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Arsenal vs Olympiacos: Gunners tipped to get the job done

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Ace Football previews the Europa League game between Arsenal and Olympiacos and offers betting tips, odds, line-ups, and team news.

Arsenal head into this second-leg clash in full confidence. The Gunners were too much for Olympiacos in the reverse fixture, winning by a 3-1 score-line. At the weekend, they also got one over their rivals with a 2-1 triumph in the north London derby.

The Gunners have impressed in the Europa League by far this term, failing to lose a single game in the competition. They have also scored two+ goals in all but one of their games so far.

However, defensive issues continue to plague Arsenal under Mikel Arteta. They have not kept a single clean sheet in their last five games.

Olympiacos are not expected to win at the Emirates, but an early goal would have them believing they can do the impossible. However it may go, it promises to be an exciting clash in London on Thursday night.

Arsenal Form and Stats

Arsenal are in solid form and have only lost one of the last 8 games in all competitions and are unbeaten in the last five matches.

The victory over Olympiakos last week came thanks to Martin Odegaard, Gabriel, and Mohamed Elneny’s goals and was enough to see the Gunners put one foot in the next round.

They continued this strong European performance with a big North London victory over rivals Tottenham on Sunday.

Arsenal are unbeaten in the Europa League this season, winning eight of their nine games, and are also the highest scorers in the competition.

Key Team Stats
  • Arsenal are undefeated in 16 of their last 17 matches (UEFA Europa League).
  • Arsenal are unbeaten in their last five matches (all competitions).
  • Arsenal have seen BTTS in their last five matches (all competitions).

Olympiacos Form and Stats

The Greek champions will be lifted by the fact that the away team has won in this match up on the last five occasions.

They have only won three of their last seven games in all competitions. The 3-1 defeat to Arsenal was followed up with a league victory on Sunday.

Olympiacos defeated bottom-placed Larissa 3-1 away from home at the weekend. They are top of the league by 16 points, having only lost one game this season.

  • Olympiacos are undefeated in 21 of their last 24 matches (all competitions).
  • Olympiacos have seen BTTS in nine of their last 10 matches (all competitions).
  • Olympiacos’ Youssef El-Arabi has scored in his last three matches and last two matches against Arsenal (all competitions).

Team News

Arsenal: Bukayo Saka is the only injury concern for the Gunners going into this game.

Olympiacos: Ruben Semedo and Avraam Papadopoulos are injured, with Ousseynou Ba and Sokratis Papastathopoulos carrying knocks.

Predicted Line-up

(Note: The image will change to the official XI once they’re both announced)

Head-to-head

This will be the 12th meeting between the two sides, all in the last 12 years. Arsenal have won six of these games and Olympiacos have won five times.

The last meeting was last Thursday, and Arsenal won the away leg 3-1. Martin Odegaard, Gabriel, and Mohamed Elneny scored for Arsenal with Youssef El-Arabi getting the Olympiakos goal.

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