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
MY PREDICTION – BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE with possible result 1-1
FINAL SCORE 0-1
SELECTED ODDS for GG – 1.91 from EUROBET
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