Europa League betting and spectator preview: Olympique Marseille and Galatasaray meet at Orange Vélodrome to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Galatasaray have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Olympique Marseille so far this season.
Olympique's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Lens. Dimitri Payet, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the side in that match, earning a rating of 8.65 (out of 10). Payet scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
0-0 away at Angers SCO before that.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Olympique's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.
There will be little rest for Olympique after this match as they are travelling to Lille for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
The Olympique manager J. Sampaoli Moya has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Galatasaray form and stats
Galatasaray's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super Lig. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Galatasaray had fun at their own home (Orange Vélodrome) last time out, beating Goztepe 2-1. Olimpiu Moruțan and Halil Dervişoğlu scored. Midfield player Olimpiu Moruțan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Moruțan scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
A 0-3 defeat away at Kayserispor before that.Galatasaray have another match away from home in just three nights, a Super Lig game versus Rizespor. A back-breaking fixture list for the guests!
The travelling fans enjoy Galatasaray's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Galatasaray have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Payet 5 goals |  C. Dieng 3 goals |  C. Ünder 3 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 31 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Lazio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Nice | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | Angers SCO | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Lorient | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Monaco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Lille | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Nantes | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Reims | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Rennes | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Clermont | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Troyes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Metz | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Brest | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 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 | Fenerbahce | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Altay | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Besiktas | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Hatayspor | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 6 | Konyaspor | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Alanyaspor | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Kayserispor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Galatasaray | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | Adana Demirspor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Kasimpasa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Giresunspor | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 1 |