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  • Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg Predictions: Marseille Must Avoid Defeat

Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg Predictions: Marseille Must Avoid Defeat

15:05 Thursday 7 December 2017
Simon Winter
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  • Marseille need to avoid defeat to qualify from Group I (draw @ ) — 13/5 10Bet
  • Salzburg beat Marseille 1-0 earlier in the competition (under 2.5 goals @) — 21/20 William Hill

Match Preview

It promises to be a nervy evening in France in the contest featured in our Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg preview today. Olympique de Marseille still need to avoid defat against FC Red Bull Salzburg at the Velédrome on December 7th if they are to make it through to the latter stages of the UEFA Europa League.

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Les Phocéens have had a topsy-turvy time of it in their Group matches prior to this week’s free Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg betting tips. They started their campaign positively with a 1-0 win over Turkish side Konyaspor, before losing by the same score in Austria against RB Salzburg. A 2-1 home win over Vitoria Guimaraes, was cancelled out by their 0-1 loss in the return game in Portugal. In their most recent contest they were held 1-1 by Konyaspor in the second meeting between the teams.

The Austrians have been efficient and defensively excellent throughout their European adventure this term. Marco Rose’s side who have been incredibly dominant on the domestic scene have yet to lose a match in European competition this season. Even more remarkable has been their defensive record – they have only conceded once in their five matches in Group I. Die Roten Bullen have only netted seven times at the other end however.

Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg Prediction and Betting Advice

Rudi Garcia will be feeling the pressure as we approach this week’s Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg bets. If his Marseille team lose at home to their impressive visitors, they could conceivably crash out of the Europa League at the group stages, an eventuality that is bound to crank up the pressure on the former Roma boss.

Tensions should be high at the Veledrome and the fervent atmosphere is likely to suit the visiting team more who will be playing with little to no pressure having already secured their place in the in the knock out stages. Les Phocéens couldn’t beat RB when they played them in Austria, though in reality, the game could really have gone either way.

With nerves a factor, I expect Rudi Garcia to play in a more cautious manner than usual. A point would be enough to see OM through and that’s what I envisage them securing on December 7th in the south of France. The Austrians are unbeaten in ten matches in this competition and they should be able to maintain that record. 10Bet have some of the most lucrative Europa League football odds for today. We recommend using their services when backing our first pick.

Heavily influencing the second part of our Olympique de Marseille vs FC Red Bull Salzburg predictions today are the respective goal statistics the teams have racked up in Group I so far. There have only been eight goals in total in the home team’s five fixtures, a figure matched exactly by their opponents this week.

If we combine those fixtures, we can see that games involving our examined clubs average only 1.25 goals per game. That’s an astoundingly low number for any team and a piece of data worth using when taking advantage of the tremendous goal market odds at 10Bet.

Furthermore, four of the hosts five Group I clashes have all ended with under 2.5 goals scored. Once again their December 7th adversary mirror those statistics with their own – there has been under 2.5 goals in four of their five Group battles too. Of course, the teams’ earlier meeting in the competition also had a sizeable impact on our free European football betting tips. That 1-0 result in Austria ended comfortably under our targeted figure.