Athletic Bilbao vs Marseille Today’s Soccer Prediction
Olympique de Marseille has an appointment with the quarter-finals! In the first leg brilliantly won 3 goals to 1, the Phoenicians will nonetheless deplore this goal scored by the Basques on a very generous penalty awarded by the referee of the match and his assistant. It will therefore be necessary to prove valiant in the lair of San Mamès for the men of Rudi Garcia, because a reversal of situation is always possible and the specter of a success 2-0 which would eliminate the OM plains always above this return match. To avoid this scenario disaster and reproduce the elimination suffered in 2016 against these same Basques (0-1 at home, 1-1 in Bilbao), it will be necessary to mark the side of Marseille. And that’s good, their offensive armada is doing more than good since the beginning of the season!
Even when Florian Thauvin and Dimitri Payet miss the call, OM scores and wins, attests to this success achieved in Toulouse this Sunday (2-1).
Kostas Mitroglou gets back in shape at the best time for OM! Scorer in Toulouse precisely, and much sharper than at the beginning of the season, the Greek striker was able to benefit from further preparation to return to the best possible physical condition of his injury! He will be an asset during this return match in Bilbao.
Both teams have scored in four of Bilbao’s last six home games: 1-2 against Spartak Moscow, 1-1 against Eibar and Valencia, 2-1 against Malaga, Liga’s red lantern.
Apart from Paris and Lyon, OM have always scored in Ligue 1 this season, proof of the good offensive form of the team.
OM have played 25 trips in all competitions this season, and conceded at least 1 goal in 16 of them.
Soccer Prediction of the Day Athletic Bilbao vs Marseille
Apart from Ostende in the preliminary round, OM have always conceded at least 1 away goal this season in the Europa League. But never more than one! A good omen for the Marseillais if they manage to score in Bilbao, and everything seems to indicate that they will succeed!
Prediction Today: Both teams to score
Odds: 1.58
