Olympiakos vs Anderlecht Betting Tips & Predictions

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Olympiakos

Anderlecht

Anderlecht were rather fortunate to get the win against Olympiakos last week. The visiting Greek’s dominated the ball for large periods of the match and matched the hosts for shots on goal. But Anderlecht centre back Kara Mbodji popped up with a goal to give them a crucial lead to take to Greece on Thursday.

The Belgians did lose away from home at the weekend though to further hinder their title challenge, and Anderlecht have now only won three of their last 12 away days in all competitions despite the relatively low level of competition domestically.

Reasons for Betting Tips

Olympiakos have won all of their seven home matches since their disastrous 3-0 defeat to Arsenal saw them knocked out of the Champions League group stages, and they haven’t lost at home outside of the Champions League since December 2014. Add this to Anderlechts rocky spell on the road lately and I think an Olympiakos win is likely. The hosts have averaged three goals per game at home since their loss to Arsenal, and during this time they have only conceded once.

This makes a clean sheet well within the realms of possibility, and all they need to do to overturn their one goal deficit to a couple of goals.

Recent Form

All competitions; most recent first.

Olympiakos: WLLWDWW

Anderlecht: LWWDWWL

Head to Head

These two sides meet in the Champions League group stages back in the 2013/14 season before this Europa League tie. Olympiakos won both encounters in that campaign, winning 3-1 at home and 3-0 in Belgium.

Statistics

Anderlecht have only won 36% of their away games this season, despite the relatively low level of competition in the Belgian Pro League.

Team News

Olympiakos – 25 year old right winger Felipe Pardo is still suffering from a calf problem, and centre back Dimitrios Siovas joins him on the sidelines

Anderlecht – Ivan Obradovic won’t be back until May following the torn knee ligament he suffered in November. Midfielder Steven Defour picked up a knock in the first leg and is likely to miss out on the away leg.