📏 Form Guide

Marseille

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Marseille will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-1 Europa League defeat last time out to Benfica.

In that game, Marseille managed 43% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Marseille was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (67'). Benfica had 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Rafa Silva (16') and Ángel Di María (52') scored for Benfica.

It’s not been often in recent times that Marseille have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Marseille have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals on the way.

Benfica

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Benfica go into this match after a 3-0 Primeira Liga win to defeat Moreirense in their previous game.

In that match, Benfica managed 50% possession and 19 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Benfica, the scorers were Orkun Kökçü (18'), Tomás Araújo (45') and Benjamin Rollheiser (78'). Moreirense got 8 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

In their previous 6 clashes, Benfica have amassed a total of 9 goals. Benfica have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have had 4 goals scored by their opponents. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

📋 Team News: Marseille

Jonathan Clauss (Torn muscle bundle), Jean Onana (Muscle injury), Valentin Rongier (Broken kneecap), Bilal Nadir (Cruciate ligament tear), Quentin Merlin (Ankle sprain) and Bamo Meïté (Ankle sprain) will not be taking part for Marseille boss Jean-Louis Gasset. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Jean Onana, Pape Gueye and Ulisses Garcia.

It seems likely that Les Olympiens may well kick off with a 4-5-1 formation in the match with Pau Lopez, Chancel Mbemba, Leonardo Balerdi, Samuel Gigot, Emran Soglo, Iliman Ndiaye, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Amine Harit, Azzedine Ounahi, Jordan Veretout and P. Aubameyang.

📰 Team News: Benfica

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Benfica boss Roger Schmidt has zero fitness worries to report before this match.

From our viewpoint, Benfica seem likely to elect for a 4-2-1-3 lineup, giving starts to Anatolii Trubin, Alexander Bah, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino Luis, Joao Neves, Rafa Silva, Angel Di Maria, Casper Tengstedt and David Neres.

🧠 Prediction

Here is a game where Benfica may find it difficult to score goals against this Marseille outfit who we think should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for Marseille at the conclusion of the game.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 18/04/2024