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Peter Green - August 15, 2023
Genk vs Olympiacos Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Europa League Qualification on Thursday, 17 August 2023.
The Champions League match-ups weren’t that impressive for Genk as the team lost to Servette with a 3-4 aggregate score in the quarter finals of qualifiers.
They have dropped into Europa League qualifiers after that defeat and faced Olympiacos in the semi-finals. The first leg ended in a 1-0 defeat for Genk.
Going on, Genk have a strong chance to deliver a comeback as they will be the hosting side in the second leg.
This will be marked as the second head to head meeting between these two teams. Their only meeting was in the first leg and the match ended in a 1-0 win for Olympiacos.
Both teams have a similar form at respective patches of late. Genk have a decent form at home losing just twice in the last 12 outings across all competitions. One of those defeats were against Servette in the penalties.
Meanwhile, Olympiacos have an inconsistent form on the road even after having a set of Super League matches in display. They were winless in five of the last seven road trips.
By the looks of things, we expect Genk to deliver a pleasant display for their local supporters this Thursday.
Genk have a good attacking side. Especially at home, they have netted in 16 goals in the past seven matches. Since Olympiacos owns a weak defensive line on the road, we expect Genk side to score over 2.5 goals in this clash.
While scoring goals consistently, Genk have been letting in goals at a huge rate at home. The team allowed 7 goals in the last four home outings and with such a defensive line, we expect this match to have goals from both ends.
We expect Genk to seal a victory in the second leg of this semi final qualification clash on Thursday. Their home form with Olympiacos’ inconsistent away form inclines us to consider such a display.
We therefore like to place Genk to seal a win as the main betting tip. For the second tip, we like to place the over 2.5 goals tip considering the weak defenses of both.
