Olympiacos v Aston Villa  Thursday at 21.00 CET

Thursday night action in Piraeus as Olympiacos defend a 2 goal lead over Aston Villa after their tremendous peformance in the 1st leg.

Olympiacos are 4th in the Greek Super League championship round, but just 5 points off the tops spot. They dropped down to Conference this season after finishing 3rd in Europa Liga group behind West Ham and Freiburg.  Overall European form is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Home form is 4 wins and 2 losses. Recent all competition form for them is an unbeaten run of 8 games with 6 wins and 2 draws. Villa are 4th in EPL with just 2 points needed to end their season in that position. In Conference 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Away form of 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss

Team news: Jovetic is injured but Ndoj and Masouras are back after suspension. Villa are without Morgan Rogers and have doubts over Teilemens, Martinez and Zaniolo.

Head-to-head statistics: 1 game 1 Olympiacos win.

Betting selection – Olympiacos were full value for their 4-2 win in Birmingham. Striker Ayoub El Kaabi was a menace all game and deserved his hattrick. That takes him to 30 for the season and I bet El Kaabi score anytime at 3.10 or 21-10 bet365 to add to his tally.