Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar Betting Tips – Champions League, 21st August 8.00pm
Krasnodar pulled off an upset in the last qualifying round of this season’s Champions League, as they managed to eliminate FC Porto with a thrilling away win in the second leg. Can they get something on the board as they travel to Greece for the first leg of this playoff tie? Olympiakos are yet to concede in this season’s qualifiers. Read our predictions for Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar.
Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar Betting Odds*
Olympiakos evens
Draw 12/5
FK Krasnodar 11/4
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on August 18th, 2019 7:27 p.m.)
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Olympiakos News and Form – Can Greeks earn another clean sheet?
It is a W3 L1 record from four previous games against Russian teams that Olympiakos hold. They came into the qualifiers in the second round this season, and have yet to concede a goal. That’s four clean sheets from four games. They may be at a little disadvantage with their domestic season not starting up until later in the month, so they are lacking a bit of game time.
That hasn’t stopped them so far though with a 4-0 aggregate success over Viktoria Plzen to start with before landing a 3-0 success against Basaksehir. They have scored all but one of their seven European goals this season on home soil. The last season the Greeks were in the Europa League and made it out of the group stage, but fell in the first knockout tie. Olympiakos are undefeated in their last ten European home games now and have won seven of their last eight two-legged European ties,
Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar Head to Head
This is the first meeting between the two teams
Key-Facts – Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar
- Olympiakos have not conceded in four qualifying games this season
- Krasnodar are in their first ever Champions league campaign
- The Russians reached the Europa League Round of 16 last season
FK Krasnodar News and Form – Will Krasnodar take a step towards Group Stage debut?
This will be only the second-ever visit to Greece that Krasnodar have made. Their previous visit was to PAOK back in 2015 which ended in a 0-0 draw. Krasnodar have been in action on the domestic front with the Russian top-flight kicking off last month. Across all competitions this season they have taken a W5 D1 L2 record. Krasnodar came into the qualifiers in the last round where they pulled off an underdog success against FC Porto.
That was after losing the first leg at home, but they came back with a 3-2 success in Portugal to win through. The Russians had raced out to a 3-0 lead in the second leg and despite being pegged back, managed to win through on away goals. This is their first-ever Champions League Qualification campaign. They have been in Europa League action in each of the last five seasons. Last season they did make it to the round of sixteen in the Europa League. The Russians are D1 L4 in their last five away games in Europe.
Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar Tips & Odds
Under 1.5 goals at 2/1
Draw match outright at 12/5
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on August 18th, 2019 7:27 p.m.)
Olympiakos v FK Krasnodar Predictions
Olympiakos to win: We like the look of Olympiakos coming up with the win in this one. They are on a good streak of European home form and if you stack that up against the less than ideal road form of the Russians in Europe, there’s a clearer picture.
