Ajax vs Olympiacos Piraeus Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

While we thought Ajax was in trouble following its five defeats in the first five days against Inter 0-2, Marseille 4-0, Chelsea 5-1, Galatasaray 0-3 and Benfica 0-2, the club with multiple titles won in its history is back in the race to qualify for the round of 16. Indeed, victorious in its two previous days in C1 against Qarabag 2-4 and last week on the Villarreal turf 1-2, Ajax totals 6 points, mathematically in the race for the top 24. Last weekend, in order to maintain confidence, the Ajacides hosted FC Volendam in the championship, result to follow. For its part, Olympiakos holds 24th place in this phase of league, so coveted since it allows you to obtain a place in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

In this adventure, the Greeks of Piraeus were first held by Pafos at home 0-0, before losing in quick succession to Arsenal 2-0 and to Barcelona 6-1. What followed was a temperamental draw against PSV at home 1-1 and a rather bitter defeat in view of the content against Real Madrid 3-4. The first victory finally took place in Kazakhstan against Kairat Almaty 0-1 while last week, Olympiakos pulled off a superb coup by beating Bayer Leverkusen at home 2-0. 

Having just arrived in the form of a loan from AC Milan, Maximilian Ibrahimovic will a priori not play with the first team but with the youth section of Ajax. In any case, he is not eligible to participate in the Champions League. Absent but for physical reasons, Wout Weghorst (6 goals in the league), midfielder Berghuis and Japanese full-back Tomiyasu (not qualified following his arrival from Arsenal this winter) will not play for this decisive poster. Against Villarreal, Israeli international Oscar Gloukh (5 goals, 5 assists in the league + 3 goals in C1) and Oliver Edvardsen (no goals in the league) provided the light of victory. The impressive Moka Godts (8 goals, 7 assists in the league) is expected to tip the scales in favor of his team. Crucial in the midfield, Kenneth Taylor signed for Lazio this winter. Raul Moro returned to Spain, to Osasuna. Not qualified to play in the Champions League, Y.

Yazici (ex-Lille), Ruben Vezo, Gustavo Mancha and the very young Konstantinos Angelakis (18 years old) will not participate in this meeting. In addition, note the injury to T. Bakoulas, who has just arrived from Rio Ave (non-registered) while Pep Biel has left permanently for MLS (Charlotte FC). Having played for Porto and Inter Milan, Mehdi Taremi (8 goals, 2 assists in 11 appearances this season in the league) scored his second goal in the Champions League against Leverkusen. Already back recovered from his defeat in the CAN final with Morocco, Y.El Kaabi (2 goals in C1 + 12 goals in the league) took part in the match against Leverkusen but did not score.