Olympiacos will seek to record their first victory in the UEFA Europa League – Group G this week when they travel to Azərsun Arena for a clash against Qarabag FK in their second leg fixture. Kickoffs on October 13 at 19:45 EAT.
Qarabag FK is three points behind the leaders in Group G with six points, but they head into this match on the back of a six-match unbeaten record. The club has put up an impressive performance both offensively and defensively as they have put together six consecutive matches without a loss. Last weekend’s victory marked the second game in a row where Qarabag kept a clean sheet, showcasing the defensive qualities that the team has got.
Qarabağ will want another win following 0-1 Premyer Liqasi victory over Gabala in their most recent match. The only scorer from Qarabağ was Filip Ozobić (58′).
Olympiacos is currently without a single point in this competition, and a defeat on Thursday would put them at least nine points away from a top-two position. While Qarabag will no doubt be happy with a repeat of that result, the visitors are now in a desperate need for points as time is starting to run out. With only three games remaining the Greek outfit will be hoping to keep themselves in contention of progressing to the next stage in the competition with their first win of the tournament.
Olympiacos heads into this game off the back of 1-2 Super League victory over OFI Crete in their previous match. In that game, Olympiacos had 61% possession, 14 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Andreas Ntoi (40′ OG), Garry Rodrigues (58′) and Cédric Bakambu (81′). OFI Crete got nine shots with three of them on target.
Qarabag FK vs. Olympiacos head to head
Thursday’s meeting will be the second head to head encounter between these two sides since they met in the first leg of this fixture; Qarabag FK won in the first meeting while Olympiacos is yet to win.
Olympiacos 0-3 Qarabag 06/10/22
Home
- Gabala 0-1 Qarabag
- Olympiacos 0-3 Qarabag
- Qarabag 3-1 Baku
- Zira 1-7 Qarabag
- Qarabag 3-0 Nantes
Away
- Crete 1-2 Olympiacos
- Olympiacos 0-3 Qarabag
- Olympiacos 2-0 Atromitos Athinon
- Aris Thessaloniki 2-1 Olympiacos
- Olympiacos 0-3 Freiburg
Qarabag FK team news
Manager Gurban Gurbanov will take to the pitch with a fully fit squad.
Olympiacos team news
Ousseynou Ba, Panagiotis Retsos, Pipa, Youssef El Arabi and Tomas Vaclik will be unavailable for Míchel González’s selection for this match through injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Qarabag Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
