Sturm Graz vs Marseille - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking their archetypal points of the play successful the Europa League, Marseille volition question to Liebenauer Stadium successful Austria to look Sturm Graz connected Thursday.

Both teams suffered defeats connected matchday 2 past week, with Die Schwoazn blanked 3-0 by Bournemouth, leaving them with conscionable 1 point, portion Marseille mislaid again 1-0 to Olympiacos.

Match preview

Two matches into the League Phase, and Fabio Ingolitsch has yet to unlock overmuch attacking creativity for Sturm Graz.

The fourth-highest scoring squad successful the Austrian Bundesliga frankincense acold (16 goals) person yet to find the backmost of the nett successful the League Phase, 1 of lone 3 that person not done truthful aft 2 matchdays, though they are lone beneath the knockout signifier line.

The anticipation is that returning to Graz volition alteration their fortunes, with this broadside unbeaten successful their past 5 location matches crossed each competitions, including a 6-1 home triumph versus Grazer AK implicit the weekend.

On Thursday, they tin widen their Europa League unbeaten tally astatine location to 3 matches, collecting 4 points successful their past 2 specified games without conceding.

At the aforesaid time, they person won their past 7 location European games erstwhile uncovering the backmost of the net, a streak dating backmost to the 2023-24 Conference League knockout phase.

Sturm Graz won their lone erstwhile location lucifer against Marseille, winning a Champions League thriller versus the French broadside successful 1999 successful Austria 3-2.

Europe has not been benignant to Marseille successful caller seasons, and that continues to beryllium the lawsuit aboriginal successful this campaign.

The 2023-24 Europa League semi-finalists person been eliminated from a European League Phase successful 3 of their past 4 appearances and they are 1 of 9 teams without a constituent successful this contention truthful far.

A triumph this week would beryllium their archetypal distant from location successful the Europa League since November 2023 astatine AEK Athens (2-0) portion they tin besides extremity a six-match winless tally arsenic visitors successful this contention connected Thursday.

While Bruno Genesio’s men person created the second-fewest large chances successful the League Phase of the tourney this season, they person won their past 2 Ligue 1 matches, netting a combined 7 goals implicit that agelong to determination from the relegation portion up to ninth successful the table.

Those 2 home triumphs occurred distant from home, though connected Thursday the French nine could suffer 3 successive radical outings successful this tourney for the archetypal clip since 2018 (four).

This week OM tin assertion their archetypal Europa League triumph connected Austrian soil, losing 1-0 to Red Bull Salzburg successful the radical signifier backmost successful 2017, with the second beating them successful other clip successful the 2nd limb of their semi-final necktie (2-1) aboriginal that season.

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Team News

A little limb fracture could support Daniil Khudyakov retired of the Sturm Graz fold connected matchday two, portion Gizo Mamageishvili has a sore foot, Otar Kiteishvili is dealing with a calf strain and Nelson Weiper is questionable owed to groin pain.

Filip Rozga whitethorn beryllium omitted due to the fact that of musculus tightness, Seedy Jatta is dealing with a enarthrosis issue, Emran Soglo has a hamstring strain and Leon Grgic is recovering from a cruciate ligament tear.

At Marseille, Derek Cornelius is doubtful owed to a hep injury, portion Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg could miss different lucifer arsenic helium recovers from a limb injury.

Keyliane Abdallah is the lone 1 to find the backmost of the nett for them successful this contention truthful far, putting OM concisely level connected matchday 1 successful their 4-1 decision versus Besiktas.

Sturm Graz imaginable starting lineup:

Helac; Malic, Hodl, Koller, Balbo; Heil, Stankovic, Weinhandl, Soglo; Seidl, Diakite

Marseille imaginable starting lineup:

De Lange; Weah, Meite, Aguerd, Palmieri; Abdallah, Mmadi; Harit, Abdelli, Paixao; Gouiri

We say: Sturm Graz 1-1 Marseille

Marseille should consciousness overmuch amended astir their caller home form, but we bash not deliberation they volition make capable against a coagulated antiaircraft portion similar Sturm Graz, whose suffocating backline volition beryllium hard to interruption down, particularly successful Austria.

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