FCSB vs Olympiacos Prediction and Betting Tips | November 28th 2024
FCSB will face Olympiacos at the National Arena on Thursday in the league phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Europa League. The home side have enjoyed a brilliant Europa League campaign so far and now sit eighth in the table with nine points from four matches as they look to advance directly to the knockout rounds.
They locked horns with Midtjylland in their last group outing and picked up a hard-fought 2-0 win, with Florin Tanase opening the scoring with a stunning free-kick before Daniel Birligea doubled their advantage from tap-in range early in the second half.
Olympiacos kicked off their continental campaign with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Olympique Lyonnais but now look to have found their feet. They played out a 1-1 draw against Rangers last time out in the tournament, with Ayoub El Kaabi opening the scoring early after the restart before their opponents leveled things up minutes later.
The visitors sit two points behind their midweek opponents in 11th place and will leapfrog them with a win in Bucharest this Thursday.
FCSB vs Olympiacos Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Thursday's game will mark the first competitive meeting between FCSB and Olympiacos.
- The home side have had three meetings with Greek opposition in European action, with a record of one win, one draw and one loss.
- The visitors have had six competitive meetings against Romanian opposition and have won two of those games while the other four have ended in defeat.
- FCSB have kept clean sheets in three of their last four home games.
- Olympiacos are without a clean sheet in their last four matches across all competitions.
FCSB vs Olympiacos Prediction
Roș-albaștrii have won three of their last four matches and have lost just one of their last seven. They have picked up six wins and two draws from their last eight home matches and will be looking forward to the midweek clash.
Olympiacos are on a run of consecutive wins and have lost just one of their last 11 matches. They have performed well on the road of late but may have to settle for a point against an inspired FCSB side on Thursday.
Prediction: FCSB 1-1 Olympiacos
FCSB vs Olympiacos Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Draw
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in four of the visitors' last five matches)
Tip 3 - FCSB to score first: YES (Roș-albaștrii have opened the scoring in five of their last six matches)
