirko Salvi had to grab twice before each game behind him. Also on the sideline has changed a lot. Gerardo Seoane moved to the capital in Bern in the summer. His successor is René Weiler.
The team came under him, however, only last Sunday to their first points in the championship. In the opening match against the promoted from Neuchatel the FCL conceded a rather surprising 0: 2 home defeat. And also away in the Bernese Oberland the Lucerne did not win against FC Thun. Although the absence list was very long, the team showed a strong cohesion and turned the backlog against the Ticino yet. The conclusion of Weiler after the game looked accordingly positive. Nevertheless, the 54-year-old still sees great potential: “But still many things are not as they should be”
The appearance on the European stage requires an excellent performance from the Lucerne, if they do not want to fly back to Switzerland with a swat. An away goal would already be a success for the Central Swiss.