Olympiacos take a single-goal advantage into their second league of UEFA Europa League qualifying against Genk. With a 1-0 lead from the first leg, the Greek team will now try to secure continental competition for 2023–24 in the rematch.
Preview (Genk vs Olympiacos)
Genk has had a rough few months. They lose the Belgian first-division title in the last seconds of 2022–23. They crashed out of the Champions League in the second qualifying round earlier this month. Genk has six points from their three league games so far this season. The priority is to make sure they have some European football to look forward to for the year. The Europa Conference League playoffs will be awarded to the losing team. Genk will make every effort to stay in this competition.
Olympiacos prevailed thanks to a goal by Kostas Fortounis in the first minute of the first leg. Both clubs will likely be somewhat pleased with the result. It should be noted that Genk has lost its last four competitive games played at the Cegeka Arena. Wouter Vrancken is under pressure to do a turnaround on Thursday night. A match against FK Cukaricki of Serbia as the reward. Olympiacos might have opted to capitalize on their victory from the previous week with a match on the weekend.
However, Diego Martinez will also believe that his team’s advantage can come from being rested. As opposed to Genk, who had to struggle to a 1-0 victory at Cercle Brugge. Even though he will have one eye on the top-flight opener with Panserraikos at the weekend.
Team News
Matias Galarza and Mike Tresor of Genk will miss the match against Cercle Brugge. They are major underdogs in this match. Aziz Ouattara and Christopher Bonsu Baah may wind up being the two introductions to the team because Joris Kayembe overcame a problem from the same game to start at left-back at the weekend.
Martinez has little incentive to make changes to his Olympiacos XI because they have had time to recover from their performance last week, barring any selection concerns. Jackson Porozo will feature frequently this season. It appears doubtful that the Ecuadorian international will be paying for this game. The weekend saw Genk return to winning ways, but it is unclear whether their busy schedule will help them or hurt them when playing opponents who have played less competitive fixtures.
Genk 1 – 1 Olympiacos
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