Football Predictions
Panathinaikos will be hosting Marseille in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Athens.
The Greek side finished second in their league last season, an effort that will see them enter the Champions League competition in the qualification stage with Marseille finishing third beyond Lens and PSG last season.
Panathinaikos arrives in the game having eliminated Dnipro-1 in the previous round (5-3 on aggregate score) and faces a Marseille side who will be playing their first official game this season after a lukewarm preseason where they recorded just two wins in four games.
H2H/Stats
This is the first time that both teams will be meeting in a competitive game.
Team News
Panathinaikos will be worried about their home form after being held to a 2-2 draw by their previous opponents in this competition. Their situation is made worse by the fact that coach Ivan Jovanovic will miss the services of Bart Schenkeveld, Zeca, and Aitor.
Marseille should be much better than the previous season after keeping most of their important players and adding other valuable players to the team. They have acquired the services of Ismailla Sarr, who had 23 goals and 16 assists for Watford last two seasons. Others are Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid), Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid), and Iliman Ndiaye (Sheffield United). This also will be the first competitive game for new coach Marcelino, who previously coached Athletic Bilbao.
Probable Line-Up
Panathinaikos XI: Brignoli, Kotsiras, Jedvaj, Palmer-Brown, Juankar, Perez, Djuricic, Vilhena, Palacios, Sporar, Bernard
Marseille XI: Pau Lopez, Clauss, Mbemba, Gigot, Lodi, Under, Guendouzi, Rongier, Harit, Sarr, Vitinha
Verdict
Marseille XI come in the game as the favorites going by the players they have on show. People like Ismail Sarr want to prove themselves in the Champions League and are likely to be a handful for the home side but the crowd in Greece can always intimidate any opponent at home.
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