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Olympiacos Piraeus - Marseille  Prediction, Picks and Taips  


 
 
On Wednesday evening, from 20:00, we see the "Olympic" rivals at work in the first stage of group C of the UEFA Champions League. Olympiacos receives the visit of Olympique Marseille, in a spectacular match scheduled in Piraeus. The hosts cannot count on Silva, injured, while the French come to the match without Kamara, suspended. We are preparing for a quality match, in which the attack formed by Thauvin, Payet and Sanson can make a big inconvenience in the Greek defense.

Olympiacos started the new season in Greece well, coming after a 4-0 home, with Atromitos. It was a light match for the white-reds, even if the break came with a white score. Atromitos had a man eliminated in the 30th minute, on Matic, and the goals of El Arabi (’52, ’82 and ’87), respectively Koka (’65) decided the fate of the three points. Without using too much, Pedro Martins' team ticked off a success that gives him an excellent morale before Marseille's visit.

OM comes after a 3-1 at home to Bordeaux, the first victory after a "black" series of four matches in Ligue 1, in which he obtained "only" three draws (all with the same score, 1-1). The bad series started with the failure with St. Etienne (0-2), but things seem to have returned to normal for Andre Villas-Boas, who had a slightly easier match at the weekend. The goals of Thauvin (‘5), Amavi (’54) and Pablo (’64 - own goal) brought a comfortable victory to Marseille, who scored in the 83rd minute (Maja). Thauvin also missed a penalty in the 14th minute.





 
 



Overall, Villas-Boas was pleased with the team's performance, even if Marseille recorded the fifth consecutive match with a goal conceded in the league. The Portuguese manager underlined this aspect, before the duel with his compatriot, Pedro Martins: "In the Champions League we can no longer afford dreamy moments in defense!". Qualified directly in the UCL groups, Marseille did not have to go through the torments of the preliminaries, as Olympiacos suffered: the Greeks arrived in groups after eliminating Omonia, after 2-0 and 0-0.

It will be the fifth direct duel between Marseille and Olympiacos, which will be seen again after almost 10 years. In 2011, Marseille won in Piraeus 1-0, but lost with the same score at home, in the UCL groups. The previous meeting had taken place in 1994, in the UEFA Cup, with the French at the helm: 2-1 and 3-0.




 
 
 
 

 Olympiacos: Sa; Rafinha, Ba, Cisse, Cholevas; M’Vila, Camara; Valbuena, Fortounis, Masouras; The Arab
Coach: Pedro Martins;
Marseille: Mandanda; Sakai, Gonzalez, Balerdi, Amavi; Kamara, Strootman, Sanson; Thauvin, Germain, Payet
Coach: Andre Villas-Boas;

-Marseille have scored in the last 5 consecutive matches;
-Marseille has only one victory in the last 5 official matches, 3-1 with Bordeaux;
-Olympiacos have conceded only one goal in the last 7 official matches: with Giannina (1-1);
-8 matches have passed since the last defeat suffered by Olympiacos;
-They scored both teams in one match out of the 4 "live" so far;
-Marseille has 3 victories and one failure in the 4 matches played with Olympiacos.


 


Our recommendation tip for Olympiacos Piraeus - Marseille  :  BTS / NO @ 1.80