Olympiakos vs Barcelona Predictions, 31 Oct 2017
The Match Is Over. Score:
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Olympiakos v Barcelona Predictions for Tuesday's 8.45pm kick-off Champions League group fixture facing hosts Olympiakos and side Barcelona at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. Surprisingly, this will be only the second time these two teams have ever met in an official game. In the first outing, just 2 weeks ago, Barcelona defeated the Greeks 3-1.
Olympiakos will face Barcelona after a painful recent defeat against their main rivals in the Greek League, Panathinaikos (1-0).
Barcelona are still unbeaten this season in all three competitions they have played in, winning every game bar a draw in La Liga against Atletico.
Messi scored his 100th Champions League (CL) goal in the last game against Olympiakos at home. He has netted 3 times in the competition this season.
All of Barcelona’s goals (7) have been scored with the left foot (5), apart from 2 own goals.
Olympiakos have conceded at least 2 goals in the first 3 games of the Group Stage - so expect goals.
Faithful to their philosophy, Barcelona average 67% possession in their CL games and have a stunning 90% passing accuracy. They complete roughly 760 passes per game.
Barcelona: Stegen - Alba, Umtiti, Mascherano, Semedo - Rakitic, Busquets, Paulinho - Suarez, Messi, Deulofeu (4-3-3 formation)
Barcelona: Rafinha, Ousmane Dembele, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique.
Barcelona 3-1 Olympiakos
Match status: 2017-18 Champions League Group Stages
Kick-off: Tuesday 31 Oct 2017, 08:45pm GMT
Venue: "Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium" in Piraeus, Greece
Olympiakos v Barcelona Team News
Olympiakos haven’t won a game so far in Group D. They need a victory if they want to fight for third place with Sporting Lisbon and aim for the Europa League place.Olympiakos will face Barcelona after a painful recent defeat against their main rivals in the Greek League, Panathinaikos (1-0).
Barcelona are still unbeaten this season in all three competitions they have played in, winning every game bar a draw in La Liga against Atletico.
Messi scored his 100th Champions League (CL) goal in the last game against Olympiakos at home. He has netted 3 times in the competition this season.
All of Barcelona’s goals (7) have been scored with the left foot (5), apart from 2 own goals.
Olympiakos have conceded at least 2 goals in the first 3 games of the Group Stage - so expect goals.
Faithful to their philosophy, Barcelona average 67% possession in their CL games and have a stunning 90% passing accuracy. They complete roughly 760 passes per game.
Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:
Olympiakos: Proto - Koutris, Nikolaou, Botia, Elabdellaoui - Carcela-Gonzalez, Gillet, Zdjelar, Romao, Androutsos - Odjidja-Ofoe (4-5-1 formation)Barcelona: Stegen - Alba, Umtiti, Mascherano, Semedo - Rakitic, Busquets, Paulinho - Suarez, Messi, Deulofeu (4-3-3 formation)
Missing Players of Olympiakos and Barcelona:
Olympiakos: No missing players.Barcelona: Rafinha, Ousmane Dembele, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique.
Head-to-Head Record: Olympiakos v Barcelona
2017-18 Champions League Group StagesBarcelona 3-1 Olympiakos
Our Betting Tip: |
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Goals Under 3.5 @ 1.66 |
Correct Score: |
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0-2 Away Win @ 6.50 |