Ace Football team offers the Europa League round 4 match preview for AEK Athens and Marseille who meet up on Thursday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.
AEK Athens face Marseille at OPAP Arena in one of the last matches of Group B, as only three rounds remain in this current group campaign.
AEK Athens are placed second in the Group B table with four points after three matches, while Marseille rank top with five points.
Team form: AEK Athens vs Marseille
AEK Athens Form
In their last three matches, AEK Athens lost 3-1 against Marseille, won 2-0 against PAOK, before drawing 1-1 against Kifisia FC. AEK Athens only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at OPAP Arena in the Europa League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded 14 goals.
Marseille Form
Marseille have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Nice, they came out empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 3-1 win against AEK Athens. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 0-0 draw against Lille. Marseille didn’t manage a single away win in their last six Europa League matches, but managed three draws, while suffering three defeats. They conceded 14 and scored seven goals themselves.
Betting facts for AEK Athens and Marseille
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between AEK Athens and Marseille. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- AEK Athens have not lost 27 of the last 29 home matches
- AEK Athens have scored in 27 of the last 29 home matches
- AEK Athens have scored in 18 of the last 20 matches
- In 6 of the last 7 home matches AEK Athens played, both teams scored
- AEK Athens have conceded in 14 of the last 16 matches
- Marseille have not won the last 10 away matches in a row
- Marseille have conceded in the last 11 away matches in a row
- In 6 of the last 7 Marseille matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Marseille matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- Marseille have lost the last 3 away matches in a row
Interesting players: AEK Athens vs Marseille
As the new Europa League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for AEK Athens and Marseille this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Popular betting markets: AEK Athens vs Marseille
Full-time result
Of their 10 most recent games at OPAP Arena, AEK Athens won five times, drew four, and lost one. Marseille won zero of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing three and losing seven. AEK Athens didn’t lose any of their previous five matches at OPAP Arena.
Both teams to score
Of the previous 10 outings, Marseille scored the opening goal five times, whereas AEK Athens were first on target in six of their last 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches for AEK Athens, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Marseille, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves.
Betting tip: AEK Athens vs Marseille
To sum up, the upcoming match between AEK Athens and Marseille seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this Europa League game.
AEK Athens vs Marseille: Who wins the game?
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