Olympiacos Piraeus vs Qarabag Prediction & Betting Tips (30 January)

Winner of the Conference League last year, Olympiakos has legitimate ambitions in the Europa League this season. The Greeks are already assured of competing at least in the play-offs. 12th in the ranking with 2 points behind 8th place, they can still qualify directly for the round of 16. Defeated only once in this phase of the league, the Piraeus team has just ended a series of 3 draws with Rangers, Steaua Buacrest and Twente by winning in Porto last week 0-1. Leader of its championship, Olympiakos achieved 4 victories in a row before hosting its runner-up, Panathinaikos, this coming last weekend. Already eliminated from this Europa League, Qarabag occupies 34th place in the ranking with only 3 points on the meter.

The Azeris pocketed their only victory on the Bodo/Glimt pitch in early November 1-2. Since this unexpected result, they have lost to Lyon 1-4, Elfsborg 1-0 and Steaua Bucharest last week 2-3. Ultra-dominant on the national scene, Qarabag is heading straight towards a new title. Turan's reception last weekend follows a string of 4 championship victories.

For this meeting, Olympiakos remains without attacking midfielder passed by Lille Yazici who has not recovered from his injury. Furthermore, experienced winger Willian has just left the club. The good news comes from the return of starting midfielder Hezze from suspension. Revelation of the previous year, Moroccan striker El Kaabi (5 goals in C3, 13 goals in the league) continues his momentum this season. It was he who scored the winning goal against Porto last week.

On the Qarabag side, replacement goalkeeper Ramazanov is still missing, injured. Furthermore, the participation of Xhixha (3 goals in the league) is not assured this week. The coach can, however, count on Algerian international Benzia (4 goals in the league) who remained on the bench during the last Europa League match. In the offensive domain, we could still find the influential Leandro Andrade (7 goals in the league), Zoubir (4 goals in the league) and Akhundzade (5 goals in the league).