Olympiacos Piraeus vs Panathinaikos Prediction & Betting Tips (17 January)

Olympiacos welcomes Panathinaikos to the Karaiskakis Stadium in a super classic of the Greek Cup, in the round of 16. This is the second leg, after the first leg ended 1-1 with goals from Fotis Ioannidis and Alexandropoulos. The home team only won the last of the last 5 matches, with a 3-2 away to Kifisias. Game conditioned by two expulsions, one on each side. While the visitors are unbeaten in their last 5 games and are coming off a 2-2 away draw against AEK. Olympiacos qualified third in Europa League Group A behind West Ham and Freiburg, ahead of Backa Topola. The Greeks' European adventure will continue in the Conference League with the round of 16 against Ferencvaros.

Fourth place in the Superliga behind Paok, Panathinaikos and AEK, with 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats in the first 18 rounds of the championship. And 35 points in the classification. While Panathinaikos are permanently out of Europe after collapsing in Europa League group F, finishing bottom behind Villarreal, Rennes and Maccabi Haifa. Challenging group, but not enough to justify just two points in 6 games. The Cup becomes a priority objective alongside the championship, with first place together with Paok with 41 points in the standings. Previous games see the home team as favorites, but at the moment the classification is on the side of the green and whites, although the field factor can give a great help to Olympiacos in a very hot stadium inside/outside challenge without the possibility of error.

Olympiacos Piraeus had featured in 15 top-flight fixtures out of 20 on their own patch in which they had both scored and conceded during the same 91 minutes. This has also been a speciality of Panathinaikos’s of late, as, before last match, 15 of their last 15 matches in the Greek Cup had served up goals at both ends of the pitch.