Manchester City vs Olympiacos Prediction, 11/3/2020 Champions League Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 11/2/2020

Game: Manchester City vs Olympiacos

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Location: Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England

TV: CBS All Access

Odds/Point Spread: Manchester City (-625) Olympiacos (+1100)

Kevin De Bruyne and Manchester City (2-0-0 in Champions League) play Olympiacos (1-0-1 in Champions League) at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. The goalies expected to start will be Ederson for Manchester City and Jose Sa for Olympiacos. Olympiacos are at at +1100 while Man City are at -625. The over/under has been set at 3.75.

Manchester City faced Sheffield Utd in their most recent game and walked away with a win by a score of 1 - 0. Manchester City tried 32 dribbles in this outing and converted 16 of the tries for a rate of 50.0%. In regard to passing, they ended with a 93.8% received passes rate by completing 652 of the 695 pass targets last game. In regard to shooting accuracy, They finished at a 50.0% clip by hitting 8 shots on target out of 16 shots. Manchester City is averaging 1.50 goals per 90 min (9 goals in total) and have racked up 6 assists in all matches for this campaign.

Kevin De Bruyne is a player who should be able to impact this game for Manchester City. Bruyne has been given a starting assignment in 299 outings in his career and scores 0.26 goals per 90 minutes. The midfielder from Belgium has accumulated 75 goals in 26,042 mins. He has 127 assists while tallying 32 yellow card warnings thus far in his career. Someone else who should impact this game is Raheem Sterling, the forward representing for England. Sterling has been on the field for 20,008 mins in 225 starting assignments and has been handed 29 yellow card warnings. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 46 times so far in his pro soccer career and he has scored 88 goals. He scores 0.40 G/90 during his pro soccer career.

The man defending the goal for Manchester City is Ederson. Ederson has been on the field for a total of 16,802 minutes and has earned 363 saves thus far in his career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 0.80 (149 total goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save % of .726. The goalkeeper representing Manchester City has seen 504 shots attempted against him in 188 starting assignments. Ederson (127-31-30 record in his career) has recorded 82 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 43.6% clean sheet percentage.

In their last outing, Olympiacos walked away with a victory by a final of 2 - 0 against Apollon Smyrni. They wrapped up this match by connecting on 441 of the 532 passes they tried for a rate of 82.8%. Olympiacos had a 50.0% successful dribble rate by connecting on 6 of the 12 dribbles they pursued. Olympiacos had 7 shots on target out of 22 shots attempted which had them at a 31.8% rate in their last game. With a total of 12 goals and 11 assists in all matches, Olympiacos averages 2.40 goals and 2.20 assists per 90 minutes.

Giorgos Masouras will need to be on top of his game for Olympiacos. The midfielder from Greece has been on the field for 9,441 minutes while scoring 28 goals. He has accounted for 12 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 5 times. He averages 0.27 G/90 and has been a starter in 110 contests during his career. Be sure to watch out for Youssef El Arabi, the forward representing Olympiacos. He has tallied 97 goals thus far in his career while assisting on a goal 27 times. El Arabi has been handed a total of 22 yellow cards in 17,385 minutes played (200 starts). His goals per 90 minute average so far in his career is 0.50.

Jose Sa will be residing in front of the net for Olympiacos. During his career, Sa has surrendered 31 goals and has totaled 65 stops in 83 starts. He has conceded 0.67 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a mark of 59-15-8. He holds a save % of .677 and his clean sheet rate is 53.0%. Sa has 44 clean sheets while seeing 96 shots attempted against him in 7,425 minutes throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's Champions League game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Manchester City (-625)

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