Olympiacos vs. Bayer: The Greeks are the favorites in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 32.

On February 18 at 22:00 at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 32 will take place, in which Olympiacos will host Bayer 04 Leverkusen .

Analysts consider the Greek club the favorite in this clash, given its solid home record in European competitions. Olympiacos has won six of its last seven home matches in Europe (losing one), and defeated Bayer Leverkusen in two of their previous three head-to-head encounters.

However, the hosts’ current form isn’t ideal: they’ve only won one of their last four matches. In the previous round, the team played a goalless draw away at Levadiakos .

Bayer Leverkusen are approaching the game in high spirits. Leverkusen crushed St. Pauli 4-0 on Saturday to move up to sixth place in the Bundesliga, just three points behind the top four and with a game in hand. The team extended its unbeaten run to six matches in all competitions (five wins and one draw) after a poor start to 2026, with three straight defeats.

The opponents have met three times in the Champions League: Olympiacos won twice, Bayer won once.

Bookmakers favor the home team. The odds for the match are as follows:
Olympiacos win – 2.50
draw – 3.38
Bayer to win – 3.00