Atalanta vs Marseille: Preview, Prediction & Betting Tips

Date: 09/05/2024

Kick off time: 20:00

Location: Gewiss Stadium
The second leg of the Europa League Semi Final starts all square with either Atalanta or Marseille within a shot of a place in the Final in Dublin.

Atalanta currently sit sixth in the Serie A after 33 games. La Dea have 17 wins, six draws and ten losses, leaving them on 57 points, three points from Europa League football.

La Dea have only competed in the Europa League twice before this season. Their first outing came back in 2018 where they only made the Round of 32, losing 4 - 3 on aggregate to Borussia Dortmund. The second try in 2022 saw Atalanta make the Quarter Finals where they lost 3 - 1 on aggregate to RB Leipzig.

Marseille currently sit eighth in Ligue 1. In 31 games, Marseille have 11 wins, 11 draws and nine losses which leaves them on 44 points, seven points from European football.

In terms of European football, Marseille have more experience in the Champions League rather than the Europa League. In their six seasons in the competition before this year, Marseille have made one Final back in 2018. Here they faced Atletico Madrid where they lost 3 - 0 in the Final.

Atalanta and Marseille have met just once in their history, with this being the first leg of this Semi Final. Both sides were on the scoresheet in the draw suggesting this fixture could provide goals.

La Dea have been amongst the goals this season, scoring 61 goals in 33 games, an average of 1.85 goals a game. Marseille have also impressed in attack this season, scoring 47 goals in 31 games which gives them an average of 1.52 goals a game.

Atalanta Team News

Gian Piero Gasperini will be without Emil Holm, Rafael Tolói and Sead Kolasinac this week.

Marseille Team News

Jean-Louis Gasset has Valetin Rongier, Bilal Nadir and Bamo Meïté out for the rest of the season. Ulisses Garcia, Pape Gueye and Jean Onana are all ineligible to play in the Europa League.

In their last five games in all competitions, Atalanta have three wins, one draw and one loss.

The second leg of the Europa League Quarter Final saw Atalanta host Liverpool. A penalty from Mo Salah in the seventh minute was the only goal of the game as Liverpool picked up the 1 - 0 win on the night, but Atalanta still progressed with a 3 - 1 win on aggregate.

The visit to Monza saw Charles De Ketelaere open the scoring for Atalanta on the stroke of halftime. El Bilal Touré doubled the lead in the second half and despite the late goal from Daniel Maldini, Atalanta held on for the 2 - 1 win.

The second leg of the Coppa Italia Semi Final saw Atalanta host Fiorentina. Teun Koopmeiners gave Atalanta the lead in the eighth minute but early in the second half Nikola Milenković was sent off for Fiorentina early in the second half. Lucas Martinez Quarta equalised for Fiorentina but goals from Gianluca Scamacca, Ademola Lookman and Mario Pasalic gave Atalanta the 4 - 1 win.
Pasalic was on the scoresheet again for Atalanta, this time with a penalty in the first half against Empoli. Lookman also scored again early in the second half to secure the 2 - 0 win for Atalanta.

Atalanta also face Salernitana on Monday evening.

In their last five games in all competitions, Marseille have two wins and three draws.

The second leg of the Europa League Quarter Finals saw Marseille host Benfica. After a 2 - 1 loss in the first leg, Marseille needed a win. Faris Moumbagna scored the only goal of the game in the 79th minute to give Marseille the 1 - 0 win on the night, but also to send the tie to penalties. Misses from António Silva and Ángel Di María gave Marseille the 4 - 2 win.

Back in Ligue 1, Marseille took on Toulouse. Onana opened the scoring for Marseille but Rasmus Nicolaisen equalised for Toulouse in the first half added time. Yann Gboho then put Toulouse ahead with under ten minutes to go but deep in extra time Moumbagna popped up with a goal to rescue a 2 - 2 draw for Marseille.

It was another 2 - 2 draw for Marseille the next time out, this time against Nice. Terem Moffi gave Nice the early lead but Jonathan Clauss equalised on the half hour mark, however, Marseille’s Moumbagna was sent off before halftime. A penalty from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Marseille ahead but a late goal from Melvin Bard forced a 2 - 2 draw.

Aubameyang was on the scoresheet again for Marseille, this time in the first minute. Wesley Saïd equalised for Lens with 15 minutes to go but a late goal from Gueye secured a 2 - 1 win for Marseille.

The first leg of the Europa League Semi Final saw Marseille host Atalanta. Scamacca opened the scoring for Atalanta in the 11th minute but Chancel Mbemba Mangulu equalised for Marseille before halftime. Neither Marseille or Atalanta could find another goal as the game ended in a 1 - 1 draw.

Following the 1 - 1 draw in the first leg, the home side Atalanta are likely to pick up a win, though a close one with both sides on the scoresheet. Atalanta 2 - 1 Marseille.

Atalanta vs Marseille will be shown on Paramount+ in the USA.