FK Viktoria Plzen vs Olympiakos Predictions

In their domestic league, Viktoria Plzen have scored in each of their last 25 home games, with both teams to score landing in 14 of those games, even against weaker opponents, including 5 games seeing both teams to score land in their last 7 home league games.

Victoria Plzen qualified for the group stages in the Champions League last season, where they featured in a group with Roma, CSKA Moscow and holders at the time Real Madrid. The Czech side held their own at home against Roma and CSKA Moscow, beating the former 2-1 while drawing to the latter 2-2. They also took a 5-0 battering from Real Madrid in the other game, although that is understandable given the quality difference.

Olympiakos have been in top form in their domestic league, as they finished 2nd in the Greek League with just 3 losses. They finished just 5 points behind a PAOK side that didn’t lose a single game, drawing 4, while winning 26 of their 30 games. Olympiakos saw BTTS land in 4 of their final 6 league games against much weaker opposition, so can be expected to concede against a much stronger Plzen side.

Olympiakos have seen a 2 year hiatus from the Champions League due to poor league positioning, but their recent appearances in the competition have seen them score away from home in 4 of their last 5 away fixtures, including games against Barcelona and Sporting CP.

We expect both sides to score in a game which wouldn’t look out of place in a later round of the Champions League qualifying, and as such Both Teams to score seems to be the best bet, while we expect Plzen to take the slight advantage being at home and take the 2-1 victory in this game.