Athletic Club Vs Marseille

Competition/Round: 2017-18 UEFA Europa League squad changes, Round of 16 2st leg

Date/Time: 15 March 2018 – 7:00 PM

Venue: San Mames, Bilbao, Spain

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Athletic Club will have Marseille for their second leg conflict in the round of sixteen of the Europa League. San Mames will welcome the French side after the principal leg of the tie finished 3-1 for the ten times Ligue 1 champions.

Both the groups will come into this amusement having won their latest alliance diversion.

The home side will need to exploit the home turf on the second leg having just endured a 3-1 shortage in the main leg. In any case, they bagged a critical away objective in the process which could go far in securing them a spot in the quarterfinals.

The Basque outfits fled agreeable champs in their Liga Santander coordinate on the end of the week, putting aside Leganes with two objectives to one. In-shape midfielder Raul Garcia demonstrated his value on the night scoring both the objectives for the Red and Whites.

The win implies that they bounce to twelfth in the table of La Liga.

Olympique Marseille will go to Bilbao with certainty after an altogether persuading first-leg win. Marseille are one of the top picks to lift the trophy and a decent execution on the night at the San Mames will bring help create an impression.

The guests come into this match having scratched a champ on the 78th moment against Toulouse. A phenomenal cross from Dmitri Payet was met by Mitroglou and dispatched perfectly. The win keeps them at third, four focuses behind second-put Monaco.

Athletic Club vs Marseille Lineup (Predicted XI)

Athletic Bilbao Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Herrerin

De Marcos – Alavez – Etxeita – Balenziaga

Iturraspe – Etxebarria

Williams – Vesga – Susaeta

Aduriz

Marseille Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Mandanda

Sakai – Rami – Rolando – Amavi

Lopez – Gustavo

Thauvin – Payet – Ocampos

Germain

Athletic Club vs Marseille Prediction

The first leg showed just how strong Rudi Garcia’s men are playing at home, but it is a tough task traveling to Bilbao and getting a victory.

Athletic have all to play for in the match with European spots unlikely from their league finish. So they will come at Marseille guns blazing.

Our Prediction: Athletic Club 2-1 Marseille.