Olympiacos take on the visitors Burnley at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the first leg match of the UEFA Europa League play-offs. The match will be played in Piraeus on Thursday, August 23rd.
Even though Olympiacos are considered the favourites in the lead-up to the upcoming fixture the players of the Legend are not as good as the players of Burnley. Let`s not forget that the team of Pedro Martins placed only 3rd in the Greek Super League last season and that was a complete failure. They beat Luzern with quite a big score in the third qualification round but that playing style will not work in the matches against Burnley because the English side is really good in the defense.
Talking about the Clarets they are making history in the Europe League this year. Burnley were a breakthrough team in the Premier League last season and got the chance to play in the tournament. The English have scored a lot of goals in the off-season but their biggest advantage has been their defensive line. Burnley went through Aberdeen and Istanbul Basaksehir in the Europa League exactly because of their great defense. It`s worth noting that both in the second and the third qualification round the Clarets got the win in the extra times.
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It is likely that in the first leg match between Olympiacos and Burnley the English will lock up in their defense and wait for a chance to counterattack. The manager of the team Sean Dyche was successful with this playing style multiple times before. Furthermore, the offense of the Legend is not very good. We should expect only a few goals scored in the upcoming fixture because Burnley would like to decide the winner only in the second leg match. Even though Olympiacos have a lot of Eurocups experience it will be hard for them to find a key for this Burnley defense.
Prediction for the match: Burnley to win with +1.0 handicap.
