Marseille – RB Leipzig Prediction & Picks (12.04.2018)

Olympique Marseille and RB Leipzig meet at Stade Vélodrome, in a return match of this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals), after in the first leg the RB Leipzig won at home by (1-0) .

Olympique Marseille:

The home team comes to this second leg with a disadvantage of 1 goal, in addition to the disadvantage of not having scored goals as a visitor in the first leg. In the last match they played, for the League 1, they tied with Montpellier at home by (0-0). In the last 7 home matches for the UEFA Europa League Olympique Marseille has a record of 6 wins and 1 draw.

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 7 games ago. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 7 matches they suffered the first goal.

For playing in their stadium, in front of their fans, the Olympique de Marseille team needs to beat this game by two goals or more to move forward in the competition, so, you will have to go with everything on your opponent from minutes initial, but without neglecting defensively, not to suffer goals, because if that happens, things can be even more complicated. The local coach must present a starting eleven with a more offensive position, because he needs to recover from the disadvantage in the tie.

RB Leipzig:

The away team comes to this second leg with an advantage of 1 goal, but suffered 0 goals at home in the first leg. In their last match, for the Bundesliga, they got a home loss against Bayer Leverkusen by (1-4). In the last 10 away matches RB Leipzig has won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 4 of the last 5 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 22 of the last 25 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals.

Having won in the first game in their stadium, the Leipzig team only needs to draw in this second leg, so they know that they must be very pressured by their rival, who needs a positive result in this game. For the aforementioned facts, your opponent must grant some space for the visiting team to counterattack and try to reach the goal in this way. The coach of the visiting team must not have important absences for this game, so it must be presented in maximum strength.