Lazio will face Marseille in the Europa League matchday 3 at the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday. The kick-off is at 18:45 CEST.

Preview

Despite being considered as the hot favourites to finish at the top of Group E, both Lazio and Marseille sit in second and third in the table with three and two points respectively while it's Galatasaray who are leading the standings with four points. While Maurizio Sarri's men suffered a 1-0 loss to the Turkish side before bouncing back against Lokomotiv Moscow (2-0), Jorge Sampaoli's crop have drawn Loko 1-1 prior to sharing points with Gala (0-0) in the following game last month.

The Biancocelesti and OM will certainly be in high spirits when they lock horns in Rome as they celebrated wins over Inter Milan (3-1) and Lorient (4-1) in their respective domestic leagues, where they are now fifth and third, over the weekend.

Team news

Bobby Adekanye won't help the hosts in this one due to a knee injury while Marseille's Amine Harit has been ruled out with a groin problem.

Prediction

As both sides have endured rather poor starts to their European campaigns in the 2021/22 season, Lazio and Marseille are more than likely to produce a quite entertaining clash this time around with each team aiming to catch up with Group E leaders Galatasaray. On the other hand, the Biancocelesti are on a 16-game unbeaten run at home across all competitions, including 12 wins and four draws, right now so we can't really envisage OM to stop the hosts from extending it to 17 matches on Thursday, especially after what Sarri's crop did to current Serie A champions Inter on Saturday.

Tip

Lazio to win or draw and both teams to score at 2.12 with 1XBET.