Barcelona, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 La Liga success vs Girona FC.
In that match, Barcelona managed 68% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Pedri (13') and Ronald Araújo (90'). Girona got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Axel Witsel (20') scored for Girona FC.
Barcelona have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They’ve claimed a sum of 11 during that time while also conceding a total of 9.
Olympiacos will come into the clash following on from a 0-2 Super League win with the defeat of Larissa in their last game.
In that match, Olympiacos managed 58% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Olympiacos was Ayoub El Kaabi (2', 45'). Larissa got 4 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
José Mendilibar's Olympiacos have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times throughout their previous six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches equals 7.
The previous league meeting featuring the two was Champions League match day 4 on 31/10/2017 when it ended Olympiacos 0-0 Barcelona.
In that match, Olympiacos had 30% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
Barcelona got 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.
The referee was Anthony Taylor.
The Barcelona manager Hansi Flick doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.
It seems likely that Barça will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Wojciech Szczesny, Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsí, Gerard Martin, Pedri, Frenkie De Jong, Lamine Yamal, Fermín López, Álex Balde and Marcus Rashford.
Owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Olympiacos manager José Mendilibar has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match.
We believe Τhrylos will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with K. Tzolakis, Costinha, Panagiotis Retsos, Lorenzo Pirola, Francisco Ortega, Dani García, Santiago Hezze, Gelson Martins, Chiquinho, Daniel Podence and Ayoub El Kaabi.
We believe that Olympiacos have the firepower to find the net against this Barcelona outfit, but that probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re expecting a 2-1 advantage for Barcelona after 90 minutes. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.