Feyenoord and Olympique Marseille clash in the semis of the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday night. These two sides are the top favorites for winning the trophy, and many regard this as the finals before the finals. Both teams are in excellent shape, and come to this event with high spirits. They play strong and offensive-minded football and have a flamboyant approach on the field, which is why we look forward to seeing this matchup. By the way, the game takes place at the legendary de Kuip in Rotterdam.
Preview
Feyenoord (+115) didn’t lose in the last six games, winning four and posting two draws. Their form is at its best in the most important part of the year, making them the top favorites for this trophy, according to the bookmakers.
The former European champions play efficient football, and only one of their ten games didn’t see three or more goals. The same applies for both teams scoring. As you can see, this perfectly explains the playing philosophy of Arne Slot’s unit.
Feyenoord is pretty confident at home these days, not losing in the past eight, recording five wins and three draws. In all but one of those events, Rotterdammers couldn’t score twice or more, while on the other end, they managed to keep clean sheets on two occasions.
Olympique Marseille (+230) won ten of the past 11 events, losing only to PSG in Paris 2-1. Even in that one, the guests from the south of France were looking pretty good. If they played like this throughout the entire year, things would be much different for Sampaoli’s crew.
Eight of their previous 11 contests were with both teams to score, and the same number of games were with over 2.5 goals. We haven’t expected such high efficiency from Sampaoli or one of his teams as we know that the Argentinian is a very conservative head coach.
Marseille’s road games are solid, as they have one defeat, one draw, and seven wins on the last nine road trips. Like Feyenoord, Olympique plays its best football this season right now.
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Bijlow and Toornstra are out for this game because of injuries, while Guus Til stands as questionable due to his knee issues.
On the other side, de La Fuente also has knee injuries, while Balerdi can’t play due to shoulder problems.
Head to Head Games
The two sides met only twice, and that was in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League back in the 1999/2000 season. Feyenoord was better than Olympique, beating them 3-0 at de Kuip and playing without goals in the second meeting in France.
Prediction
The way these two sides play, not seeing high efficiency, would be a massive surprise. Our first pick is over 2.5 scores due to the nature of these teams and their current form. The odds are quite solid, in our opinion, -120, and if you add both teams to score on that, they will double your stake. Also, another suggestion would be to stay away from picking the winner of this event, because both sides have similar qualities.
Pick: Over 2.5 goals
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