Schalke v Olympiakos predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Schalke v Olympiakos predictions Champions League Uefa, International	21/11/2012 20:45	total goals	Over 2.5	1.67	Bet at Betsson
Betting prediction was written by Ronny

Schalke v Olympiakos predictions: Stats and Facts

Schalke is: WDWWDW (4-2-0) in their last 6 competitive home games excluding The German Cup. The goal average in those 6 ties was 3.00. 5 out of 6 went over 2.5 goals! Schalke managed 3 clean sheets in this interval and scored in 6 out of 6. Schalke won with a goal superiority of two plus 2 out of 6. They scored in every game. 2 out of 6 times Schalke let in more than 1 goal.

Olympiakos is WDWLWW (4-1-1) in their last 6 competitive away games. The goal average in those 6 matches was 3.17. 5 out of 6 went Over 2.5! Olympiakos managed 2 clean sheets in this interval and won with a goal superiority of two or more 1 out of 6. Olympiakos managed to score in all 6. Olympiakos let the opposition score 2 or more against them 2 out of 6.

Schalke tops group B with 8 points in 4 matches. Olympiakos is 3rd with 6 points. If Olympiakos lose here and Arsenal wins they can’t progress to the next round, so they’ll be giving their all in order to host Arsenal with a fighting chance come December 4th. Schalke is equally motivated.

Schalke and Olympiakos ended 2-1 in the reverse fixture. It was a fairly close game. Schalke was better overall, and converted better on the night.

Team News and Run of play

Schalke should field their best side. Nothing new is reported out of Olympiakos. I would be quite surprised if Schalke doesn’t go out controlling this game. 55-60% Schalke possession looks quite likely in my opinion. Olympiakos will in other words have to hit on the break, and try to do something meaningful with their 40-45% time on the ball.

With Papadopoulos back the Schalke defense is back to its strong self, and the very offensive midfield and wingers with players such as Holtby, Affelay, Draxler and Neustädter and Farfan in the squad can support goal machine Huntelaar with goals and assists in forward pushes. Especially the Schalke right side with Fuchs and Affelay looks very strong. Many an assist and goal have come from this side. Olympiakos better be aware. 

Olympiakos has been a decent football club for pretty much as long as I have been involved in betting. The side is obviously extremely strong looking at the Greek league, but so far they haven’t been able to show off in Europe. This season isn’t much different. Olympiakos has however shown they can score at the highest level. They will take comfort in the fact that Schalke only got 2-2 at home against Montpellier, a team Olympiakos has beat home and away.

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Schalke v Olympiakos predictions: 1x2 preview

Schalke will be attacking, and Olympiakos will try to convert one of their most likely few chances. To me Schalke is the by far better team, and are massive favorites. Schalke has a massive first eleven, that is fit, and they showed they deserve to be clear favorites in the reverse fixture. They’re also tested at a much higher level domestically at a regular level. My prediction is the home win.

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Schalke v Olympiakos predictions: Asian Handicap

Schalke definitely have what it takes to win this game with clear goal superiority, but they do let in a bit too many goals for me to consider the -1.5. Olympiakos has scored in 5 of their last 6 CHL away games, and only lost 1 out of those 6 with a goal superiority of 2+. Therefore I want a cushion to fall back on. 188BET offers Schalke -1 at 1.73. Should Schalke only win by 1 goal we get our money back.

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Schalke v Olympiakos predictions: Total Goals

Schalke and Olympiakos have played a total of 8 games in the Champions League this season. 7 out of 8 went over 2.5. These stats point to an odds of 1.14 for Over 2.5. Also; 4 out of 8 went over 3.5, indicating the odds for this occurring should be 2.00. I can’t see many reasons not to look to these stats for this game. Betsson offers 1.67 for the Over 2.5 and 2.60 for the over 3.5. Both bets represent value in my opinion. Especially if you factor in the €25 Risk Free Bet ensuring you a refund of any losses.

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Rounding it off

Thanks so much for reading my Schalke vs Olympiakos preview and all the predictions in it. I hope they all could be put to good use. If you want to read more Champions League predictions, just click here: Champions League predictions

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