AEK Athens FC vs Marseille Prediction & Tips
AEK and Marseille clash in a Europa League match (Group Stage). Special attention needs to be paid to the home/away condition, as both teams have significantly different results in their home and away games.
The home team is currently in 3rd place with 4 points after 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. In their penultimate match, they drew 1-1 at home to Ajax. In their last match, they lost 3-1 away to Olympique Marseille. This is a team that curiously has more positive results away than at home, as in the last 30 matches it has recorded 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats as a visitor, with 29 goals scored and 16 conceded, compared to 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats at home, with 31 goals scored and 10 conceded. The team comes into this game on the back of a 1-1 draw away to Kifisia. AEK have won 4, drawn 4 and lost 2 of their last 10 home games in all competitions. The team has allowed goals to their opponents in 7 of the last 10 games, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack has scored regularly, having managed to score in 9 of the last 10 games. In 15 games, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only managed 2 comebacks. There have been 1 outstanding periods in their last 20 home matches in all competitions: they have scored 18 of their 40 goals between the hour mark (76′-90′).
AEK Athens come into this game on the back of a 1-1 draw away to Kifisia in the Greek league. Last time out in the Europa League, they lost 3-1 to Marseille. The home side usually play in a 4-4-2 formation, where the two men responsible for causing chaos in the opposition penalty area are usually Orbelin Pineda and Steven Zuber. The man responsible for defining and qualifying his team’s attacks is midfielder Petros Mantalos. Cican Stankovic is suspended for the game, as are Ehsan Hajsafi, Sergio Araujo and Paolo Fernandes, who all have fitness problems.
The away team are currently in 1st place with 5 points after 1 win and 2 draws. In their penultimate match, they drew 2-2 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. In their last match, they won 3-1 at home to AEK Athens. This is a stronger team when they play in their own stadium, as in the last 30 games they have recorded 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats as visitors; compared to 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats in their own stadium. In their last Ligue 1 match, they drew 0-0 at home to LOSC Lille. Their last away game was in Ligue 1 and ended in a 1-0 defeat against Nice. In their last 10 away games, Marseille have won 1, drawn 3 and lost 6. They have allowed goals to their opponents in 7 of their last 10 games, so there are defensive processes that need to be improved. In 15 games, they’ve only managed 1 comeback in the 5 games in which they conceded the first goal.
Olympique Marseille go into this game on the back of a 0-0 draw against Lille in Ligue 1. In the last round of the Europa League, the visitors beat AEK Athens 3-1. The away side usually play in a 4-3-3 formation, favoring a faster style of play with constant transitions. In this design, the three men who will play a more attacking role are Amine Harit, Iliman Ndiaye and Vitinha. It should be noted that the man responsible for defining and leading the game of
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