Current form Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille are well on their way back to the Champions League. At least if you take the current standings of the Ligue 1 as a basis. The men of Rudi Garcia are in third place and only one point behind the second placed team from Monaco. A 4-point advantage over Lyon means that there is no need to worry about the upcoming league matches before the Europa League duel with Braga. The latest results are also impressive. On Friday, they were “only” able to draw 2-2 away to St. Etienne, but this was the seventh consecutive game in which Marseille remained unbeaten. FC Metz were clearly beaten 6: 3 and the Garcia team managed to keep the gap short in the key match against Monaco. The fact is that the French have scored since 7 games in series always at least 2 hits, ever there was in the entire season with the 0: 2 a few weeks ago against Lyon only a game in which Olympique was not allowed to cheer at least once. Before the draw against Monaco proved defensively stable, won against Strasbourg, Rennes and Caen respectively, without having to concede a single goal. This stability has been lost in the last weeks with 3 games in a row with at least 3 goals. The performances in the group stage of the Europa League were also rather mixed. In 6 games, it was only enough for two close victories against Konyaspor (1-0) and Guimaraes (2-1). However, they remained unbeaten at home in this phase. A strength that can also be converted to the Ligue 1. Marseille has played 12 games in 2017/2018, with 8 wins and only one duel lost. This bankruptcy, however, is already several months back, came on 10 September against Stade Rennes, leaving you unbeaten in all competitions in 18 home games. Strong 31 goals are scored in the 12 home games in Ligue 1. Defensively you stood in front of your own audience more stable, has conceded on average one goal per game. Important: Personally, coach Rudi Garcia, with the exception of goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, can rely on all the regulars, the 32-year-old fails with a muscle tear, defender Christopher Roccia is currently still questionable, but anyway would have been no candidate for the starting eleven.

Current form SC Braga
Braga goes as a blatant outsider in the away game against Marseille. In the Portuguese league you are currently ranked fourth, behind the teams from Lisbon and Porto. Most recently, they celebrated a 3-1 win against Vitoria Setubal. Before that, they lost 1-1 to FC Porto and defeated the teams from Aves (2-0) and Portimonense (2-1). In the last 8 games it put Braga only two defeats, nevertheless: purely in terms of personnel and also in terms of outward balance in the league can be seen benefits for Marseille. For the fact is: Even in the championship, only 50 per cent of the victories that one could celebrate at home are achieved abroad. Especially on the offensive, striking differences could be noted. With 10 successes in front of his own audience Braga scored a strong 29 goals and thus keeps on a cut of almost 3 hits per game. Away only 10 goals in 10 games, and you have – although fewer matches – collected 5 more hits than at home. Strong against the away balance in the Europa League group stage. For example, a sensational 2-1 victory was celebrated against TSG Hoffenheim, against which the physically strong team from Ludogorets scored 1-1. The only defeat in one of the three away games was won against the Turkish top club Istanbul Basaksehir. Strong: With one exception, at least one goal was scored in each of the 6 group matches, accordingly, the Portuguese on Thursday is quite scoring a goal. Also, because we see one of the biggest strengths of the team of Abel Ferreira in the fast switching game, as well as in the duel with Hoffenheim was already observed. By the way, at least one goal scored in each of the youngest 6 matches in the league. Personally we see Braga as I said in principle at a disadvantage and also in terms of injuries Coach Ferreira currently has to worry more than his counterpart. According to current status, defender Silva and his counterpart in the center of defense, Ricardo Ferreira, are injured or suspended. In addition, Mauro and Fransergio headquarters will not be available. Bitter is mainly the failure of Raul Silva. The 28-year-old is currently one of the most prolific center-backs in the NOS league and already has five goals this season. Accordingly, Braga is deprived of a real weapon in standards, Raul Silva was not least the second best scorer of the guests ever, has in relation to the inserts even a better rate than top scorer Paulinho.