Marseille take on the visitors Lazio at the Stade Velodrome in the Round 3 of the UEFA Europa League Group H. The match will be played in the eponymous city Marseille on Thursday, October 25th.
Last season Marseille managed to go through to the finals of the UEFA Europa League. In the Round 1 of the 2018/2019 UEFA Europa League Group H Marseille lost to Eintracht Frankfurt. In the Round 2 of the tournament they were able to get a draw only against Apollon on the away side despite of them winning that game by the 89th minute of it. Now Les Phoceens will have to face arguably the strongest team in the Group H. In their last three matches overall Marseille beat Nice with a 1-0 score, Caen with a 2-0 score and drew against Apollon with a 2-2 score in their UEFA Europa League Group H fixture.
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Lazio have recently lost to Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League Group H as well as Marseille. They have done that in front of their home crowd in their Round 2 fixture. However, I Biancocelesti managed to beat Apollon in the Round 1. It is likely that the Italians will have a mental advantage in their upcoming game against Marseille because they are on the second place in the group two points above the French side right now. Next round they will face Les Phoceens in front of their home crowd and that match will be much more important for them than this one. Anyway, there is no reason for the team of Simone Inzaghi to fail on Thursday, they should give a fight to their opponents without a doubt. In their last three matches Lazio beat Parma with a 2-0 score, Fiorentina with a 1-0 score and lost to Eintracht Frankfurt with a 1-4 score in their UEFA Europa League Group H fixture.
Marseille are likely to take the ball under their control in the first minutes of the upcoming match considering their current position in the Group H. Les Phoceens will put all of their effort into their attacks on Thursday. On the other hand, that playing style allows such players for Lazio as Ciro Immobile, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto to use the free spaces on the field during their counterattacks. Those players have been scoring lots of goals recently and they are likely to score in the upcoming game too. For example, the key striker for I Biancocelesti Ciro Immobile has already scored six goals in nine matches he`s had so far this Serie A TIM season. He also scored against Apollon in the Round 1 of the UEFA Europa League Group H. Furthermore, Lazio were the most productive team in their local league last season. Their playing style is basically leaning on their offensive line. Marseille on the other hand have been conceding lots of goals recently. They even allowed two goals from Apollon in their Round 2 fixture of the Group H. Unfortunately, such players for Les Olympiens as Aymen Abdennour and Florian Thauvin are likely to miss the upcoming fixture. All of those factors will most likely lead to the team of Rudi Garcia conceding several goals in their match against Lazio on Thursday.
Prediction for the match: Lazio to score over 1 goal.
