Porto vs Olympiacos Prediction 23 January 2025

🔊 Which team will be higher in the Europa League standings after the seventh round? Currently, Porto is trailing Olympiacos by one point. However, at the “Estádio do Dragão”, they are considered the favorites. Nonetheless, the Greek team has enough experience to stand up to the Portuguese giant. Therefore, we will consider different options to make the prediction optimal.

📊 Head-to-Head

The last time these opponents met was in the 2020/21 season during the Champions League group stage. Porto scored two unanswered goals against Olympiacos at home and then won with the same score in Piraeus.

🔵 Porto

Porto is experiencing a downturn in January. The month began with a defeat to Sporting in the League Cup (0:1). After that, the team lost in the league to Nacional (0:2) and Gil Vicente (1:3), costing them first place in the standings. In the Europa League, the “Dragons” are performing quite averagely. They managed to earn only one point away with a draw against Anderlecht (2:2). However, at home, they remain unbeaten. They managed to defeat Hoffenheim (2:0) and Midtjylland (2:0) here. Porto has three losses in their defensive line, with Grujić, Marcano, and Wendell long injured.

🔴 Olympiacos

Olympiacos won the Conference League last season. With the same coach and roughly the same squad, the Greek club is trying to conquer another peak. So far, it is one of the most uneventful teams in the Europa League. At least their matches are the lowest-scoring in the tournament (an average of 1.3 goals). In terms of goals conceded, Olympiacos trails only Athletic Bilbao, but in terms of goals scored - they are among the outsiders. Despite this, they thrashed Braga (3:0) and narrowly defeated Malmö (1:0). However, their last two matches, against FCSB and Twente, ended in goalless draws. Surprisingly, in their national championship, Olympiacos remains strong defensively but is a leader in goals scored, as well as overall in the standings. It should be noted that Yusuf Yazıcı is injured and has played only one match since joining Olympiacos. Last weekend in the national championship, Gelson Martins was absent from the field, and his participation in the upcoming match is questionable. However, Santiago Esse will definitely not play due to an accumulation of yellow cards.

⚽️ Goal Prediction

Porto is strong on their home turf. They hardly drop points here and have scored at least two goals in 17 consecutive matches. This also applies to all games at “Estádio do Dragão” in the Europa League. Therefore, it is worth considering a bet on Porto's total goals over 1.5.

🚩 Corner Prediction

In the Europa League, Porto has an advantage in corners - 5.5 against 4.2. Meanwhile, their opponents average 6.7 corners. The Greek team has had at least four corner kicks in seven away matches. Therefore, a bet on Olympiacos' total corners over 3.5 looks quite intriguing.

📝 Match Prediction

The favorite for the upcoming match is Porto. This is largely because they will be playing at home. However, Olympiacos is a worthy opponent with a reliable defense. Nevertheless, the hosts have scored at least two goals here in 17 consecutive matches. Therefore, we note a potential exact score of 2:0, with which Porto won at home in 3 of their last 4 matches.

Porto will likely find a way to Olympiacos' goal. They will probably score one or two goals but likely not more. There are doubts regarding goals from the visitors. Considering that matches involving Olympiacos average 1.3 goals, we choose total goals under 2.5 as a key bet.