Olympiacos vs Aston Villa prediction and betting tips on May 9, 2024
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The return match of Olympiacos and Aston Villa will take place in the semi-finals of the Conference League on May 9, 2024. The Greek club failed to regain the leadership at the national level and is trying to compensate for this with a breakthrough at the European arena. Emery manages to maintain 4th place in the Premier League with his wards.
Key statistics and trends:
- Aston Villa does not win away in the play-offs and, taking into account the group stage, it has got 1 win on the away field.
- The last matches in Piraeus in the Conference League were productive: a 1-4 score in the confrontation with Maccabi and a 3-2 result in the battle against Fenerbahçe.
- Olympiacos wins the first half in 50% of matches, Aston Villa – in 45% of games.
- Aston Villa has scored at least once in its 11 previous matches.
- Olympiacos has conceded in each of its 7 previous games.
Olympiacos – the shape of the team and its analysis: the club is quite unpredictable
“The Red and Whites” don’t seem to know how they will show themselves. Speaking about the aforementioned confrontation with Maccabi, they performed a football feat, winning back a 3-goal handicap on the away field (they lost to the representative of Israel with a 1-4 score on the native field). And it is reasonable to mention that the team carefully beat Ferencvaros twice with a 1-0 result. The meetings with Fenerbahçe were played differently: a bright 3-2 score on the native field and only a 0-1 result in Istanbul. Speaking about the game in England, the club exceeded all expectations, finishing with a 4-2 victory.
Aston Villa – the shape of the team and its analysis: Emery took the European cup seriously
“The Villans” could well, as various Englishmen often did, “fuse” the tournament. Still, this is not typical for Unai, whose teams are always successful on the international stage. As a result, his wards lost in the tournament only once in 2023, to Legia at the start of the group stage. As for the play-offs, only Lille beat the English club on the native field (it seems, after winning with a 2-1 result at the home arena, underestimated the opponent). Still, Martinez showed his skills in the penalty shoot-out.
Olympiacos: team news
Mendilibar has got an optimal squad.
Aston Villa: team news
Buendia, Mings, Boubacar Kamara, Zaniolo, Ramsey, Bertrand Traoré, Moreno – all of them could not withstand the pressure of such a busy season. And Martinez will not return to the goal, he missed the last match due to too “many” yellow cards, and is now injured.
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa: possible starting line-ups
Olympiacos (possible line-up): Tzolakis – Ortega, Carmo, Ntoi, Rodinei – Hezze, Chiquinho, Podence, Jovetić, Fortounis – El Kaabi.
Aston Villa (possible line-up): Olsen - Digne, Pau Torres, Konsa, Cash - Zaniolo, Douglas Louis, Tielemans, McGinn - Watkins, Diaby
Previous head-to-head matches
The opponents had not crossed their paths until last Thursday.
Free prediction for the match Olympiacos vs Aston Villa on May 9:
Emery quickly learns from mistakes, and the Greek club can be given minimal ground. We bet on a victory for the guests (odd: 1.97).