Olympiacos Piraeus vs Pafos Prediction & Betting Tips (17 September)

The Olympiakos winner of the Europa League 2024 conference, eliminated in 1/8 Europa League last year, will therefore play the Champions League this year. The Greek club did not need to go through the dams to enter the competition thanks to its title won last year. In parallel, Greek championship resumes its relatively late rights in general, the champion started very well with successes in front of Asteras 2-0 at first, and the Volos Football Club 0-2 in a second step. Olympiakos will play MGS Panseraikos to come this weekend. The small Cypriot Paphos club like Kairat Almaty will play the first Champions League in its history this year.

Only the 3rd club of the small island of Cyprus to achieve such a feat. But unlike the two teams, also qualified mentioned above, Paphos dominated the Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1/0-1 in the second round, before taking the measure of the Dynamo kyiv 0-1/2-0 in the third round, and finally to type the formidable red star of Belgrade 1-2/1-1. In the league with a Paphos delay match has already beaten the Apoel Nicosie 0-1 on the move, before this trip to L'énosis Neon Paraímni this Sunday to come. 

This Greek training in the Olympiakos guided by José Luis Mendilibar (ex-Séville) has a quality workforce quite respectable to play a C1, which was reinforced by the arrivals of ex-drugs Yazici and Cabella but the two are non-elected, as well as the central defenders Ruben Vezo and Mancha. Conversely, the young nugget Koustoulas (18, 7 goals last year in the league) joined the ranks of Brighton in the Premier League. Note that the titular goalkeeper Tzolakis is out. Daniel Podence (ex-Wolverhampton) signed at the very end of the transfer window and could already claim a holder's place.  Some boys spent by French pro football have passed through this Paphos club like Kévin Bérigaud (ex-Montpellier, Evian TG, Angers), Mehdi Mostefa (ex-Ajaccio, Lorient, Bastia) or Mickaël Panos (ex Saint-Etienne).

The PAFOS FC in order to strengthen itself has probably waited for the formalization of its qualification in the Champions League in order to put the grapple on boys such as Mimovic (Fenerbahce) and Dimata (Samsunspor). Anderson Silva ahead was definitively engaged with Paphos after a convincing loan. Also, how can we not note the surprise arrival of David Luiz who offers a final challenge in Europe, already present against Nicosie (bench exit). Pedrao, Name, Brito and Odefalk are not registered on the list to compete in the Champions League this year with Paphos. 

• Summary: Olympiacos FC is going head to head with Pafos FC starting on 17 Sept 2025 at 16:45 UTC at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium, Piraeus city, Greece. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League .
• Referee: Istvan Kovacs