Tuesday’s Champions League pick – Olympiakos vs Bordeaux on 23.02 | Free Football Betting Tips

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22nd of February 2010 04:45 PM
Champions League

vs

23th February- 19:45 GMT

Olympiakos

The atmosphere at their Karaiskakis Stadium is usually boiling hot and the fans are 12th player
The Greeks have an impressive home record in this season’s Champions League with 1-0 victories over AZ Alkmaar and Arsenal and a 2-1 win over Standard Liege.
Recently Brazilian legend Zico was sacked after a disappointing run of results, and replaced by Serbian Bozidar Bantovic
They will be without injured Diogo and Luciano Galletti but Brazilian central midfielder Dudu, is expected to return from injury.
New signings Jesus Datolo and Lomano Tresor Lua Lua have been in impressive form should start on the wings with Mitroglu as single forward
Greeks will try to gain an advantage over the visitors before the return leg, but should be careful for their counterattacks

Possible Starting 11: Antonis Nikopolidis; Vasilis Torosidis, Olof Mellberg, Avraam Papadopoulos, Raul Bravo; Enzo Maresca, Ieroklis Stoltidis, Dudu, Jesus Datolo, Lomana Lua Lua; Konstantinos Mitroglu
Bordeaux

Laurent Blanc’s side are on top of French Ligue 1 and dropped just 2points in the group stages of Champions League;
They conceded just goals throughout their six matches vs opponents like Bayern and Juventus;
In the beginning of 2010 they started struggling in all competitions and allowed Montpellier to close the gap in Ligue 1 to just 3 points
They postponed their weekend fixture against Auxerre to a later date in order to go into this match in the best shape;
The coach has no problems with injuries and suspensions since the injury midfielder Alou Diarra is the only missing player;
Brazilian Wendel has been a key figure for Bordeaux in recent weeks, scoring five times in last four matches;

Possible Starting 11: Cedric Carrasso; Matthieu Chalme, Michael Ciani, Marc Planus, Benoit Tremoulinas; Wendel, Fernando, Yoann Gourcuff, Jaroslav Plasil; Yoan Gouffran, Marouane Chamakh