On Thursday, October 5, at 19:45 at the Stade Velodrome stadium, a match of the 2nd stage of Group B of the Europa League “Marseille” – “Brighton” is scheduled to be played live on the Pro Arena.

Marseille, one of the teams with tradition and trophies in the European Cups, and Brighton, newcomers to the continental competition, meet in the most attractive match of the day in the Europa League in a group that also includes Ajax Amsterdam and AEK Athens.

Marseille, who finished 3rd in the last draw of the French championship, began their European journey in the play-offs of the Champions League, where they were unexpectedly knocked out by Panathinaikos 0-1 away and 2-1, 3-5 penalty. , at home, and in the first stage of the group played a draw 3:3 on the field of Amsterdam “Ajax”.

In Ligue 1, the team currently coached by the Italian Gennaro Gattuso (he replaced the Spaniard Marcelino last week) is in 12th place after seven stages with only nine points, and in the last stage of the championship conceded to Monaco, ob. 2-3 (fourth match in a row without victories, the last two – defeats).

This summer, “Marseille” brought, in particular, Iliman Ndiaye from “Sheffield United” (€17.5 million), Ismaila Sarr from “Watford” (€13 million), Renan Lodi from “Atletico” (€13 million), Ruslan Malinovsky from “Atalanta” (10 million euros). and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from “Chelsea” (free from contract), and the most important was the transfer of Cengiz Ander to “Fenerbahçe” (15 million euros).

Brighton, making their European debut after finishing 6th in the English Premier League last season, lost 2-3 at home to AEK Athens in the first round.

The team, coached by Italian Roberto De Zerbi, is in 6th place after seven rounds of the Premier League with 15 points (five wins and two losses), but is in 6th place after two official defeats, both away games. with “Chelsea” 0:1. League Cup third round and 1-6 with Aston Villa in the Championship.

Brighton have sold key players such as Robert Sanchez (Chelsea, €23m), Alexis McAllister (Liverpool, €42m) and Moises Caicedo (Chelsea, €116m) this summer, as well as bringing in Joao Pedro (Wolverhampton, €34 million), Barta Verbruggen (Anderlecht, €20 million), Igor (Fiorentina, €17 million) and Ansu Fati (Barcelona, ​​free loan).

Probable teams

Marseille: Pau Lopez – Klaus, Mbemba, Gigo, Murillo – Unahi, Rongier, Vereto – Ndiaye, Aubameyang, Correa.

Brighton – Steele – Lampty, Igor, Dunk, Estupinan – Gilmore, Dahoud – March, Fati, Mitoma – Joao Pedro.

Superbet offers odds of 1.60 on the 1X prediction: a home win or a draw in the match between Marseille and Brighton.

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