Lyon vs Olympiacos Piraeus Prediction & Betting Tips (26 September)

OL have clearly come a long way since, to participate in this C3 league phase, the Rhone club had to make a comeback in the Ligue 1 standings, going from the red zone to 6th place. Les Gones achieved quality recruitment between this winter and during the summer. Unfortunately, they have not met expectations at all so far, as evidenced by their poor 14th place in the standings. Defeated during the first two days, Pierre Sage's men reacted just before the international break in September by barely overcoming Strasbourg 4-3. Since then, they took a point at Lens 0-0 before losing at home to Olympico against Marseille last weekend 2-3. Despite a numerical superiority that occurred in the 5th minute, Lyon showed a glaring lack of realism and surrendered following a Marseille goal scored at the end of added time.

Winner of the last edition of the Conference League, the Olympiakos has therefore validated its ticket for the Europa League in this way. In the league, the Greeks finished on the last step of the podium, which would have allowed them to still participate in the league phase of the Conference League. This season, the team based in Piraeus had a very good start to the championship, winning its first 3 matches. On the other hand, it performed less well after the international break with a share of points suffered at home against Panetolikos 0-0 and a setback conceded on the lawn of Aris Salonika last weekend 2-1. Olympiakos is now 3rd in its championship and is 3 points behind the leader, PAOK.

When Lyon returned from the break, there were no absences to report. Clearly, Pierre Sage could have a full squad for this return to the European Cup. In the offensive sector, Lacazette (the bubble for the moment in L1) will be there just like Orban who was denied two goals against Lens (VAR). Note the presence of the rookie Mikautadze (ex-Metz/Ajax) without forgetting the executives Tolisso, Matic, and even Caqueret (6th season with Les Gones). Rookie Abner (Bétis) seems to have the praise and confidence of his coach.

The Olympiakos captain Retsos is still on the sidelines and will most likely be missing for this poster in Lyon like Masouras (3 league appearances). These are ultimately the only two major absences to report for the winner of the Conference League who will be able to count on the crucial and main architect of the last year, Ayoub El Kaabi (16 goals in European competitions: C3/C4 and 17 goals in the league) . This season, he already has 2 goals and 2 assists and he scored during the CAN qualifiers with Morocco. Note the presence of Gelson Martins (ex-Monaco), the Ukrainian recruit and international Yaremchuk, the Brazilian Willian, and the Iberian recruit, Dani Garcia (Bilbao, free).