Olympiacos Piraeus vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting Tips (9 May)

El Kaabi, the providential man at Olympiakos this season, defeated the Londoners in the first leg 2-4 but also shines in the league with a total of 17 goals. Furthermore, note that the Greeks did not play last weekend in the championship but they still occupy 4th place, five lengths behind the leader AEK Athens and therefore one day less. Remember that in the previous round, Piraeus took out an elite Turkish football club, Fenerbahce, after the fateful penalty shootout in the return, winning 3-2 in the first leg, losing 1-0 in the return over 120 minutes . From a more global point of view, the Greeks are on a short satisfactory run of four matches without defeat in all competitions, including three victories: one in the first leg and two in the championship against PAOK Salonika 2-1 and against Lamia in the most recent match 4-1. Considered the main favorite after eliminating Lille in the previous round and Ajax in the 1/8th and seeing Fenerbahce jump rope against the same Olympiakos team, Aston Villa, deprived of their goalkeeper Martinez in the first leg, did not assume their status by conceding a heavy 2-4 defeat.

With 2 goals to go now, the task promises to be difficult, especially since coming to play in Greece is not a Christmas present. We could even add that it is not the madness of grandeur among the residents of Villa Park when they travel with only one victory in their last six trips 4 defeats, 2 draws but not the least, on the Arsenal pitch in the Premier League 0-2, which remains a benchmark. Staying with the Premier League and the club's travel difficulties, Unaï Emery and his men lost last weekend on the Brighton pitch 1-0 following their draw against Chelsea at home. 2-2 but they remain 4th in the Kingdom or virtually qualified for the next Champions League.

Suspended from the first leg, Ntoi (18 appearances in the league) will return to competition this evening. Ditto for local international Masouras (7 goals, 4 assists in the league) while boys like Leidner and Fadiga (ex-PSG) are injured and probably OUT for this second round. Main offensive threat alongside Podence (loaned for the season by Wolverhampton, 10 goals, 5 assists in the league) and Fortunis (6 goals, 6 goals), El Kaabi (17 pawns in the league) gave a recital at the go with his hat-trick and now sees his goal counter display at 8 units in the competition, being co-top scorer with Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) who is eliminated. Opposite, very fortunately the Argentinian world champion goalkeeper Martinez will make his return from suspension but can only blame himself for having missed the first round at home following a second yellow during the penalty shootout against Lille with inappropriate actions. Without him, his team ate 4 and he will try to block the road to the Greeks in order to keep a gap of 2 goals, no more.

Note that his compatriot Buendia (5 goals, 2 assists in the league last season) will be out (not the slightest appearance this season) like Boubacar Kamara (ex-OM), central Mings (injured) without forgetting Jacob Ramsey (absent since the beginning of March) and the Belgian Youri Tielemans (1 goal, 6 assists in the PL this season). On the other hand, Moreno (2 goals in 21 games in PL) will be back following his comeback in the league last weekend. Strong men like Bailey (10 goals, 9 assists in PL), Douglas Luiz (9 goals, 5 caviars) author of a missed penalty in the first leg in the second half or the obvious Watkins (19 pawns, 12 assists in the league, 4th top scorer in the PL) will be traveling to Greece this evening.