Europa League match preview: Olympique Marseille versus AEK Athens

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 26.Oct
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Vélodrome (67394 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Olympique Marseille and AEK Athens are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

AEK Athens could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Asteras Tripolis, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AEK Athens.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.

The followers are hoping that Olympique Marseille will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Nice. Sarr (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Sarr dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that, Olympique Marseille had a Ligue 1 home game versus Le Havre which ended with a victory 3-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olympique Lyonnais are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Olympique in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Olympique Marseille have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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AEK Athens form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

The AEK Athens goalkeeper Cican Stankovic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 187 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away matches in a row for AEK Athens, whose coach Zarif could celebrate last time after the win against Asteras Tripolis. Zuber got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, top player of the team. Zuber scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Panaitolikos in the Super League.

A quick return to home after this game, as Athens are hosting PAOK in the Super League only four days away.

AEK Athens have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleI. Sarr
I. Sarr
3 goals
AEK AthensS. Zuber
S. Zuber
3 goals
Olympique MarseilleV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
2 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Olympique Marseille AEK Athens
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
10 8   Won W   9 15
5 2   Drew D   1 6
10 2   Lost L   2 4
36 23   Scored S   24 50
33 11   Conceded C   11 20
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
76% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 84%
64% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 64%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 28%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 12%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
20% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 40%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
6.1 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6
4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 2.8
1.6 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
14.8 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   15.2 16.3
4.8 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 6
30% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 33%
 
9.4 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 7.4
3 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AEK Athens 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
2 Olympique Marseille 2 0 2 0 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
3 Ajax 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 9 6 2 1 23 12 5 4 0 1 11 4 4 2 2 0 12 8 11 20
2 Nice 9 5 4 0 10 4 5 2 3 0 4 1 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 19
3 PSG 9 5 3 1 20 7 5 3 1 1 12 4 4 2 2 0 8 3 13 18
4 Lille 9 4 3 2 12 10 4 3 0 1 5 2 5 1 3 1 7 8 2 15
5 Brest 9 4 3 2 9 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 2 1 2 4 5 1 15
6 Reims 9 4 2 3 15 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 14
7 Nantes 9 4 2 3 16 15 5 2 2 1 12 9 4 2 0 2 4 6 1 14
8 Olympique Marseille 9 3 3 3 12 12 4 3 1 0 7 1 5 0 2 3 5 11 0 12
9 Rennes 9 2 5 2 15 12 5 2 2 1 13 9 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 11
10 Toulouse 9 2 5 2 11 10 4 1 3 0 7 4 5 1 2 2 4 6 1 11
11 Le Havre 9 2 4 3 10 12 5 2 1 2 6 5 4 0 3 1 4 7 -2 10
12 Lorient 9 2 4 3 15 19 5 2 2 1 9 8 4 0 2 2 6 11 -4 10
13 Strasbourg 9 3 1 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 1 0 3 1 8 -6 10
14 Montpellier 8 2 3 3 12 11 3 0 2 1 3 5 5 2 1 2 9 6 1 9
15 Lens 9 2 3 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 9
16 Metz 9 2 2 5 8 16 4 0 2 2 4 6 5 2 0 3 4 10 -8 8
17 Clermont 8 1 2 5 7 13 4 0 1 3 2 6 4 1 1 2 5 7 -6 5
18 Olympique Lyonnais 9 0 3 6 7 18 5 0 2 3 6 13 4 0 1 3 1 5 -11 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 7 6 1 0 22 2 5 5 0 0 18 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 20 19
2 PAOK 8 5 2 1 15 5 5 4 1 0 10 1 3 1 1 1 5 4 10 17
3 AEK Athens 8 5 2 1 15 8 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 8 5 7 17
4 Panathinaikos 7 5 1 1 21 5 4 2 1 1 11 4 3 3 0 0 10 1 16 16
5 OFI 8 3 4 1 10 9 4 3 1 0 7 3 4 0 3 1 3 6 1 13
6 Lamia 8 3 3 2 9 12 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 0 2 2 3 9 -3 12
7 Aris 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 0 11
8 Panserraikos 7 2 3 2 11 11 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 0 2 2 5 8 0 9
9 Asteras Tripolis 8 2 2 4 10 16 4 1 1 2 6 9 4 1 1 2 4 7 -6 8
10 Kifisia 8 1 4 3 9 16 4 1 3 0 7 6 4 0 1 3 2 10 -7 7
11 Panaitolikos 8 1 3 4 4 14 4 1 2 1 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 8 -10 6
12 PAS Giannina 8 1 2 5 9 14 4 1 0 3 4 7 4 0 2 2 5 7 -5 5
13 Atromitos 8 0 3 5 4 17 2 0 2 0 1 1 6 0 1 5 3 16 -13 3
14 Volos NFC 7 0 2 5 6 16 3 0 1 2 5 7 4 0 1 3 1 9 -10 2

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.