Olympiakos - Astana, 20 Oct 2016 Europa League Group C
Olympiakos - Astana, 20 Oct 2016 Europa League Group C
Olympiakos meet in Astana match of the third round of group "B" in the Europa League. The match is Thursday, October 20 from 22:05 CET in Piraeus.
The Greek team recorded a win and a loss in their first two matches in group "B" and is in second place while Astana is just a point and the third position. Leader in group B is the Cyprus APOEL full total of points and Young Boys have only a point and a 4th position.
OlimpiakosOlimpiakos made a surprise defeat at home 0: 1 APOEL in the second round and so remained three points in its assets after the win over Young Boys with a minimum score as a guest. After the defeat of Cypriot team AEK, Olympiakos defeated 3: 0 in the derby, then beat and Panionis with 2: 0. The team is a leader in the Super League Greece with 12 points, two more than Panathinaikos and AEK pursuers. Olympiakos goals in the first two positions in the group stage of the Europa League, so only success suits them in this game.
AstanaAstana is very close to the championship in Kazakhstan, since there are an advance of three points over second Kairat and match less. Although they lost precisely the basic opponent for the title this weekend, they remain a good advance of the summit.
In the Europa League Astana lost in the first round with 1: 2 APOEL, then failed to beat the Swiss Young Boys after a 0: 0 at home. The team Stanimir Stoilov may not carry out a new tale in Europe and participation in groups of second-force tournament on the continent is not so little.
Hardly team Olympiakos will afford a second consecutive offshoot home in the Europa League. They will be eager to win three points, while their rivals no chance in this group after poor results at the beginning. I expect the Greek team to record a convincing success to press the leader APOEL.