Marseille vs Brighton Prediction, Tips & Odds – Oct. 05, 2023

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October 4, 2023

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Marseille vs Brighton Prediction 05.10.2023. In the second round of the Europa League group stage, Marseille welcomes Brighton. The match is scheduled for Thursday at 18:45 at the Velodrome stadium.

In the first round, the home team drew with Ajax, while the visitors lost to AEK.

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Marseille vs Brighton Odds

Marseille Team News

In the last championship match, Marseille lost 3:2 away from Monaco. They had an advantage on two occasions, but the home team managed to get back into the match with results both times and in the end achieved a complete turnaround. Iliman Ndiaye and Samuel Gigot scored the goals for the visiting team, and the former also entered the list of assists, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang recorded another one.

In the first round of the group stage of the European League, they played away to Ajax 3:3. The home team had a doubled advantage until the 20th minute, but Marseille equalized by the end of the half through Jonathan Clauss and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. At the beginning of the second part of the match, the home team took a new lead, and in the 78th minute, Aubameyang set the final score with another goal.

In Ligue 1, they currently occupy only the 12th position in the table with only nine points won, only three more than Lorient, who are in the place leading to the playoffs for survival in the league. In the last five matches in all competitions, they have not recorded a single victory, with three draws and two defeats.

Geoffrey Kondogbia, the Marseille midfielder, remains sidelined with a groin injury. Still, former Sheffield United striker Iliman Ndiaye and ex-Watford winger Ismaila Sarr have both recovered from injuries and played in last weekend’s defeat to Monaco. They are in contention to play again on Thursday.

Coach Genarro Gattuso plans to stick with a 4-3-3 formation, with full-backs Jonathan Claus and Michael Murillo operating either side of center-backs Samuel Gigot and Chancel Mbemba, while Amine Harit will hope to replace Azzedine Ounahi in the center of midfield. Aubameyang, who scored three goals against Brighton while playing for Arsenal, is expected to continue as a central striker, with Ndiaye and Joaquin Correa joining the Gabon international in attack.

Running towards #OMBHA under mister Gattuso's watchful eye 👁️👁️ pic.twitter.com/Lg31rGgEC5
— Olympique de Marseille 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@OM_English) October 3, 2023

Brighton Team News

In the previous round of the English Premier League, Brighton lost to Aston Villa away from home with as much as 6:1. In the first half, the home team already had a three-goal advantage, one of which was an own goal by Pervis Estupinan, and the only goal for the visiting team was scored by Ansu Fati, assisted by Joao Pedro in the 50th minute. By the end of the match, the home team scored three more goals and won this match.

In the first round of the Europa League, they lost to AEK away from home with 2:3, they scored both goals with kicks from the penalty spot through Joao Pedro, and each time they equalized with those goals.

As for the players who will miss the next game, Julio Enciso and Jakub Moder remain long-term absentees, while Pascal Gross, James Milner, and Adam Lallana are all questionable and will be assessed before kick-off.

After a poor defensive performance against Aston Villa, stopper duo Igor Julio and Jan Paul van Hecke will battle for a place in the starting line-up ahead of Adam Webster, while Tariq Lamptey could replace Joel Veltman at right-back. Joao Pedro and Ansu Fati, who scored his first goal for Brighton last weekend, impressed coming off the bench against Villa, so the attacking duo could be recalled to the starting line-up in place of Danny Welbeck and Evan Ferguson, while teenager Jack Hinshelwood could lose his place in midfield, where either Carlos Baleba or Mahmoud Dahoud could replace him.

The #UEL balls are back out. 👀⚽️ pic.twitter.com/TlwWiD698h
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) October 3, 2023

Marseille vs Brighton H2H

Interestingly, these two teams have never played a competitive duel in history.

Injuries and suspensions

Marseille: Geoffrey Kondogbia, Iliman Ndiaye, Ismaila Sarr

Brighton: Julio Enciso, Jakub Moder, Pascal Gross, James Milner, Adam Lallana

Expected Lineups

Marseille (4-3-3): Lopez; Clauss, Mbemba, Gigot, Murillo; Ounahi, Rongier, Veretout; Ndiaye, Aubameyang, Correa

Brighton (4-2-3-1): Steele; Lamptey, Igor, Dunk, Estupinan; Gilmour, Dahoud; March, Fati, Mitoma; Pedro