Barcelona will be aiming to clinch their second win of the Champions League league phase when they welcome Olympiacos to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Olympiacos are still searching for their first win of the main draw after mustering a point from their opening two matches of the main draw.
Barcelona are sitting in 16th place in the Champions League league phase after following a narrow win over Newcastle United with a 2-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
Their loss to the reigning European champions was followed by a surprise 4-1 away defeat against Sevilla in La Liga, ensuring Hansi Flick‘s charges went into the international break in a downbeat mood.
Barcelona will face Real Madrid in Sunday’s clash at the Santiago Bernabeu, but while El Clasico will be on their mind, they will want to avoid complacency in their first encounter with Olympiacos since the 2017-18 group stage.
The Blaugrana will certainly take confidence from the fact that they have won all of their previous European home games against Greek opposition, including a 3-1 success against Olympiacos in October 2017.
Flick has previously faced the Greek side once in his managerial career, overseeing a 2-0 home victory during his time in charge of Bayern Munich.
Barcelona may be contending with a number of injury issues, but they still have a wealth of talent at their disposal for Tuesday’s fixture, and we think they will produce one of their trademark free-scoring displays to ease to a comfortable victory and build confidence ahead of Sunday’s clash with Real Madrid.
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