Marseille take on the visitors Sporting in the round 3 match of UEFA Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, October 4th at Stade Velodrome (Marseille).
Marseille continues to fail in the Champions League. "Olympique" periodically "shoots" in the domestic arena. So it was with Villas-Boas, and, last season, with Jorge Sampaoli, which completely raised the wards to 2nd place - and left with a scandal in the summer, having quarreled with employers about the transfer campaign. He was replaced by Igor Tudor, and in general he is doing well in the domestic arena. But at the same time, as it was before in the Champions League, the French cannot prove themselves. In the 1st round, for a long time they held on with dignity with ten men, but in the end they lost to Tottenham because of Richarlison's double. And on September 13, they managed to lose at home to Eintracht due to Lindström's only goal.
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Sporting Lisbon saves the season in the Champions League’s results. The Lions are the traditional giants of Portuguese football. But now the start of the season is definitely not included in the assets of the wards of Ruben Amorim. They, perhaps, have already released their usual competitors into such a gap that it is no longer possible to catch up with them in Primeira. But it turns out worthy in the Champions League. By the way, there and a year ago, Sporting managed to overtake Borussia Dortmund and reach the playoffs. Now they also managed to defeat the Germans, albeit less status ones: 3-0 with Eintracht in Frankfurt am Main. And then they managed to survive in the end of the fight and the nominal favorite of the quartet, Tottenham, scoring twice with an interval of just a minute. If they manage to achieve a similar result now, in France, then they can guarantee a place in the playoffs, or even a leading position in this group.
Both Marseille and Sporting (Lisbon) can rightfully be considered historical football giants in their homeland, and regulars in European cups. It is even strange that this couple has never held official match between themselves, limiting themselves to a couple of friendlies of 2017-2018. Then Olympic won 2-1 at home and limited to 1-1 on the road. Marseille are viewed at home as the couple's favorite. But Sporting is clearly stronger, so you can bet that the visitors will not lose.
Prediction for the match: Sporting Lisbon to win with +0.5 handicap (X2).
