Asteras Tripolis vs Olympiacos Prediction: What is happening with Olympiacos?

After 2 defeats in a row, Olympiacos will travel to Tripoli to face the always unpleasant Asteras Tripolis. In the last round Olympiacos were defeated at home against PAOK, and last week they lost in the Europa League in a difficult match in London against West Ham. Asteras Tripolis finally won in the last round against Panetolikos and the confidence in the team is at a high level before this match.

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Asteras Tripolis are in 9th place with 11 points, 3 wins, 2 draws, and 5 defeats. At home this team is the worst in the league with a win, a draw, 3 defeats, and a goal difference of 6:10. In the last round they scored an early goal and even though Carmonna Sierra was sent off in the 58th minute, Asteras managed to defend and won all 3 points. They don’t have good memories from matches against Olympiacos, in fact, their last win against Olympiacos was in 2014.

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Even though the manager is trying to calm everyone around Olympiacos that the team is not in crisis, the fans are already nervous. In the last round, they were the favorite against PAOK at home, but they lost 4:2, the whole team looked like amateurs. That defeat certainly hurt Olympiacos’ pride. As it wasn’t enough the team lost against West Ham in Europa League 1:0 and they will have trouble qualifying for the knockout phase. Currently, Olympiacos are in 2nd place with 21 points, 4 less than the leader Panathinaikos.

The pressure is really high on Olympiacos at the moment, even though it’s still early in the season and they are very close to the leader. Usually, they don’t have any trouble against Asteras Tripolis, but two defeats in a row will certainly leave a mark in the team. The manager Martinez announced that they will attack from the start, and I believe that Olympiacos will want to win confidently with bigger margin to calm the fans and to gain confidence.