Betting tips for Marseille vs Salzburg 26.04.2018

The Marseille Velodrome receives, on Thursday, the first leg of the Europa League semifinals, between Olympique de Marseille and the Austrians of Red Bull Salzburg. Although the two favorites to the conquest of the competition see the faces in the other semifinal, both teams won the right to dream. The French, a team with a tradition in Europe, have been growing in recent years and nothing better than a European final to show that they are on the right track. Meanwhile, the Austrians are the surprise of the competition, but it is not something that has fallen from the sky. The team of the Alps has been doing a very serious job, both at the quarry level, as well as at an internal level and they deserved totally to have reached such an advanced stage of the tournament.

Olympique de Marseille comes from having beaten Lille (5-1), in the league match, which already had a four-goal advantage at halftime, highlighting the double of Thauvin and Mitroglou. This was the third consecutive victory and the fourth match without losing for the men from the south of France, who remain in fourth place in Ligue 1, tied with Lyon (3rd) and one point behind Monaco (2nd). In Europa League, the team comes from being second in the Red Bull Salzburg group, after having eliminated good teams like Braga, Athletic and Leipzig. In the total of all competitions, the Gauls have 31 wins, 14 draws and 10 defeats, with 111 goals scored and 59 received, with Florian Thauvin, with 21 goals, his top scorer. Rudi García will not be able to count on Mandanda, Kamara and Sakai, injured. Amavi, in defense, should replace the Japanese, while, after having rested in the league, Germain should appear in Mitroglou's place, despite the Greek's good match on the weekend.

The Red Bull Salzburg travels to France after having defeated the Altach (3-1), in the weekend, in the Austrian league game, in a duel in which the coach Marco Rode made many rotations. This was also the fourth unbeaten match for the Austrian champions, who remain at the top of their league, already 11 points ahead of Strum Graz. Furthermore, the Salzburg team is also in the Cup final and this Europa League comes as a surprise, having won their group, in which this Marseille was inserted, and having eliminated the theoretically strongest team in all the elimination rounds (Real Sociedad, Dortmund and Lazio). The team has 35 wins, 16 draws and only 3 defeats so far this season, with 123 goals scored and 36 received. The Israeli Muna Dabbur, with 24 goals, is the team's top scorer. Rode has all his squad available for what is probably the most important game in the history of the club and will have to return to his main figures after having made many rotations in the duel over the weekend.



This will be the third time that these teams face each other so far this season in this competition. In the group stage, the Austrians were better, winning at home and tying in France, but that was in a phase in which Marseille was a team of many ups and downs. The Gauls reach this tie much better and are the favorites to be in the final, but the Austrians already opposed the favoritism in the three previous qualifiers. Most likely, taking into account the numbers of both teams and although this is the first leg, will be a bet on a game with many goals.

Marseille vs Salzburg Prediction: X/1 5.50

Marseille vs Salzburg Betting Tip: Over  2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Marseille vs Salzburg Score Recommendations: 2-1 10.00