H2H: Olympiacos Piraeus vs Marseille – Prediction (Champions League

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Olympiacos’ top league scorer Youssef El-Arabi has scored six goals across his last six competitive appearances – all of which came after the break. Meanwhile, Florian Thauvin has been the game’s first goalscorer in each of his last four goalscoring L1 games, with Marseille emerging victorious on each occasion. Five of Marseille’s six European matches vs Greek opposition have featured a goalless first half.

Olympiacos Insights.

Unbeaten overall so far this campaign (W5, D1), Olympiacos entertain Marseille in this UEFA Champions League (UCL) Group C opening fixture, seeking a first UCL knockout appearance since 2013/14. They safely negotiated the qualification process (W1, D1), without conceding a single goal. At home, the hosts have lost just one of their last seven home UCL group stage matches (W5, D1), with each of those victories being accompanied by a clean sheet. However, the ’Thrýlos’ are winless in their opening home group stage fixture across their last three UCL campaigns (D1, L2), with each of those games witnessing two goals precisely from the 70th minute onwards.

Marseille Insights.

One-time UCL winners Marseille are back in the UCL group stage after six years of absence. Here, they will try to forget their catastrophic previous UCL group stage campaign (2013/14), as Marseille finished last in their group, without registering a single point! When bringing domestic form into consideration, Marseille are on a run of 11 consecutive Ligue 1 (L1) road trips without a loss (W8, D3), with just one of their last six witnessing a goalless first half. Fans should expect a lively start, as the opener has been scored before the 20th minute in each of Marseille’s last four UCL group stage away matches.