Europa League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

Olympiacos 1-0 Sparta Prague: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Olympiacos

1-0Full time

Sparta Prague

Thursday 22 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Stadio Georgios Karaiskákis, Pireás (Piraeus)

Our picks against the result

5 of 12 right

Result Olympiacos win56% 1-0
Double chance Olympiacos or draw (1X)82% 1-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.556% 1 goal
More corners Olympiacos60% Olympiacos (14-3)
Yellow cards Around average 6 yellow cards · league 3.6
Yellow cards 6 yellow cards 3.5 Under53% 4.5 Under72% 5.5 Under85%
Corners Around average 17 corners · league 9.8
Corners 17 corners 8.5 Over58% 9.5 Under53% 10.5 Under63%

Match stats

Olympiacos Sparta Prague

1 Goals 0
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
14 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Olympiacos vs Sparta Prague is the Europa League League phase, matchday 3 fixture on Thursday 22 October 2026, and we make Olympiacos our pick to win, with Olympiacos win or draw as the second choice.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Olympiacos the result pick mainly because it rates them stronger than Sparta Prague over the long run, well above the Europa League average, and because they play at home. The clearest counter is Sparta's recent attacking play: they are creating more big chances than the league norm, while Olympiacos have been below average in that department. Even so, Olympiacos have conceded very few shots across their last five matches, and Sparta's own numbers show they allow clear chances near their own box. That defensive solidity and the edge in our strength rating make the home win hold. The call is moderately clear.

Form guide

Olympiacos

W 2-0 at Panetolikos (A) Super League 1 · 18 Oct
W 1-0 at Marseille (A) Europa League · 15 Oct
W 1-0 vs Panathinaikos (H) Super League 1 · 11 Oct
W 1-0 at Levadiakos (A) Super League 1 · 20 Sep
W 2-1 vs Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Europa League · 16 Sep

Sparta Prague

D 0-0 at Baník Ostrava (A) 1. Liga · 18 Oct
D 1-1 vs Lillestrøm (H) Europa League · 15 Oct
W 2-0 vs Pardubice (H) 1. Liga · 11 Oct
W 3-0 at Sigma Olomouc (A) 1. Liga · 20 Sep
W 4-1 at Ararat Armenia (A) Europa League · 16 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

OlympiacosSparta Prague

Attack 29 43 1.5 goals per match this season2.5 goals per match this season

Defence 100 23 0.5 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.