Marseille will be hosting Benfica at Stade Vélodrome in their Europa League tie on Thursday, and our team has the latest predicted line ups and news on player availability.
Marseille will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 Europa League losing effort in their last game against Benfica. It looks as if Les Olympiens may well kick off with a 4-3-3 formation this time featuring Pau López, Chancel Mbemba, Samuel Gigot, Leonardo Balerdi, Amir Murillo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Jordan Veretout, Amine Harit, Iliman Ndiaye, Faris Moumbagna and P. E. Aubameyang.
Marseille boss Jean-Louis Gasset has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Jean Onana, Pape Gueye and Ulisses Garcia.
How Marseille could look vs Benfica
Benfica go into this match after a 3-0 Primeira Liga win with the downing of Moreirense in their last match. We believe Benfica might elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, starting Anatolii Trubin, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Fredrik Aursnes, João Neves, Florentino Luís, Angel Di Maria, Rafa Silva, David Neres Campos and Casper Tengstedt.
Due to a fully injury-free group ready to go, Benfica manager Roger Schmidt has no fitness worries to report ahead of this clash.
Predicted Benfica team
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