Olympiacos v Manchester City Betting Tips & Predictions - bettingexpert
Olympiacos v Manchester City Recent Form
Olympiacos enter this match with three points from three matches in the UEFA Champions League. They’ve looked a little better in the league with six wins from seven in the Super League. City have a 100% record in Europe but their Premier League form came to an end at the weekend. That 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur was their first loss in six league matches.
Olympiacos v Manchester City Recent Matchups
It’s been just three weeks since these two sides last met. The score was 3-0 in the reverse fixture in Manchester after goals from Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus, and Joao Cancelo. That was the first meeting between these two clubs since a friendly in the summer of 2014. The Greek side won that one on penalties in the International Champions Cup.
Olympiacos v Manchester City Stats & Analysis
Olympiacos will be eager to get back home for this match. The Greek side are one of the most difficult to beat on home soil, as many sides have learned in recent years. That is especially true of English sides that seem to struggle at the Karaiskaki Stadium like few others. Arsenal won 3-0 in Greece in the Champions League back in 2015 but that was something of an outlier. That was the only one of the seven Champions League fixtures that Olympiacos lost at home to English sides. They won an impressive four of them.
But City are something else in Europe this season. They’re scoring goals for fun with nine to their name already in the competition. Only Bayern Munich and Borussia Monchengladbach have outscored Pep Guardiola’s men this season and only the German champions have a better goal difference than them. That superior goal difference is down to their defensive solidity. City haven’t conceded a Champions League goal since that 14th-minute opener against Porto on matchday one. Liverpool and Chelsea are the only sides still in the competition to have conceded fewer goals than City.
But Pep Guardiola will have some concerns. City’s away form has been far from perfect in the last few months. The defeat to Spurs at the weekend made it five defeats from 14 for City on the road. Most sides would be proud of such an achievement but it’s a cause for concern for City.
Olympiacos v Manchester City Bets
But they’re still the big favourites here. Olympiacos are way out at 10/1 to continue their excellent home record against English sides in the Champions League and secure the victory. A draw is 9/3 but it’s City who are the firm favourites to take all three points. Pep Guardiola’s men are odds-on at 3/9 to secure the victory that would seal their place in the knockout stages of the competition.
City’s successes have been built on defensive solidity this season. They already have as many clean sheets in this season’s competition as they did in the whole of their previous campaign. They are 11/10 to win to nil.
But Olympiacos are a difficult side to beat at home, as the likes of Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, and Arsenal have all found out in the last decade or so. It’s 11/4 for an Olympiacos win or draw double chance.
But City have players all over the pitch who are capable of scoring goals. The lethal Sergio Aguero could well feature for City from the off in this match and it’s rarely a bad idea to back the Argentinean to score. He’s available at the low price of 10/11 to get a goal at any time. There are some better options in Ferran Torres and Phil Foden who are both 2/1 to get a goal at any time in a match they could well play a big part in.
