Olympiacos and Rangers will butt heads in the Europa League on Thursday.
Olympiacos vs Rangers best bets
- Olympiacos to win – 88/100 with 10bet
- Under 2.5 goals – Evens 10bet
- Ayoub El Kaabi to score any time – 21/20 with 10bet
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Olympiacos vs Rangers predictions
Despite a 2-1 victory over Motherwell in the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup at the weekend, Philippe Clement is under pressure as Rangers manager.
Clement’s team have lost three and drawn one of their first 10 Premiership games, leaving their title chances hanging by a thread even at this early stage of proceedings.
It is not just that the Gers are nine points adrift of arch-rivals Celtic; they also trail upstarts Aberdeen by the same amount after losing 2-1 at Pittodrie last week.
The Premiership is Rangers’ bread and butter, but a run deep into the Europa League would probably earn Clement a stay of execution.
The club’s supporters enjoyed every minute of their run to the final of this competition in 2022, despite their ultimate penalty shoot-out heartbreak against Eintracht Frankfurt. A repeat this year would be most welcome.
Rangers kick-started their campaign with a 2-0 win at Malmo on matchday one, but they were brought back down to earth with a thud following a 4-1 home defeat by Lyon. However, Rangers recovered sufficiently to thrash FCSB 4-0 last time out.
This trip to Greece represents one of Rangers’ toughest tests of the league phase. Conference League winners last term, Olympiacos have beaten Braga (3-0) and Malmo (1-0) in their last two continental contests.
Clement has already made clear that he believes his players can do much more than they have so far this season.
“This needs to be also a reference game for this squad, for this new squad,” Clement said of Saturday’s come-from-behind triumph over Motherwell, which set up a meeting with Celtic in the League Cup final.
“To do what we’ve been doing a lot last season and it’s to dig in and in every situation to keep our belief, to keep on going, to keep on fighting and to break the wall if we go behind.
“This can be a massive game at the end of the season to have this one as a reference. I want to see every three days this mentality. That’s what we’ve been talking about but talking is not enough. We need to do it on the pitch.”
Olympiacos vs Rangers betting tips
Olympiacos and Rangers are ready to compete for three points in the Europa League league phase.
Olympiacos to win
The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium is a tough place for visiting sides to go.
Olympiacos have not lost any of their last 13 matches in front of their own supporters. In the last few months they have put the likes of Fenerbahce, Aston Villa and Fiorentina to the sword on familiar turf.
That bodes ill for Rangers’ trip to Piraeus. Clement’s team blow hot and cold, and they will struggle to register a positive result on Thursday unless they are close to their best.
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As for Rangers, they have lost three of their last four Premiership away games, going down to Kilmarnock as well as Celtic and Aberdeen.
A point would be a decent outcome for the visitors here, but we expect them to depart Greece empty-handed.
Back Olympiacos to win at 88/100 with 10bet
Under 2.5 goals
Olympiacos are targeting the league title in Greece this season. They are fourth in the table at present, just three points shy of the summit of the standings.
There have not been a huge amount of goals in their matches, though – an average of 2.1 per game across their 10 Super League fixtures, and two per 90 minutes in the Europa League.
Rangers’ first objective will be to quieten down the crowd and make life difficult for Olympiacos by disrupting their rhythm.
That is not to say Clement’s side will not commit bodies forward when the situation calls for it, but this is likely to be a tight affair.
In our view, there is a good chance of this encounter featuring a maximum of two goals.
Tip under 2.5 goals at evens with 10bet
Ayoub El Kaabi to score any time
Ayoub El Kaabi played a pivotal role in Olympiacos’ Conference League triumph in 2023/24.
He scored eight times in his team’s nine appearances in that competition, having previously notched five goals in 10 outings in the Europa League.
Al Kaabi has continued in the same vein at the start of the current campaign: his tally of three goals is bettered by only one player in the tournament, Samu Omorodion of Porto.
The Morocco international is productive in Greek football too, but he tends to save his best form for European tournaments.
That is bad news for Rangers’ backline, which will have to be at its very best to keep El Kaabi quiet on Thursday.
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How to watch Olympiacos vs Rangers
- Location: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece.
- Date and time: Thursday 7th November, 5.45pm.
- How to watch: TNT Sports 3.
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