Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Frankfurt
Match Time & Date:
26/10/2022
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Marseille
Deutsche Bank Park will host Wednesday’s Champions League game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Olympique Marseille, the two teams who are vying for a spot in the last 16. Die Adler failed to spoils Tottenham’s party in London, but they are surely capable of matching OM in front of home fans. Defender Tuta serves a one-game ban against Marseille, while both Makoto Hasebe and Ansgar Knauff remain on the sidelines with injuries.
The Ligue 1 outfit, on the other hand, proved their worth in back-to-back wins over Sporting CP, but beating Eintracht in Frankfurt am Main is easier said than done. A close encounter is on the cards, and we believe that punters from all around the globe can find value in betting on draw. Defender Eric Bailly has yet to recover from a thigh injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away side.
Highlighted Player (Mario Gotze):
Mario Gotze is a German midfielder, who played for Ronsberg and Eintrach Hombruch during his youth career before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2001. He made a great progress during his spell at the Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy and on 21 November, 2009 he made his Bundesliga debut for the Millionaires.
Gotze scored 22 goals in 83 league appearances for the club between 2009 and 2013 and he joined Borussia Dortmund’s bitterest rivals Bayern Munich on April, 2013. The German midfielder, who is capable of playing as a striker as well, failed to impress in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign, but it has to be noted that he was struggling with injury at the start of the season.
Gotze won three Bundesliga trophies with Bayern Munich, but at the end of the 2015/2016 season he returned to Borussia Dortmund. In 2014 he represented Germany at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and he scored the winner in the final against Argentina. Mario Gotze was born in Memmingen on 3 June, 1992.
Highlighted Team (Marseille):
Olympique de Marseille are considered one of the best French football clubs. Les Olympiens won their ninth Ligue 1 title in 2010, but winning of the 1992/1993 Champions League trophy is seen as the club’s biggest success. Marseille defeated Italian giants Milan in the title game, with Basile Boli scoring the winner (1-0) in the Olympiastadion showdown.
It has to be noted, though, that the Stade Velodrome outfit were banned from defending the title in the 1993/1994 season after being involved in a match-fixing scandal. To make things even worse for the fans, the club suffered enforced relegation to the Ligue 2. Olympique de Marseille participated in the Europa League final on two occasions (1998/1999, 2003/2004), but they were beaten by Parma and Valencia respectively in the title games. OM’s home ground Stade Velodrome was opened on June 13, 1997 and the capacity of the stadium is 67.394.
The likes of Franck Ribery, Didier Deschamps, Didier Drogba, Laurent Blanc, Fabien Barthez, Samir Nasri, Fabrizio Ravanelli and Djibril Cisse all played for Marseille in the past.
