Atalanta vs Olympiacos Betting Preview and Odds Feb 17
Atalanta vs Olympiacos Predictions and Odds
WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his Atalanta vs Olympiacos betting preview in the UEFA Europa League for Thursday, February 17. Atalanta is winless in its last five matches heading into Thursday’s clash, while Olympiacos has won four straight.
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| Thursday, February 17 | Europa League Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| Atalanta: | -230 |
| Olympiacos: | +650 |
| Draw: | +370 |
| Total: | 3 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| Game Time: | 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT |
Atalanta vs Olympiacos Analysis
Greek front runners Olympiacos travel to Italy on Thursday to take on a struggling Atalanta side in Bergamo.
Olympiacos finished second in their group behind Eintracht Frankfurt earlier in the season to qualify for this stage while Atalanta came over from this season’s Champions League after finishing third in their group.
Olympiacos’ Stellar Home Record
Since finishing second in the group stage behind only Eintracht Frankfurt back in December, Olympiacos have been on absolute charge domestically, losing just once over their last 13 games in all and holding a pretty remarkable 69.2% of their opponents to clean sheets over that run as well.
The Greek side has good form at this level of the competition also, qualifying in three of their last four attempts at this stage, but have lost all three of their most recent European matches against Italian opposition on the road.
Atalanta Hitting a Bumpy Patch
Atalanta had a rough spell in their Champions League group stage qualification earlier in the year.
‘La Dea’ won just one game over that group stage to finish third in the group and find themselves in the Europa League for the first time since 2017/18, and it hasn’t been much better of late for them either.
Gasperini’s men rank bottom half in the league on home form this year with just three wins from 12 and are winless over their last five games across all competitions as well.
Olympiacos vs Atalanta Prediction
Atalanta has been known over the last few seasons as one of the most exciting attacking teams in Europe, but that hasn’t been the case this year.
Atalanta has struggled going forward this season. They’ve scored one goal or less in four of their last six matches overall, they rank 13th in the league on home goals scored since December in Serie A and now find themselves on their longest winless run in over two years.
We’re looking at going under the total in this one.
Olympiacos comes into this one boasting a stellar defensive record that will no doubt be put to the test here against a first-class Italian side, but one nonetheless they should be able to navigate considering the problems Atalanta is currently having up front right now.
I have a heavy lean towards Olympiacos catching +1.25 on the goal spread, but the stronger play is on the under 2.75 or 3 goals, depending on your sports book, for this game.
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