Olympiacos vs Jagiellonia Bialystok - prediction, team news, lineups

Olympiacos big Jagiellonia Bialystok astatine the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium connected Wednesday evening successful the opening circular of the 2026-27 Europa League league phase, with the Greek broadside looking to marque a winning commencement to their European campaign.

The hosts person endured a turbulent commencement to the play – failing to scope the Champions League league signifier and parting institution with Jose Luis Mendilibar past week earlier appointing Imanol Alguacil, portion Jagiellonia get successful Piraeus aft suffering a 2-0 decision astatine Wisla Krakow.

Match preview

Olympiacos participate their archetypal Europa League fixture of the play successful antithetic circumstances aft Mendilibar was dismissed connected September 10, conscionable 7 games into the campaign. 

The Spaniard had delivered their archetypal European trophy and subsequently guided them to a home treble successful 2024-25, but the nine decided they needed a alteration successful absorption and carried retired restructuring nether recently empowered shot operations.

Imanol Alguacil was appointed arsenic his replacement, but the erstwhile Real Sociedad brag could hardly person been handed a much hard introduction, with his archetypal lucifer ending successful a 1-0 location decision to OFI Crete connected Saturday.

That effect means Olympiacos person present won lone 2 of their 4 Greek Super League matches, some of which were their opening 2 league games, beating Atromitos and Asteras Tripolis 1-0 each, portion they besides recorded a 4-0 triumph against Larissa 4-0 successful the Greek Cup, earlier drafting 1-1 with Volos and beating Volos 3-2 successful the Greek Cup.

The occupation against OFI was not simply the effect but the timing, arsenic Alguacil had precise small clip to present his methods, with the Spaniard having already besides acknowledged that determination is small clip to marque changes up of the European opener.

The Greek broadside are successful the Europa League aft losing 2-1 connected aggregate to Dutch broadside Nijmegen successful the Champions League 3rd qualifying phase, a clash that was decided successful other clip of the 2nd limb aft a goalless archetypal leg.

This volition beryllium their archetypal ever competitory gathering against their Polish opponent, with their lone brushwood being a affable matter successful 2019 erstwhile Olympiacos won 5-0.

The Greek nine have, however, faced Polish absorption successful Europe backmost successful 1987-88 erstwhile they mislaid implicit 2 legs to Gornik Zabrze.

Jagiellonia, meanwhile, person navigated the qualifying stages of the Europa League to scope this signifier for the archetypal time, aft consecutive league signifier campaigns successful the Conference League.

Adrian Siemieniec's broadside began their European run successful the Europa League qualifying playoffs against Rangers, winning 3-2 connected aggregate, earlier triumphing 6-1 connected aggregate against Iberia 1999. 

However, their home signifier has go little convincing, with a 2-1 decision astatine Lech Poznan and a 2-0 nonaccomplishment distant to Wisla Krakow connected Friday sandwiching a 2-1 triumph implicit Slask Wroclaw.

Jagiellonia person antecedently played successful Greece, drafting distant to Aris successful the 2010-11 Europa League qualifying rounds, failing to triumph either of some legs, leaving them winless against Greek sides.

Olympiacos signifier (all competitions):

Jagiellonia Bialystok Europa League form:

Jagiellonia Bialystok signifier (all competitions):

Team News

Olympiacos volition beryllium without Ayoub El Kaabi aft the striker suffered a breached cheekbone, portion winger Joel Roca is nursing a enarthrosis injury. 

Konstantinos Fortounis is suspended, portion a big of players are not listed for participation, leaving Alguacil with reduced options.

Alguacil utilized a 4-2-3-1 enactment successful his archetypal match, with erstwhile Nottingham Forest guardant Jota Silva starring the attack, portion erstwhile Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega volition beryllium successful betwixt the sticks.

Jagiellonia person 1 confirmed absence, with Ousmane Sow sidelined by a musculus injury, but the Polish broadside different person a beardown squad available, though Siemieniec could marque changes aft the disappointing decision astatine Wisla.

The visitors started that lucifer with Sławomir Abramowicz successful goal, Norbert Wojtuszek, Bernardo Vital, Apostolos Konstantopoulos and Bartlomiej Wdowik successful defence, portion Jeremy Agbonifo and Kajetan Szmyt supported Nik Prelec successful attack.

Olympiacos imaginable starting lineup:

Ortega; Holmgren Pedersen, Retsos, Pirola, Tiknizyan; Puerta, Freuler; Gonzalez, Chiquinho, Fortounis; Silva

Jagiellonia Bialystok imaginable starting lineup:

Abramowicz; Wojtuszek, Vital, Konstantopoulos, Wdowik; Klynge, Romanczuk, Imaz; Agbonifo Prelec, Szmyt

We say: Olympiacos 2-1 Jagiellonia Bialystok

Olympiacos stay the stronger broadside connected insubstantial and should payment importantly from playing astatine Karaiskakis, wherever they volition expect to power the contention from the outset with a squad containing considerably much European experience..

The visitors should person capable attacking prime to occupation the hosts, but the location side’s greater idiosyncratic prime and location vantage should yet marque the difference. 

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer delight click here.