Marseille are having a very strong season and are in the second position of the French championship, being 12 points behind the leaders PSG. The team is quite reliable in defensive actions, as they conceded only 29 goals in 30 rounds, although they scored only 49. “Provencals” passed the Swiss “Basel” with a total score of 4:2 in the previous stage of the Conference League and the other day they dealt with “Saint-Etienne” (4:2).
Barcelona started the European season in the Champions League, where the team not without difficulty overtook Dynamo Kiev and ended up in third place. The first stage of the playoffs brought Napoli to the rivals of the Catalans, with which the “blue garnet” coped quite easily (5:3 on aggregate). The second stage brought Galatasaray into rivals, which put up serious resistance, but the class prevailed (2:1). The start of the team in the Spanish Cup was unsuccessful, while Xavi’s wards are gaining momentum in the La Liga tournament. Over 29 rounds the Blaugranos recorded 16 wins and nine peaceful outcomes, which brought 57 points and second place in the standings. In the last two rounds, the guests beat Real (4:0) and Sevilla (1:0) in turn. It is impossible not to note the team’s second indicator in the league in terms of the quality of attack, which differed 57 times. Fati, Roberto, Umtiti, Depay, De Jong and Alves will not be able to play today.
