Olympiacos and Bayer Leverkusen meet again in the UCL playoffs after the Greek side won 2-0 during their meeting in the league phase.
Olympiacos will be hoping they can replicate their earlier success against Bayer Leverkusen when they meet during the playoffs. Both sides met during the UCL league phase on matchday seven, with Olympiacos winning 2-0.
The Greek side hasn’t been in form recently, losing two consecutive games without scoring a goal, but they will come into this game with the belief that if they beat Leverkusen before, they can do it again.
Leverkusen, on the other hand, will come into the game with the confidence from their 4-0 trashing of St. Pauli. The German team managed to secure a 15th-placed finish in the UCL, and with a newfound domestic form, the team would be hoping to get the advantage in the first leg.
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Olympiacos are expected to remain without midfielder Theofanis Bakoulas, who continues his lengthy recovery from a knee injury sustained even before his January switch from Rio Ave.
Meanwhile, defender Francisco Ortega and striker Mehdi Taremi are both doubts after missing the weekend game at Levadiakos.
Leverkusen will be without Flekken, who is still nursing a knee injury, while Nathan Tella is out of action with a foot problem.
Olympiacos vs Bayer Leverkusen Predicted XI
Bayer Leverkusen Predicted XI
Blaswich; Quansah, Andrich, Tapsoba; L. Vasquez, Palacios, Garcia, Grimaldo; Tillman, Poku; Schick
Olympiacos Predicted XI
Tzolakis; Rodinei, Retsos, Pirola, Onyemaechi; Mouzakitis, Hezze; A. Luiz, Chiquinho, G. Martins, El Kaabi
