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Everything to fight for in Group A where all teams have three points. Tonight Olympiakos takes on Juventus in Piraeus hoping to repeat the performance in the memorable 3-2 win they gained against Atletico, but even that might not be enough against one of the hardest teams to beat in Europe – Juventus.
Even after suffering from the departure of key players in the transfer window, Olympiakos is playing its usual brand of football this season, they`re a solid bunch who can pose problems to anyone in Europe at home, as they proved in the win over Atletico Madrid – actually, Oly has not lost at home in over 7 months in all competitions. The Atletico win was a huge boost for the Greek side but they failed to capitalize on the self-created opportunity and ended up losing 2-0 in Sweden against Malmo, so at least a point is mandatory today.
The Old Lady was held to a 1-1 draw by Sassuolo on Saturday, the first time Juventus did not win in the Serie A this season. The draw came as the 3rd successive game in which Juve did not impress – it followed a 3-2 win over Roma with the huge help of referees and a 1-0 loss in Madrid to Atletico. However, you can`t say Juve is not playing good football, they won 7 out of 9 clashes this season and will surely be ready to go today in Greece.
Bet on Olympiakos vs. Juventus with the best Champions League odds offered by Pinnacle.
Team news & lineups
Siovas and Benitez are doubtful for Olympiakos. Juve will have to do without Barzagli and Caceres, while Marrone and Llorente are doubtful.
Olympiakos: Roberto – Elabdealloui, Botia, Abidal, Masuaku – Maniatis, Milivojevic, Ndinga – Kasami, Mitroglou, Affelay
Juventus: Buffon – Chiellini, Bonucci, Ogbonna – Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Pirlo, Vidal, Evra – Tevez, Coman
This tip might just hold the best value of the day, I`m talking about the draw here – odds of 3.50 are just too good for a bet that is more of a probability than just a possibility. As far as I`m concerned there`s no way an Oly win or a Juventus win are more likely than a tie game. We have all the classical circumstances for a draw here: visitors are the slightly better team but hosts are particularly strong at home, everybody will be satisfied with a point, nobody can afford to lose and both teams are notoriously hard to beat (Oly at home, Juve overall). Pick the draw here, of course it is not a sure thing by any means but we can only play the probability. Prediction: Olympiakos – Juventus 1-1.
Pick: Draw
Odds: 3.41 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 6
Possible profit: 14.46
Event date: 22 October
