Atalanta v Marseille Thursday at 21.00 CET

Bergamo and the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia for this Europa Liga 2nd leg. Marseille the visitors as Atalanta look to take the win that would take them to Dublin and the final.

Atalanta are 5th in Serie A and are chasing UCL place. In Europa Liga so far this season they have 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Home form is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Recent all competition form is 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Marseille are 9th in Ligue 1 and Euro qualication looks slim, if they don’t win this cup. Overall Europa form is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Away form of 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Team news: Home side are without Saed Kolasinac who joins Rafael Toloi and Emil Holm on injury list. Isak Hien is back from suspension though. Marseille miss Chancel Mbemba, Valentin Rongier and Bamo Meite injured. Samuel Grigot is back from his ban.

Head-to-head statistics: 1 game – 1 draw.

Betting selection – Marseille just don’t travel well. Just one win in entire Europa run of games. The home side have been in superb form and I take Atalanta win 1.75 or 3-4 Coral.