Marseille will face Lazio in the Europa League matchday 4 at the Orange Velodrome on Thursday. The kick-off is at 22:00 CEST.

Preview

No one arguably expected it but Marseille and Lazio registered a goalless stalemate in the reverse fixture in Rome two weeks ago to find themselves in third and second in the Group E table respectively ahead of Thursday's return encounter. Group leaders Galatasaray have already taken seven points, so the forthcoming opponents will be looking tor all three points in this one to keep up with the Turkish giants who will be facing rock-bottom Lokomotiv Moscow on the same day.

While Jorge Sampaoli's men have gone unbeaten in three Ligue 1 fixtures since their trip to the Italian capital, including back-to-back draws with Paris Saint-Germain and Nice and a 1-0 victory at Clermont over the weekend, Maurizio Sarri's men haven't been that much successful in the Serie A since then. First, the Biancocelesti lost 4-1 to Verona before beating Fiorentina 1-0 and eventually sharing points with Atalanta (2-2) on Saturday.

Team news

Sarri will have to cope with the absence of Mattia Zaccagni in France while Sampaoli have no confirmed injury absentees ahead of the encounter.

Prediction

Given the outcome of the sides' previous head-to-head meeting, you arguably shouldn't expect a goal fest taking place at the Velodrome as well. As for a potential winner in this one, apparently OM and Lazio could settle down for another draw on Thursday but we'd still name Marseille as the slight favourites given their current five-game unbeaten streak across all competitions.

Tip

Marseille not to lose and total under 3.5 at 1.94 with 1XBET.