Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Lazio Roma
Match Time & Date:
08/11/2018
12:55 PM
Prediction: 3-2
Olympique Marseille
All eyes will be on Stadio Olimpico when Lazio and Olympique Marseille face each other in the Europa League derby. Lazio quickly bounced back from a heavy 4-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt, with the team defeating Olympique Marseille at Stade Velodrome. The Biancocelesti are eager to get their job done in the Europa League group stages as soon as possible and we predict that they are going to adopt an attack-minded approach in Thursday’s football match. OM, on the other hand, have been struggling in the 2018/2019 Europa League season, with the team suffering two losses, while sharing the spoils with Apollon in the process. The Ligue 1 side are not regarded as good travelers and seeing that Lazio totally outclassed OM in France, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Serbian rising star Sergej-Milinkovic Savic and his teammates.
Highlighted Player (Jordan Lukaku):
Jordan Lukaku is well known for his older brother Romelu Lukaku, who plays for Everton as a striker. Jordan began his senior career at Anderlecht, but he made no more than eight league appearances for the club. The left-footed full-back played for fellow Belgian outfit Oostende from 2013 to 2016 and at the end of the 2015/2016 season he moved to Italy.
Jordan Lukaku signed a deal with Italian club Lazio for a fee of £5 million (plus £1 million in bonuses). His main position is left-back, but he is capable of playing as a left midfielder as well. Speaking of his international career, Jordan Lukaku made his Belgium debut against Andorra on 10 October, 2015.
However, he has yet to find the net for the Belgian national team. Jordan was born in Antwerp on 25 July, 1994. His father Roger Lukaku was a professional footballer as well and played for the Zaire national team.
Highlighted Team (Olympique 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.
Dinamo Zagreb
Rosenborg
Olympiakos
Krasnodar
Young Boys
Crvena Zvezda
PSV
Apollon
Strasbourg
Frankfurt
Torino
Wolves
