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Olympiacos v Rangers
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Kick Off: Thursday 7th November at 17:45
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Competition: Europa League
Rangers travel to Olympiacos on Thursday aiming to enhance their position in the Europa League, having picked up six points from their three matches to date.
They find themselves one spot ahead of their Greek hosts heading into this round of fixtures because they boast a marginally better goal difference.
The Gers have often overperformed on the continent in recent seasons, but with a poor away record this season will do well to emerge from Piraeus with a positive result.
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Rodinei has been a key member of the Olympiacos attack in the Europa League. Despite being more renowned for playing as a right-back, he has been pushed forward as a winger in each of the three continental matches his side have played.
In this more offensive role, he is posting a high shot count, with at least one effort against Lyon, Braga and Malmo. Indeed, he managed two shots in Olympiacos’ previous home European match against the Portuguese side.
He also has a shot on target in each Europa League game so far this season, which is priced as long as 3.6.
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👕 Olympiacos v Rangers Predicted XI
🔍 Olympiacos v Rangers Players to Watch
🔵 Vaclav Cerny
Rangers winger Cerny is joint top of the Europa League standings when it comes to shots taken, having attempted 13 through the first three games of the competition. He has never dipped under four yet for the Gers in this particular tournament.
Cerny is recording a consistently high shot count across the board for both club and country. He has had at least three shots in each of his last ten starts in the Nations League, Scottish Premiership and Europa League. The last time he failed to do this was September 1.
🔵 Nedim Bajrami
Winger Bajrami has grown in importance with Rangers as this season has progressed, highlighted by the fact that he has scored two goals in his last two games.
He has started seven times for Rangers in the Premiership and the Europa League and has had at least two shots at goal in six of these matches. Bajrami was especially influential in Rangers’ previous European away trip to Malmo, when he had four shots, three of which hit the target and one of which resulted in a goal.
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💻 Olympiacos v Rangers Form and Tactics
Olympiacos have lost only one of their last eight matches in all competitions. They have been especially strong at home this season, winning four of six this season without suffering a defeat.
They almost exclusively play in a 4-2-3-1 shape with striker Ayoub El Kaabi their runaway leading scoring with nine goals in 14 total matches this season.
The supply will come from the flanks. Gelson Martins is an experienced winger who has five assists to his credit, including two in two Europa League appearances. Curiously, he has started on the left in Europe but on the right domestically.
This is because Rodinei, who typically plays right-back domestically, has been pushed forward into a wing role in Europe. He provides a notable attacking threat, with two goals and four assists in all competitions.
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Olympiacos have been happy to be a reactive team in Europe. In each of their three matches, they have posted 45% of the ball or less, yet they have still generated at least 1.2xG in each of their games. Equally, they give up chances. Across their three continental matches, they have given up between 1.4-1.6xGA.
Rangers will match up their opponents with a 4-2-3-1 system, which head coach Philippe Clement has stuck dogmatically by. Fans have complained, however, of a lack of obvious identity in this team, which often relies on individual efforts.
Although the Gers have won three of their last four, the pressure is very much on Clement and his team, largely due to their failure to qualify for the Champions League but also because they find themselves third domestically, nine points behind Aberdeen and Celtic.
The area of strength in the team is increasingly their wingers. Vaclav Cerny has six goals and three assists across 15 matches this season while Nedim Bajrami is a player clearly gaining in strength after scoring in each of the last two games.
These clubs have two common opponents. Both teams lost to Lyon, although Rangers’ defeat was at home and was a heavy 4-1 loss, while they have both taken maximum points in Malmo thanks to wins in Sweden.
🏁 Olympiacos v Rangers Ref Watch
- Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
- Has overseen 11 games this season, with 72 cards given out in these matches at a rate of 6.55 per game. Four red cards included in this tally (0.36 per game).
- Only two penalties were awarded in this run.
- Across the Bundesliga, Europa League, and Nations League, he is awarding an average of 23 fouls per game.
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