Qarabag – Olympiacos Piraeus : Preview & Prediction
After 2 wins and 1 loss, the home team is currently in 2nd position with 6 points won. In their last match, they won by (0-3) away against Olympiakos Piraeus, after in the previous match they won by (3-0) at home with Nantes. In the last match they played, for the Premyer Liqa, they beat Qabala away by (0-1). In the last 10 home games Qarabağ record 7 wins and 3 draws. Their attack has been scoring regularly, as they have scored at least one goal in each of their last 10 games. In its home games there is a tendency towards goals, as 19 of its last 29 games have ended with More than 2.5 goals. In 15 games, it has managed to turn the score around in 2 of the 4 games in which it has conceded the first goal.
The team guided by Qurban Qurbanov enters this match motivated after a victory, 0-1, on the trip to Qabala’s field, counting for the Azerbaijan Championship. In their last Europa League match, the hosts beat Olympiakos 0-3. The home team usually operates in a 4-3-3 tactical design, where the three midfield players are Richard, Qara Qarayev and Kady. Of note, the three most advanced men are Abdellah, Leandro Andrade and Owusu. The home coach should be quite pleased to have all the men available for this battle.
After 3 defeats, the visiting team is currently in 4th position, without having earned any points. In the last match, they lost by (0-3) at home against Qarabağ, after in the previous match, they lost by (0-3) at home with SC Freiburg. In the last game they played, for the Super League, they beat OFI away by (1-2). In the last 10 games as visitor, Olympiakos won 1, drew 4 and lost 5.
For this competition, it hasn’t won for 7 games. The team has allowed goals to the opponent in 6 of the last 7 games for this competition, so it hasn’t been very strong defensively. In 15 games, they have conceded the first goal 7 times, and have only managed 1 turnover. There are 2 standout periods in their last 8 matches played as visitors for all competitions: they have scored 3 of their 7 goals between the minutes (46′-60′); they have conceded 5 of their 8 goals between the minutes (76′-90′).
Olympiakos come into this match motivated after a triumph, 1-2, on the trip to OFI Crete’s home ground, counting for the Greek League. In their last Europa League match, the Greeks lost against Qarabağ by 0-3. The visiting team usually operates in a tactical system in 4-3-3, giving more importance to a style of play of constant transitions. In this design, the three most advanced players are Garry Rodrigues, Pep Biel and Ui-jo Hwang. The visiting coach cannot count on Panagiotis Retsos, Sime Vrsaljko, Ousseynou Ba, Youssef El Arabi and Tomas Vaclik, all with physical problems.
Qarabag – Olympiacos Piraeus : Betting Tips
Qarabag – Win Odds: 1.85
