In one of the matches of the 5th round of the Europa League group stage, the players of Galatasaray and Marseille will come face to face. Which of the opponents will get the victory in this confrontation? LiveResult.Ru evaluates the opponents' chances of success.
Galatasaray
The Turkish team has 8 points on its account. With this indicator, the Lions lead the standings of their group, 3 points ahead of their nearest competitor. However, this does not mean that the Lions do not need a victory in this confrontation. Success in a face-to-face duel with the Provencals will help to calmly hold the next meeting. Galatasaray has modest goals scored and conceded in the group stage of the tournament. The team has 3 goals scored and 1 missed. In the last round, Galatasaray drew with Lokomotiv - 1:1.
"Marseille"
Marseille have 4 points in their asset, with which they are in the group in 3rd place. Everything is ambiguous for him, since the team can either be relegated from European competitions, or end up in the Conference League, as well as in the LE playoffs. The Olympians have never won in the group stage, and have 4 draws in 4 matches. The last meeting of the team in LE ended in parity with Lazio with a score of 2:2. The other day Marseille did not play their match in the French Championship with Lyon due to the unfavorable behavior of fans in the stands.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Disqualifications:
- Payet (busting yellow cards), Rongier (busting yellow cards) – all "Marseille".
- Injuries:
- Bui (muscle injury), Turan (ankle) - all "Galatarasaray". Under (back) - "Marseille".
- Under question:
- Eladbellawi (injury) - Galatasaray.
Statistics and figures:
- The guests are the favorites of the meeting;
- Galatasaray lost once in 5 matches;
- Marseille drew in 4 of the 5 previous matches;
- The last and only face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 0:0.
Forecast
An extremely boring duel awaits us. It is unlikely that the opponents will be able to break the total of 2.5 goals, given the fact that they act in recent meetings. Marseille will dry up the game, and this will affect the performance.
