Effective offensively, OM have scored more in the Europa League than in Ligue 1 since the start of the season.
Europe to light up the grayness? In bad shape in the championship (12th, three points behind 16th), theOlympic Marseille validated their qualification for the Europa League play-offs this Thursday after a spectacular match won 4-3 against Ajax Amsterdam. Leader of their group, OM will only need a draw at Brighton on December 14 to qualify directly for the round of 16.
Marseille regains momentum
And if the match of Gennaro Gattuso’s men was not perfect, particularly on the defensive level, the face displayed by the Marseillais in the European Cup contrasts greatly with that in the championship. Enterprising offensively and prone to being surprised at the back, the Phocaeans have scored 14 goals in five Europe League matches, an average of 2.8 goals per match.
L’@OM_Officiel has 11 points after 5 days in @EuropaLeague this season. His record at this stage in the group stage of a European Cup. #OMAJAX
— Stats Football (@Statsdufoot) November 30, 2023
In Ligue 1, they cap at 13 goals in 12 matches, for a much lower average of just 1.08 goals per match. Like Aubameyang, who scored five goals in C3 and 3 in Ligue 1, the Olympian attackers showed another face this Thursday, like Ismaïla Sarr, at the origin of the two penalties and the corner of Chancel’s goal Mbemba, who seemed much more incisive on his right side. Marseille will try to build on this success and finally string together two successes in a row on Sunday against Rennes.
