Olympiakos Piraeus vs Sparta Praha Prediction & Betting Tips

Form in recent weeks

Olympiakos have won 10, drawn 5 and lost 5 across their last 20 matches, a sample that mixes Super League games, cup ties, friendlies and continental football. The Champions League play-off swung against them: a goalless draw at home to NEC Nijmegen was followed by a 2-1 defeat in Nijmegen, sending them into the Europa League. Domestically they've been solid rather than spectacular, with a home loss to OFI sitting alongside wins over Atromitos and Volos.

Olympiakos Piraeus: 20 completed matches; Sparta Praha: 20 completed matches.

Olympiakos Piraeus

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

19

Difference

+9

Sparta Praha

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

5% 1 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

28

Difference

+15

Sparta Praha's record over the same length of sample is 11 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses, with 43 goals scored. Their own Champions League exit came against Lyon, winning the first leg 2-1 at home before losing 3-0 away. Since then they've won four of their last five, including a 4-1 win away at Ararat-Armenia in their Europa League opener, though a 0-3 home defeat to city rivals Slavia Praha shows they're not immune to off days.

Sparta's away form has produced plenty of goals recently, but both sides have shown they can drop points against less obviously stronger opposition.

Comparative Team Statistics: Olympiakos Piraeus vs Sparta Praha

Where they stand in the league phase

Both clubs won their opening match in this season's Europa League league phase, and both sit on three points. Sparta Praha are ranked third after a 4-1 win, while Olympiakos are down in 13th following a narrower 2-1 victory at home to Jagiellonia.

With only one round played, the table tells us more about goal difference than genuine league-phase form.

Sparta's scorers from their opener

The available player data covers only Sparta's Europa League opener against Ararat-Armenia. T. Guddal scored twice in that match, while M. Jurásek and A. Karabec each set up a goal. There's no equivalent breakdown for Olympiakos's win over Jagiellonia.

Sparta Praha:

Best scorers:

T. Guddal - 2

Best assist providers:

M. Jurásek - 1

A. Karabec - 1

What kind of game this could be

Both teams arrive having been knocked out of the Champions League at the play-off stage, so they know this competition already matters to them this season. Olympiakos have shown they can be breached at home, with OFI winning there in September, while Sparta have shipped goals away from home too, losing 3-0 at Lyon and 2-1 at Hradec Kralove.

Goals have flowed in Sparta's recent matches, and Olympiakos have both scored and conceded in most of their own recent games. That points to an open contest rather than a cagey one, though a month out from kickoff there's still time for team news to change the picture.