On Thursday night, PAOK Salonica hosts Marseille at the Stadio Toumbas in the Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg.
The visitors recorded a 2-1 win in the first leg at the Velodrome and are favourites to progress to the last four of the competition.
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PAOK Salonica head into this clash on the back of two straight defeats in all competitions. The Greek team had also suffered a 2-1 league defeat against Panathinaikos in the game before the defeat by OM in the first leg of this tie.
For a team in the quarter-finals of the competition, PAOK’s recent form in the Europa Conference League has been inconsistent. They have won just three of their previous eight matches in 90 minutes and one in extra time.
However, the Greek outfit has been hard to beat on home soil in the Europa Conference League, as they have lost just one of their seven home games in the competition.
Marseille are enjoying a strong campaign, despite exiting the Europa League at the group stage and dropping down into the Europa Conference League. Jorge Sampaoli’s team is in second place in Ligue One and looking set to seal a place in the Champions League for next season.
They could still mathematically still catch leaders PSG, but it seems unlikely though.
When it comes to the Europa Conference League, OM have just been too good for their opponents, winning all five of their games in the competition.
One of the key factors in the visitor’s winning run has been their performance in front of goal, as they have scored at least two goals in all five of their recent European victories.
Forebet predicts that Marseille will record a comfortable victory to seal their place in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.