Marseille and Benfica face each other this Thursday at the Orange Vélodrome for a match of the quarter-finals of the Europa League. The match will be broadcast live at 15:00 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.
After losing 2-1 in the last match against Benfica (Europa League 2023/24), Marseille receive Benfica, who won 3-0 against Moreirense (Liga Portugal Betclic 2023/24). Ahead of the contest, Jean-Louis Gasset's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 5 matches in the Europa League 2023/24. On the other hand, the encarnados are on a sequence of 5 games without losing in the Europa League 2023/24. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Marseille and the encarnados have faced each other five times, with Benfica holding the advantage: 3 victories, against 1 victory of Jean-Louis Gasset's team. Specifically in the Orange Vélodrome, Roger Schmidt's team and Marseille have both 1 victory.
In the Europa League, three games were played between the two teams, with 2 wins for Benfica, 1 draw and 0 wins for Marseille.
The last meeting between the two teams ended with Benfica winning 2-1. It is expected to be an exciting clash, that can go either way.
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