Betting tips for Olympiakos Piraeus vs Betis 20.09.2018

The verdiblanco trip in Europe this season starts in Athens, where the rojiblancos of Piraeus receive Real Betis in the first match of this group stage of the Europa League.

Olympiacos lost their domination of Greek football at the hands of Manolo Jiménez's AEK and now they need to win in order not to be left out of Europe.

75 million budget and the arrival to the bench of the Portuguese Pedro Martins are the main arguments of the team from the port of Piraeus to dream of overcoming a very tough opponent.

Far from the dispendios of yesteryear, the team has barely spent 6 million euros on the signings of the Brazilian pivot Guilherme, former Deportivo de La Coruña; Tunisian center-back Yassine Meriah, from CS Sfaxien of his country's league; right-back Larisa Giannis Masouras; and the forward of the OFI Creta Dimitrios Manos. In addition, the end of the AEK Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, the winger Giannis Fetfatzidis; the Israeli midfielder Bibras Natcho, the Guinean pivot Mady Camara; the center forward of the Leganés Miguel Ángel Guerrero; or the right end Luso Daniel Podence, from Sporting CP.

In the previous round, Olympiacos humiliated Swiss Luzern, whom they eliminated by a global 7-1, and suffered to leave out the Clarets of Burnley in the previous round.

Real Betis de Quique Setién finished last season in European positions after going through a long journey. Almost equally important, the Verdiblancos were ahead of their eternal rival, Sevilla, closing a course for the memory in which they managed to win at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to Real Madrid and endorsed 5 goals in the Pizjuán to the sevillistas.

The departures of the goal Antonio Adán (Atlético de Madrid) and the midfielder Fabián (Naples) are the main casualties of a team that has invested very well to reinforce itself with players of proven talent like the Japanese Inui, Sergio Canales, the Portuguese William Carvalho, the international goalkeeper Pau López or the last to arrive, the Brazilian central Sidnei.

In pre-season, the Verdiblancos have won prestigious victories against Olympique Marseille, Bournemouth, Frosinone and UD Las Palmas, which they thrashed 4-0 in the last friendly match. Already in official games, the team lost at home against Levante and did not pass the tie in Vitoria, but took the derby against Sevilla and drew at Mestalla.


Betis returns to Europe and does so in one of the continent's hottest fields. The experience plays in favor of the Greeks, a classic of European competitions, which in the face of this first match can be a very dangerous opponent for those of Setién. The forecast is that the Piraeus team will take the match at home.

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