Marseille vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Marseille take on Athletic Bilbao in Europa League action this Thursday. Read the match predictions to find out why a draw is the betting tip at the Stade Velodrome.
Olympique Marseille v Athletic Bilbao TIPS
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Marseille vs Athletic Bilbao Preview
Marseille saw off Braga of Portugal in the last round with a 3-1 win on aggregate. That tie was all but over after the first leg, with the French side winning 3-0 on home soil. They will be hoping for something very similar this time around. This will be a much tougher test though.
Kostas Mitroglou and Grégory Sertic are both injury doubts for Marseille ahead of this huge contest. They are likely to have a similar lineup as they did for the first leg against Braga. Lucas Ocampos and Jordan Amavi are on the verge of a ban, so they’ll be hoping to avoid a booking.
Athletic Bilbao have to scrap and claw for their place in this competition, as Spartak Moscow very nearly put them out in the last round. It all seemed pretty straightforward after the first leg, as Bilbao claimed a great 1-3 win in Russia. They lost 1-2 at home, but made their way through.
Raul García and Aritz Aduriz are likely to start after coming off the bench at the weekend. Íñigo Martínez is unavailable for this game, while Iker Muniain, Mikel Rico and Mikel Balenziaga are all out. Rico expected to miss out through injury. Xabier Etxeita, García and San José are all one booking away from a one-match ban.
Marseille vs Athletic Bilbao Betting Tips
- Marseille have won 4 drawn 3 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Athletic Bilbao have won 2 drawn 4 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Marseille have scored an average of 2.4 goals and conceded an average of 1.5 goals per game
- 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
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Marseille’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Athletic Bilbao’s previous 10 matches
Marseille vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction
Marseille are not in good form at all. They are winless in four matches, losing three of those. That includes two separate 3-0 defeats against bitter rivals Paris Saint Germain in both the league and the cup, which was a body blow for the players and their fans.
Athletic Bilbao’s form is not too much better at the moment. They have only won one of their last five matches, and they would probably be happy with a score draw in this first leg.
In domestic competition, Marseille struggled to a draw at home to Nantes and sit 3rd in the table. This season has been a really disappointing season for Athletic Bilbao as they sit way down the table in 14th. At the weekend, they lost 2-0 away to Sevilla.
These two sides are really evenly matched and the fact that Athletic Bilbao are unbeaten away from home in Europe this season does suggest that a score draw is likely in this one.
Team Lineups
| Marseille | Ath Bilbao |
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| 4-4-2 | 4-2-3-1 |
| Goalkeeper | |
| Steve Mandanda |
Iago Herrerin |
| Defenders | |
| Adil Rami Rolando Jordan Amavi Hiroki Sakai |
Oscar de Marcos Yeray Alvarez Xabier Etxeita Mikel Balenziaga |
| Midfielders | |
| Luiz Gustavo Dimitri Payet Florian Thauvin Maxime Lopez |
Mikel San Jose Benat Etxebarria Inaki Williams Raul Garcia Markel Susaeta |
| Forwards | |
| Valere Germain Lucas Ocampos |
Aritz Aduriz |
| Substitutes | |
| Andre Anguissa Boubacar Kamara Yusuf Sari Morgan Sanson Clinton Njie Bouna Sarr Yohann Pele |
Inigo Lekue Mikel Vesga Kepa Arrizabalaga Inigo Cordoba Enric Saborit Unai Nunez Ander Iturraspe |
| Coach | |
| Rudi Garcia |
Jose Angel Ziganda |
RECENT Head To Head
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Head to Head Statistics
Last2 matches
| Marseille | Ath Bilbao |
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| Wins | |
| 0 | 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 will be quite familiar with each other, as they faced each other in the Europa League knockout stages back in the 2015/16 season. It was Athletic Bilbao who triumphed and went through in that tie.
The first leg was a 1-0 success for the side from the Basque Country after a goal from Aritz Aduriz. The return leg was a 1-1 draw after goals from Michy Batshuayi and Sabin Merino.
LiveMarseille vAth Bilbao Updates
| Lucas Ocampos | 1' |
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| Dimitri Payet | 14' |
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| Valere Germain | 38' |
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| Dimitri Payet | 45' |
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| Adil Rami | 45' |
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| 45' | penalty Aritz Aduriz | |
| 56' | Mikel San Jose | |
| Lucas Ocampos | 57' |
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| 60' | Markel Susaeta | |
| out Florian Thauvin in Clinton Njie | 62' |
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| 62' | in Inigo Cordoba out Markel Susaeta | |
| 69' | out Mikel Balenziaga in Inigo Lekue | |
| in Andre Anguissa out Valere Germain | 71' |
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| 78' | out Raul Garcia in Mikel Vesga | |
| 82' | Benat Etxebarria | |
| out Maxime Lopez in Bouna Sarr | 86' |
Compare Odds
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| Over 7.5 | 126 | ||||||||
| Under 2.5 | 1.75 | 1.8 | 1.73 | 1.7 | |||||
| Over 2.5 | 2.04 | 1.95 | 2.1 | 2.05 | |||||
| Under 0.5 | 10 | 7.75 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Over 0.5 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.04 | |||||
| Under 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.25 | |||||
| Over 1.5 | 1.28 | 1.3 | 1.36 | 1.33 | |||||
| Under 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.25 | 1.25 | |||||
| Under 7.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| Over 6.5 | 51 | ||||||||
| Under 8.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| Over 4.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 8 | 7.5 | |||||
| Under 4.5 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.07 | |||||
| Under 5.5 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.02 | |||||
| Over 3.5 | 3.39 | 3.25 | 3.75 | 3.75 | |||||
| Under 6.5 | 1.01 | ||||||||
| Over 5.5 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 15 | |||||
| Over 2.25 | 1.83 | ||||||||
| Under 2.25 | 2.02 |
| HT/FT | |
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| Draw - Olympique Marseille | 4.75 | 4.5 | |||||||
| Olympique Marseille - Draw | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| Olympique Marseille - Athletic Bilbao | 41 | 51 | |||||||
| Athletic Bilbao - Draw | 15 | 17 | |||||||
| Olympique Marseille - Olympique Marseille | 3 | 3.2 | |||||||
| Athletic Bilbao - Olympique Marseille | 23 | 29 | |||||||
| Draw - Draw | 5.5 | 4.8 | |||||||
| Draw - Athletic Bilbao | 9 | 8.5 | |||||||
| Athletic Bilbao - Athletic Bilbao | 6.5 | 8 |
| Match Odds | |
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| Olympique Marseille | 1.85 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.91 | |||||
| Draw | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.25 | 3.3 | |||||
| Athletic Bilbao | 4.2 | 4.33 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Both Teams To Score | |
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| Yes | 1.8 | 1.85 | 1.91 | 1.91 | |||||
| No | 1.95 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.91 |
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