Battling for a place in the Europa League last 16, Atalanta BC and Greek champions Olympiacos meet for the first time on Thursday.
Battling for a place in the Europa League last 16, Atalanta BC and Greek champions Olympiacos meet for the first time on Thursday.
Olympiacos has an odd of 6.00(bet ₹100 and wins ₹600 if Olympiacos wins). Bet Now
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Atalanta BC has an odd of 1.44(bet ₹100 and wins ₹144 if Atalanta BC wins). Bet Now
Match: Olympiacos vs Atalanta BC, Serie A
Date: February 18, 2022
Time: 01:30 AM (IST)
Venue: Bergamo
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Having been crowned champions of Greece for a 46th time last spring – finishing a remarkable 26 points clear of the Super League runners-up – Olympiacos is one of five reigning national champions involved in this month’s playoff round. The Erythrolefki arrived at this stage by virtue of failure to return to the Champions League group stage – losing on penalties to Ludogorets in the third qualifying round – and subsequently coming second in Europa League Group D behind Eintracht Frankfurt.
With three wins and three defeats, they clinched qualification with a game to spare, and are now making a joint-record ninth appearance in the competition’s knockout phase. Indeed, they are aiming to reach the last 16 for the fifth time – and for the third successive season. Despite dominating domestically, Olympiacos have never made it beyond that stage, so will be eager to get the better of Atalanta over the next week and take another shot at reaching the last eight.
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As Atalanta was ultimately unable to make it through to the last 16 of Europe’s elite competition for the third time in a row – losing their crucial final Group F fixture 3-2 at home to Villarreal – they now enter the knockout phase of the continent’s second-tier tournament for just the second time. La Dea’s previous appearance, back in 2018, ended in the last 32 with elimination by Borussia Dortmund, after they had topped their group undefeated. They had no such luck in the Champions League this season, though, managing just one win in their six games and finishing on six points.
Indeed, the Bergamaschi’s final matchday defeat was of several on home soil this term, and Gian Piero Gasperini’s side has been brittle at the Gewiss Stadium throughout much of the current campaign. Most recently, a late implosion against 10-man Fiorentina saw them exit the Coppa Italia and consigned them to a fourth successive match without victory, and Atalanta has now managed just three wins from 13 home games in the league following Sunday night’s Serie A draw with fellow top-four contenders Juventus.
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While impressively disciplined in their draw with Juventus, another failure to pick up maximum points will inevitably knock confidence in an ailing Atalanta squad, which has lost direction since the turn of the year. Though lacking the individual quality of their hosts in several departments, Olympiacos can boast enough experience and nous to grind out a first-leg draw and keep this tie in the balance heading back to the Greek capital.
Atalanta is currently 5th in Serie A and has won only one of their last five league games. They added Ivorian winger Jeremie Boga to the squad in January to provide depth to the attack, but they will rely on experienced heads like Luis Muriel and Ruslan Malinovksyi to step up. Olympiacos, on the other hand, are top of the Super League Greece.
Atalanta BC 2-0 Olympiacos, predicted by us.