Thursday, at 19:45, Burnley will receive a visit to the Olympiakos Piraeus Greeks in a match for the UEFA Europa League play-off. The match will take place at the “Turf Moor” stadium in Burnley.
Greeks, more experienced and more formalized.
Although Olympiakos has set a 3-1 turn after a crucial moment in the 60th minute, which saw the elimination of an English player, followed by a penalty shoot-out by the Greeks, the result was as good as possible fair. Burnley has fallen prey to the lack of European experience in front of an audience that has agitated a infernal atmosphere, but also a defensive naivety. In fact, Burnley is almost unrecognizable lately.
Including no less than 10 goals in the last three games, Sean Dyche’s band will not have time to relax after the Olympiacos match on Thursday, regardless of its outcome. Burnley is expecting a terrible mission in the championship at the weekend, following Manchester United’s visit. In this context, it’s hard to say how much English will force the qualification, as their situation in the Premier League is deplorable, and Olympiakos has the experience and resources to conserve the advantage of two goals in the tour.
Given the circumstances of this game, we are expecting a new solid evolution of our guests. Since Burnley is pressed by the difficult schedule of the championship and largely missed the qualification because of the three goals scored in the tour, we think the Greeks will be able to speculate the holes in the hosts defenses, a defensive that gave way too many times lately to be forgiven right now, by Greece’s most important team at European level in the last decade.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.65
