Olympiacos
The Greek side will be without Giannis Maniatis and Andreas Gianniotis for the reception of Arsenal, while top goal scorer Felipe Pardo (3) is a doubt.
Alberto Botía is pushing for more minutes here after featuring against Panthrakikos at the weekend, which was his first game since straining his right hamstring on matchday 4 of the Champions League.
Esteban Cambiasso and Omar Elabdellaoui will incur a ban with their next booking.
Arsenal
Arsenal will be without a number of first-team players here for their decisive Champions League group match. The loss of Santi Cazorla, Francis Coquelin and Alexis Sanchez is particuarly damaging to their chances here.
The Gunners are reportedly training Calum Chambers to play in front of the back four in the absence of Mikel Arteta and Coquelin and he could replace Mathieu Flamini in the starting XI here.
Theo Walcott is pushing for a start after coming in on their 3-1 win over Sunderland at the weekend, but he could be saved when the game is stretched late on.
Joel Campbell and Mesut Özil are both within a booking of a ban.
Match Facts
Olympiacos have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 5 matches against Arsenal in all competitions. Over 2.5 goals 1.67
There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Olympiacos's last 8 games in the Champions League (including qualifiers). Over 2.5 goals 1.67
Olympiacos have won their last 3 home matches against Arsenal in all competitions. Olympiacos win 3.40
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Prediction
The outcome of this match will decide who joins Bayern Munich in the knockout stage of the competition. Arsenal are 3 points behind their Greek opponents and need to better the reverse fixture (a 3-2 defeat) to qualify, otherwise they will drop into the Europa League.
Injuries to several key players will make this game even harder for Arsene Wenger's men, but they are able to score a lot of goals in quick succession which means they should be fancied here.
Olympiacos, on the other hand, have scored 11 goals in their last three games, through nine different scorers. They are also the only team in the Greek Super League still with a 100 per cent record having won all 12 of their domestic matches. There will be a hostile atmosphere, but Arsenal should fancy their chances of overturning the deficit here.
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