On Wednesday evening, Manchester City travels to Olympiakos for the 4th day of the Champions League. Olympiakos is third in its group and Manchester City leader. The English club could leave Greece with a qualification in their pocket if they win.
Olympiacos Piraeus vs Manchester City Free Betting Tips – Champions League
Holding the title of the Greek championship, Olympiakos is a dangerous formation, accustomed to obtaining good results in Piraeus as on the first day when OM lost on this ground (0-1). Subsequently, it was more complicated for this team to get points when travelling with the two favourites of the group, Porto (2-0) and Manchester against City (3-0). A priori, the club’s objective is to take 3rd place in the qualifying standings for the C3, and why not, beat Porto, take points and steal second place, but that obviously means a result against City. In the Superleague, Olympiakos is a leader with 19 points taken in 7 days. This weekend again, Mathieu Valbuena’s partners came out victorious in their duel against Panathinaikos (1-0).
Opposite, Manchester City fell from the top last season against Rudi Garcia’s Olympique Lyonnais. A victory against the Rhone would have allowed City to take place in the semi-final against Bayern, but the Sky Blues stumbled against the Gones (3-1) and were logically eliminated. In addition to the failure in the league following the exceptional course of Liverpool, City and even more Guardiola must quickly be forgiven. To do this, it was necessary to take 9 points out of 9 possible in this first leg of the Champions League, and in such a weak group, City did not pray with victories against Porto (3-1), Marseille (3 -0) and Olympiakos (3-0). On the other hand, it is much more complicated in the Premier League where the club occupies only 13th place in the table after their new defeat conceded at Tottenham on Sunday.
The workforce for Olympiacos Piraeus vs Manchester City
Present with Greece at the last meeting, Fortounis should be a good start against City after missing the first leg. It was he who gave the victory to his team this weekend by finding the fault. Scorer against OFI Crete before the break, Hassan (2nd scorer of this formation with 4 goals in the league) will miss this match, just like the former Marseillais Valbuena, the usual holder on the right side, who was injured. We will find the former Caennais El-Arabi at the forefront of this attack, author of 5 goals in the league after 7 days.
Opposite, visitors will have to deal with the injury absences of Kun Aguero and Ake the former central Bournemouth. Regularly starting at the forefront of the attack, Ferran Torres should find himself on the bench now with the return of Gabriel Jesus. Without a scorer since the start of the season, City is struggling in the offensive sector with only 10 goals scored in 8 days.
The probable lineups for Olympiakos vs Manchester City:
Olympiakos: José Sa – Holebas, Cissé, Ruben Semedo, Rafinha – Camara, M’Vila, Bouchalakis – Fortounis, El-Arabi, Randelovic.
Manchester City: Ederson – Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko – De Bruyne, Gundogan, Foden – Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling.
The key points for the match Olympiacos Piraeus vs Manchester City
Coaches have the possibility of making 5 substitutions during the game.
This meeting takes place behind closed doors.
Olympiacos Piraeus vs Manchester City Free Betting Tips
Travelling on the lawn of an Olympiakos team, solid in its championship, but a little too weak for the C1, City should leave Piraeus with the 3 points and his ticket for the 8th finals. Victory City!
Betting Tips: City
Odds: 1.31
