Athletic Bilbao vs Marseille Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Athletic Bilbao take on Marseille in Europa League action this Thursday. Read the match predictions to find out why an Athletic Bilbao win is the betting tip at the San Mames Stadium.
Athletic Bilbao v Olympique Marseille TIPS
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Athletic Bilbao vs Marseille Preview
Athletic Bilbao fought back from a first leg deficit in the last round against Spartak Moscow and they will have to do so again here if they want to make it through to the Europa League quarter final. The 3-1 loss in France has given them a major uphill task, making their opponents favourites to progress.
Aritz Aduriz overcame illness to score in the first leg and will be fine to play here. Raul Garcia and Mikel San Jose are suspended for Bilbao after receiving yellow cards last week. January signing Íñigo Martínez is ineligible for this competition, while Iker Muniain and Mikel Rico are injury doubts for José Ángel Ziganda’s side.
Marseille will feel as if they have put themselves into an excellent position to progress with a convincing win in front of their own fans last week. As long as they defend well, they should see themselves through, though if Bilbao get an early goal it could be nervy.
Kostas Mitroglou and Grégory Sertic are injury worries for Marseille ahead of the trip to Spain. They are likely to stick with a similar 11 that took to the field last week. Lucas Ocampos and Jordan Amavi both avoided a yellow card in the first leg and are thus free to play.
Athletic Bilbao vs Marseille Betting Tips
- Athletic Bilbao have won 3 drawn 2 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Marseille have won 5 drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Athletic Bilbao have scored an average of 1 goal and conceded an average of 1.4 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Marseille have scored an average of 2.1 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Athletic Bilbao’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Marseille’s previous 10 matches
Athletic Bilbao vs Marseille Prediction
Athletic Bilbao bounced back from the defeat in the first leg to record a steady 2-0 victory at home to Leganes in La Liga action on Sunday after two goals from Raul Garcia. That result left them 12th in La Liga, so progression in Europe is crucial for their season.
Marseille on the other hand are doing well in Ligue 1, currently sitting in 3rd place. They can’t compete with the money Paris Saint Germain have but 2nd place is still up for grabs in the last few months of the season. They beat Toulouse 2-1 on Sunday.
Marseille are in a great position but this tie is far from done. Athletic Bilbao will have their home support fully behind them for this one and they will believe they can turn this 3-1 deficit around and stay in the Europa League.
The tip is for Athletic Bilbao to win on the night but only by a single goal, meaning that Marseille would progress on aggregate.
Team Lineups
| Ath Bilbao | Marseille |
|---|---|
| 4-2-3-1 | 4-2-3-1 |
| Goalkeeper | |
| Iago Herrerin |
Steve Mandanda |
| Defenders | |
| Xabier Etxeita Inigo Lekue Oscar de Marcos Yeray Alvarez |
Hiroki Sakai Adil Rami Rolando Jordan Amavi |
| Midfielders | |
| Mikel Rico Inigo Cordoba Ander Iturraspe Benat Etxebarria Inaki Williams |
Luiz Gustavo Dimitri Payet Lucas Ocampos Maxime Lopez Florian Thauvin |
| Forwards | |
| Aritz Aduriz |
Konstantinos Mitroglou |
| Substitutes | |
| Enric Saborit Peru Nolaskoain Markel Susaeta Sabin Merino Mikel Vesga Kepa Arrizabalaga Unai Nunez |
Bouna Sarr Yohann Pele Valere Germain Morgan Sanson Andre Anguissa Aymen Abdennour Clinton Njie |
| Coach | |
| Jose Angel Ziganda |
Rudi Garcia |
RECENT Head To Head
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Last3 matches
| Ath Bilbao | Marseille |
|---|---|
| Wins | |
| 1 | 1 |
| Corners | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Shots | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Shots on Target | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Red Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
These two sides met in the Europa League knockout stages back in the 2015/16 season. Athletic Bilbao made it through after the two-legged tie, which could give them a mental advantage ahead of this second leg.
The first leg of this year’s contest was an impressive 3-1 win for Marseille, after two goals from Lucas Ocampos and one from Dimitri Payet. Aritz Aduriz scored a penalty for Bilbao.
LiveAth Bilbao vMarseille Updates
| Aritz Aduriz | 15' |
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| in Markel Susaeta out Mikel Rico | 23' |
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| 38' | penalty Dimitri Payet | |
| in Unai Nunez out Yeray Alvarez | 44' |
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| 48' | Adil Rami | |
| 52' | Lucas Ocampos | |
| 56' | out Luiz Gustavo in Andre Anguissa | |
| Inaki Williams | 61' |
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| 67' | in Bouna Sarr out Florian Thauvin | |
| Inaki Williams | 74' |
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| Aritz Aduriz | 76' |
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| Aritz Aduriz | 76' |
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| 78' | in Morgan Sanson out Maxime Lopez | |
| out Benat Etxebarria in Mikel Vesga | 79' |
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