Atalanta vs. Olympiacos Tip

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Atalanta is hosting the Greek champion Olympiacos in a fight for a place in the Europa League last 16.

The Italian side was eliminated from the group stage of the Champions League and is continuing their international season in the Europa League. Atalanta lost the key game against Villareal and finished the elite tournament in the group stage for the third time in a row.

The club from Bergamo has failed to win in the last five games overall with 3 draws and 2 losses. They are coming from a 1-1 home game against Juventus.

Atalanta is currently fifth in Serie A with 44 points, 11 less than the leading AC Milan.

Olympiacos failed to qualify for the Champions League this season losing in the decisive match on penalties against the Bulgarian champions Ludogorets. They finished the group stage of the Europa League second in Group D

Having been crowned champions of Greece for a 46th time last spring - finishing a remarkable 26 points clear of the Super League runners-up - Olympiacos is one of five reigning national champions involved in this month's playoff round behind Eintracht Frankfurt.

This will be their 9^th time to play in the elimination phase in this tournament.

Olympiacos is dominating the Greek league but has never made it past round 16 in the Europa League.

Despite dominating domestically, Olympiacos have never made it beyond that stage, so will be eager to get the better of Atalanta over the next week and take another shot at reaching the last eight.

Olympiacos has won the last four games overall and is on top of the standings with 9 points advantage to the second-placed PAOK.

Key facts

• These two teams will face each other for the first time tonight
• Josip Ilicic, Aleksey Miranchuk, Jose Luis Palomino and Duvan Zapata will not play for Atalanta
• Athanasios Androutsos, Konstantinos Fortounis and Garry Rodrigues will not play for Olympiacos
• Both teams have scored in the last three of five games of both teams

Atalanta is the absolute favorite to advance to the next stage but Olympiacos should not be underestimated mainly because of their winning mentality and experience in the Europa League. Striker Josip Ilicic will not play for the home team which will be a huge blow for them. Still, Atalanta is a great offensive team and will definitely score in this game, probably more than once. On the other hand, Olympiacos is not a defensively oriented team and they will compete in Bergamo and also score as they have done in their last seven games. Therefore our tip for this game is for both teams to score with 1.91 odds.

Value Bet

Atalanta to win and both teams to score

3.10

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