FC Basel is set to host Marseille at St. Jakob-Park’s Stadium in the Europa Conference League competition this Thursday in their second leg fixture. Match kickoff schedules for 17th March 2022 at 20:45 EAT.
Basel have is of the best teams when in the Swiss Super Lig this season currently placed in the 2nd place with 47 points. Their performances in the European tournaments have always been among the most thrilling fixtures overall and we expect nothing less from this important second leg. In their last five games overall, the home team has two wins, a draw and two loses.
The Swiss outfit will be looking for another positive result following the 2-0 Super League win to beat Servette FC in their last game. In that match, FC Basel had 68% possession, 23 shots with 11 of them on target and goals scored by Liam Chipperfield (69′) and Ádám Szalai (88′). Servette FC got nine shots with four of them on target.
Marseille has been the second-best team in the French elite throughout this season and although PSG have already won the title at this point, they have scored a lot of goals and their away performances have recently been quite impressive. Jorge Sampaoli’s team dominated the previous stage of the European cup, winning 6-1 over the two games, and they shall be hoping to follow suit within this upcoming fixture in an attempt to reach the quarter-finals.
Marseille heads into this meeting following 1-4 Ligue 1 succes over Brest in their previous fixture. In that match, Marseille had 53% possession, 13 shots with sevenof them on target and goals scored by Gerson (3′), Arkadiusz Milik (63′), Amine Harit (71′) and Cengiz Ünder (92′). Brest got eight shots with two of them on target and a goal by Irvin Cardona (91′).
FC Basel vs Marseille head to head
This will mark the second meeting between these two teams after they met in the first leg of this fixture the other week.
- Marseille 2-1 Basel 10/03/22
Home
- Basel 2-0 Servette Geneva
- Marseille 2-1 Basel
- Lugano 0-2 Basel
- Basel 2-2 St. Gallen
- Zurich 4-2 Basel
Away
- Brest 1-4 Marseille
- Marseille 2-1 Basel
- Marseille 0-1 Monaco
- Troyes 1-1 Marseille
- Qarabag 0-3 Marseille
Basel team news
Basel manager Guille Abascal will be unable to call upon the services of Raoul Petretta and Andrea Padula while Emmanuel Essiam and Michael Lang are doubts for this game.
Marseille team news
Dimitri Payet will be unavailable for Jorge Sampaoli due to suspension.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a draw in this fixture as; Basel is 2nd in the Swiss Super League, and has won three of their last five league games while Marseille is 2nd in the Ligue 1 and has won two of their last five league games.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2