Juventus seek revenge against Olympiakos in the Champions League

Juventus will be looking for revenge against Olympiakos when they take on the Greek club on match day 4 of the UEFA Champions League in Turin, Italy. This Champions League group is really starting to hot up, with Olympiakos level on 6 points at the top of the group with Spanish champions Atletico Madrid and Juventus sitting in third place on 3 points, the same total as 4th place Swedish club Malmo.

One thing is for sure, Juventus can not afford any dropped points in this match if they want to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition, something which would have been expected of them after the initial draw was made. However, two away defeats, one to Olympiakos and the other at Atletico Madrid mean that Juventus must win this match to keep qualification in their own hands and they are available at 1/3 with BetVictor to do just that. The fact that Juventus are unbeaten in 8 matches at their home ground and also defeated Olympiakos 7-0 in their last meeting in Turin, goes some way to explaining why they are such strong favourites for this match.

However, Olympiakos will come in to the match knowing that they have what it takes to take on and defeat Juventus, having done so on the previous match day in the Champions League. Having said that, this was at their home stadium and it seems as though they are a completely different proposition when playing at home to what they are away. This is highlighted by the fact that Olympiakos managed to defeat both Atletico Madrid and Juventus at home but lost away to Malmo by two goals to nil and have now lost their last 3 away Champions League matches. This, coupled with their most recent away result at Juventus makes them 11/1 with bet365 to come away from Turin with all three points.

Having been rested on the weekend, Carlos Tevez will return to the team looking to add to the 2 goals he has already scored in the Champions League to date. The Argentine is on offer at 3/1 with BetVictor to open the scoring against Olympiakos. A player who did feature on the weekend is Andrea Pirlo and the midfield maestro found the back of the net with a trademark free-kick in Juventus` 2-0 win against Empoli. With his dead-ball prowess, Pirlo is a constant threat throughout the game and can be backed at 3/1 with bet365 to score at any time during the match.

With 1 goal in the Champions League and 4 goals in all competitions this season, Olympiakos will be looking towards attacking midfielder Pajtim Kasami to make the difference going forward and the Swiss international is available at 11/1 with bet365 to score at any time against Juventus.

In Juventus` three Champions League matches to date there have been a total of just 4 goals and the Italian giants have scored only 2 of them, both in the home win against Malmo. Juventus have also failed to score over 2.5 goals in their last four Champions League matches and bet365 offer 19/20 that the trend will continue in this game. Juventus struggled to break down Malmo in their only home match of the campaign thus far, breaking the deadlock after 59 minutes and william hill offer 3/1 for the match to be level at half-time with Juventus going on to win it come the final whistle.

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