Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Villarreal
Match Time & Date:
14/03/2024
01:45 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Marseille
Villarreal will try to make a historical Europa League comeback when they face Olympique Marseille at their Estadio de la Ceramica on Thursday afternoon. The Yellows need to overcome a four-goal deficit if they are to advance to the quarter-finals and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at OM. Left-back Alberto Moreno is banned for the match, while all Albiol, Foyth, Pedraza, Pino, Suarez, and Terrats should miss out with injuries.
Marseille, meanwhile, have been producing excellent displays in all competitions ever since Jean-Louis Gasset took over the reins. Anyhow, home win should be considered as the visitors would not be too disappointed in case of descent defeat. As for the away side, all Samuel Gigot, Amir Murillo, Bilal Nadir, and Valentin Rongier remain in the recovery room, while experienced midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia should be recalled to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in a 2-0 win over Nantes at the weekend.
Highlighted Player (Amine Harit):
Amine Harit is a French-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for Schalke 04 in Bundesliga. Born in Pontoise (France) on June 18, 1997, Harit began his youth career in the suburbs of Paris, learning the football basics with Argentuil C.O.
After spending four years at Esperance Paris 19eme, the attacking midfielder moved to famous French club Paris Saint-Germain. However, he quickly returned to Esperance Paris 19eme and in 2011 he joined fellow French club Red Star. One year later he moved to Nantes, where he ended his youth career.
Amine Harit continued playing for les Canaris at senior level and after scoring one goal in 30 league games for Nantes, he signed a contract with Bundesliga side Schalke 04. Harit made two appearances for France U21 team, but he represents Morocco at senior level. The attacking midfielder, who is used as a winger as well, made his Morocco debut on October 7, 2017 against Gabon in the 2018 FIFA world cup qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Villarreal):
Villarreal CF was founded on 10th of March 1923. In the year 1998 Villarreal managed to reach the Primera Division for the first time in history of the club. After 1 season the club could not manage to stay in the league and go regulated to the Segunda Division. In the last couple of years Villarreal developed itself to a stable club in the Primera Division.
This first European succes was in 2003/2004 where the club managed to reach the semi finals in the UEFA cup. In 2004/2005 Villarreal end 3rd on the table in the Primera Division which was a highlight for the club.
The biggest succes was in 2006 when Villarreal managed to reach the semi finals in the Champions League. In the semi finals the club lost with only 1 goal difference against runner up Arsenal. Former known players for Villarreal are: Riquelme, Tomasson, Fernandez, Forlan and Pires.
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