Olympiacos vs Aston Villa Predicted lineup, betting tips, odds, injury news, H2H, telecast

Published at :May 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Modified at :May 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Olympiacos have a two-goal advantage

Premier League side, Aston Villa will make the trip to Greece to take on Olympiacos in the second leg of the Europa Conference League Semi-Finals. Aston Villa were served a brutal defeat at home and will be looking to avenge that loss in the second leg. Olympiacos are sat in the driving seat to collect an iconic Europa Conference League scalp. Holding a commanding advantage here and now just 90 minutes away from booking their final ticket on Thursday night. This is the first time Olympiacos have competed in the Europa Conference League.

Aston Villa currently sit fourth in the Premier League after 36 games. Villa have 20 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses which leaves them on 67 points, seven points clear for Champions League football next season. Unai Emery’s side is struggling with their form right now as in past few matches they have not performed well. Olympiacos and Aston Villa have met just once, that being the first leg of this Semi-Final. The first leg brought a lot of goals and with the stakes of the game, the second leg could promise even more. This will be an exciting match for sure.

Kick-Off:

Thu, 9th May 2024, 07:00 PM (GMT), 02:30 PM (EST)

Fri, 10th May 2024, 12:30 AM (IST)

Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Form

Olympiacos Form (All Competitions): W-W-D-W-W

Aston Villa Form (All Competitions): L-L-D-W-W

Players to Watch

Chiquinho (Olympiacos)

He possesses great acceleration, as a result, he is very comfortable going 1v1 in wider areas and attacking space in quite a direct manner. With his trickery he can create goal-scoring chances very easily and with his pace he creates a lot of trouble for the opponent team. He is also very good at passing and with his through balls, he helps the striker to score a lot of goals.

Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa)

His off-the-ball movements are the greatest threat to any opposition, Without the ball, the Frenchman tries to stay on the wings, which usually takes a defender or two out of position and leaves space open across the pitch for his teammates to exploit. Diaby is brilliant at creating spaces. However, he is equally good at exploiting those spaces, especially in and around the opposition’s goal.

Match Facts

In their last meeting, Olympiacos won by 2 goals.
Olympiacos Piraeus scores 2.34 goals when playing at home and Aston Villa scores 1.7 goals when playing away (on average).
Olympiacos Piraeus wins 50% of halftimes, Aston Villa wins 45%.

Olympiacos vs Aston Villa: Betting Tips and Odds

Tip 1 – Olympiacos to qualify for the final – 2/9 on Sky Bet
Tip 2 – Both teams to score – 8/15 Sky Bet
Tip 3 – Ayoub El Kaabi to score anytime

The home team have 3.46 odds of winning the match, 3.90 odds of match ending in a draw and 1.99 odds in favour of Aston Villa to win this fixture.

Injury and Team News

For the home team, Giulian Biacone is the player who is out due to injury, but the big problem for Jose Luis Mendilibar is the players who are suspended for the upcoming match. Fran Navarro, Nelson Abbey, Ivan Brnic, Gelson Martins, Jovane and Rúben Vezo will remain unable.

Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia, Tyrone Mings and Jacob Ramsey are out for the rest of the season. However, both Youri Tielemans and Martinez could make a return return.

Head-to-Head

Matches: 1

Olympiacos: 1

Aston Villa: 0

Draws: 0

Predicted Lineups

Olympiacos Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1):

Tzolakis(GK); Rodinei, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega; Iborra, Hezze; Fortounis, Chiquinho, Podence; El Kaabi

Aston Villa Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1):

Martinez(GK); Digne, Lenglet, Konsa, Cash; Luiz, McGinn; Rogers, Diaby, Bailey; Watkins

Match Prediction

Olympiacos surprised everyone with their stunning performance in Villa Park where they defeated Villa by 4-2, they will be very confident going into this match with a two-goal lead, Aston Villa in recent matches have performed poorly and surely it will be a very difficult task for them to reach the final. Olympiacos will play out a draw with Villa and they will go into the next round.

Prediction: Olympiacos 1-2 Aston Villa

Telecast

India – Sony Sports Network

UK – TNT Sports

US – CBS, TUDN

Nigeria – Supersport

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