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Wednesday night will be the final of the Conference League in Athens, where AEK Athens’ historic rivals Olympiakos and last year’s finalists Fiorentina will meet. The odds are completely balanced at the bookmakers, we show you how we see the odds.
Olympiakos became the first Greek team to reach the European finals, and the Greeks did it after almost being knocked out of the competition in the last eight. Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten Olympiakos 4-1 in Greece, but in the return leg the Greeks won 6-1 (!) to qualify. But knocking out Fenerbahce and Aston Villa is a major victory for a team who are on the way to a third manager this season.
However, the club seem to have found their form with last season’s Europa League winner José Luis Mendilibar, who arrived ahead of the match against Ferencváros and has since put the team back on track. Ayoub El Kaabi, who is having a superb spring, is on 10 goals with Olympiakos, who were knocked out of the Europa League. El Kaabi has scored five of his six goals for Aston Villa.
Fiorentina were already at this level last year, losing the final to West Ham United, but another defeat would be very painful for Vincenzo Italiano. It is no surprise that the Viola, who have had a forgettable season in Serie A, are preparing for the game of their lives. There is no way to go higher than eighth place in Italy, but a win on Wednesday would earn them a place in the European League.
The team suffered on the way to the final, with Maccabi Haifa a virtual lock to progress, but Plzen needed extra time, and Club Bruge were also in a long extra time tie, but a penalty at the end came to the Italians’ rescue. Despite this, Fiorentina clearly deserved to progress in all three matches, easily outplaying their rivals in the game, so the key to the final could be for Italiano to make better use of their chances.
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The meeting was completely evenly matched, which can partly be explained by the fact that the Greeks are playing half at home and have collected some serious scalps on the way to the final.
However, Fiorentina can draw a lot from last year’s final and will be much more experienced going into this match, and they reached Athens unbeaten despite having had some difficult matches. Of course, as we saw with Leverkusen last week, that’s no guarantee for anything.
The match could be similar to last year’s final, with the Viola having more of the ball, while Olympiakos can settle for counter-attacks. Nevertheless, the Italians are a much more experienced side, and if they don’t scatter the ball in their own half, they should be able to catch the Greeks.
For us, this final is up to Fiorentina, they have the routine and the better quality players, so we’ll go with the Italians on Greek soil. We’ve created a bet builder, where we expect Olympiakos to take at least three corners until the Greeks doesn’t win in normal time. Olympiakos can rely on counter-attacks, and we think that the Greek team will only set up to defend fully if they take the lead. However, we do not expect this scenario, so the three corners could be taken by Olympiakos.
