Atalanta vs. Olympiacos 2/17/22 UEFA Europa League Soccer Picks, Predictions, Odds

Atalanta and Olympiacos face off on Thursday in Leg 1 of their Group of 16 showdown at Red Bull Arena Leipzig. This will be the first meeting in a European competition between these two teams. 

Atalanta finished in third place in Group F of the Champions League picking up six points. They finished with one win, three draws and two losses. Coming into this game, Atalanta hasn’t been playing very well and their last win came six games ago on January 12th. The last game came against Juventus and they played to a 1-1 draw. It looked like Atalanta was going to pick up a win, but they gave up a goal in the 92nd minute. Atalanta has scored 46 goals total while their defense has given up 29 goals total. Duván Zapata has been the top player for this team scoring nine goals and adding four assists. 

On the other side of this matchup is Olympiacos who finished in second place in Group D of the Europa League. They played to three wins and three draws which meant nine points were collected. In the last game against AEK Athens, they were able to score a goal in the 84th minute, and secure the three points. They have scored 38 goals while giving up 11 goals in the Super League Greece. Youssef El-Arabi has been the top player for this team scoring nine goals. Tiquinho Soares has also been good, scoring seven goals. 

Olympiacos has been a strong defense all season and they are going to continue that strong defense in this game. Their offense has also been a bit inconsistent as of late, and that is going lead to a lower scoring game. I don’t expect more than one goal to be scored in this game, and the under is going to cash.