Galatasaray vs Marseille Match Preview

Galatasaray welcomes Marseille for the 5th round of the Europa League group stage.

The team from Turkey is first placed and undefeated in the group, however they have not yet secured the qualification in the knockout stage. To achieve this, Galatasaray needs at least a draw against Marseille.

Marseille with 4 draws in the same number of matches in the group is in 3rd place and a possible 5th draw will most likely upgrade them to the Conference League. So the French team will have to take more riskss if they want to claim one of the first 2 places in this group.

Based on the performance of these teams in the group so far, I expect a close match, it will be very difficult to see many goals. Galatasaray has scored a total of 3 goals and conceded just once in the 4 matches they have played so far, all remaining under 2.5 goals. Marseille, on the other hand, has scored 3 goals and conceded also 3 with just one over 2.5 goals so far, the 2-2 draw with Lazio.

An important role in this game will be the outcome in the other match of the group that will be held simultaneously.

The odds for under 2.5 goals are tempting based on the performance of the two teams in the first 4 matches and are definitely worth our bet. After all, the first leg at Vélodrome ended in a bore draw, with the teams having only 2-1 shots on goal.