Maccabi Haifa - Olympiakos Piräus ai prediction 20.07.2022 Champions League Qual.
Betting Tip for matchday 1 of the 2022/2023 Champions League Qual. between Maccabi Haifa and Olympiakos Piräus.
The race for a place in next season’s European top flight club competition continues on Wednesday as Maccabi Haifa take on Greek side Olympiacos.
For Maccabi, they would be hoping to draw from their Manager’s experience in navigating tricky ties of this nature after he pushed Beer Sheeva to the Europa League group stage back in 2016/17 season.
Meanwhile, Olympiacos are gunning to remain in this qualifying race as getting into the UCL group stage would renew their hopes of bettering the 1999 feat when they got to the last 8 of the tournament.
Regardless of the stage the competition is in, the Champions League is no doubt an exciting tournament with endless winning possibilities.
To help you make the most of the chances, we will be designing our predictions with odds from Paripesa and Saharagames (Meanwhile, you can get an insight into the latest offers through our review and test of Paripesa bet and the Sahara games review)
MACCABI HAIFA
They head into this tie on the back of 4 losses, 2 wins and 1 draw in their last 7 games.
As one of the most successful Israeli clubs, Maccabi are the first team in their country to earn a UCL appearance. In this qualifying round, they would be looking for their third Champions League ticket having featured in 2002/03 and 2009/10 group stages.
In this tie, they will be hoping their historic feat in Europe’s top tier football competition will be a huge source of inspiration.
OLYMPIACOS
The Greek Champions enter the battle for a group stage slot next season hoping to replicate and do better than their past achievements in European football.
Back in September 1959, Olympiacos made their debut in a game against Milan at the Karaiskakis Stadium for the 1959–60 European Cup, being the first Greek team to compete in a European competition.
In fact, Olympiacos was also the first Greek club to advance to the next round of any European competition, eliminating Zagłębie Sosnowiec for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners’ Cup.
To have a chance of doing better than this, getting something in this first leg tie is highly crucial.
POSSIBLE LINE UPS
MACCABI HAIFA
- Cohen
- Sundgren
- Goldberg
- Planic
- Menahem
- Lavi
- Mohamed
- Chery
- David
- Rukavytsya
- Atzili
- COACH: Barak Bakhar
- MISSING PLAYERS: None
OLYMPIACOS
- Vaclik
- Vrsaljko
- Ba
- Manolas
- Reabciuk
- Bouchalakis
- Kunde
- Masouras,
- Valbuena
- Tiquinho
- El Arabi
- COACH: Pedro Martins
- MISSING PLAYERS: None
OUR PREVIEW AND BETTING PREDICTIONS FOR MACCABI Vs OLYMPIACOS
The Champions League remains Europe’s most prestigious club competition as such, every team wants a bite of the cherry. Therefore, as we get into the thick of the qualifying series, we expect a highly competitive clash all the way. To this end, we are backing both sides to score in this game with Paripesa’s odd of 1.88.
Meanwhile, you can follow other Champions League predictions as curated by our experts.
In of the last 3 games played by each of these sides, at least 3 goals were scored. Also, both teams have met twice before now with both games producing at least 3 goals.
Furthermore, the thirst of the two sides to remain in contention for a group stage UCL ticket makes this tie an entertaining one with goals written all over it.
To this end, we are going with Saharagames’ odd of 1.86 for Over 2.5 Goals as the second of our betting tips for today
Performance
Maccabi Haifa performance of the last 2 home matches