Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Olympique de Marseille, Europe 2023-24 GROUP STAGE

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UEFA Europa League · 2023-24

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

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Olympique de Marseille

Thu 14 Dec 2023 · 20:00 UTC Amex Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 75' Chancel Mbemba

Adam Lallana 79' Y

Y 79' Azzedine Ounahi

Kaoru Mitoma 84' Y

Joao Pedro 89' Y

Y 90' Ismaila Sarr

Jason Steele 90' Y

Overview

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Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Olympique de Marseille — Europe at Amex Stadium.

Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Olympique de Marseille 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Jose Sanchez Martinez (Spain)

8 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 2.5 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Olympique Lyonnais	8	21
2	Aston Villa FC	8	21
3	FC Midtjylland	8	19
4	Real Betis Balompié	8	17
5	FC Porto	8	17
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	8	17
7	SC Freiburg	8	17
8	AS Roma	8	16
9	KRC Genk	8	16
10	Bologna FC 1909	8	15
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	15
12	Ferencvárosi TC	8	15
13	Nottingham Forest FC	8	14
14	FC Viktoria Plzeň	8	14
15	FK Crvena Zvezda	8	14
16	RC Celta de Vigo	8	13
17	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	8	12
18	Lille OSC	8	12
19	Fenerbahçe SK	8	12
20	Panathinaikos AO	8	12
21	Celtic FC	8	11
22	PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad	8	10
23	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	8	10
24	SK Brann	8	9
25	BSC Young Boys	8	9
26	SK Sturm Graz	8	7
27	FCSB Bukarest	8	7
28	Go Ahead Eagles	8	7
29	Feyenoord Rotterdam	8	6
30	FC Basel 1893	8	6
31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	8	6
32	Rangers FC	8	4
33	OGC Nice	8	3
34	FC Utrecht	8	1
35	Malmo FF	8	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	8	1

Head-to-Head

Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2 games · Avg 2.5 goals Olympique de Marseille

Last 5 meetings

2023-12-14 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–0 Olympique de Marseille 2023-10-05 Olympique de Marseille 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Recent Form

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Dec	Olympique de Marseille	H	1–0	W
09 Dec	Burnley FC	H	1–1	D
06 Dec	Brentford FC	H	2–1	W
03 Dec	Chelsea FC	A	2–3	L
30 Nov	PAE AEK	A	1–0	W
25 Nov	Nottingham Forest FC	A	3–2	W

Olympique de Marseille

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Dec	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	A	0–1	L
10 Dec	FC Lorient	A	4–2	W
06 Dec	Olympique Lyonnais	H	3–0	W
03 Dec	Stade Rennais FC 1901	H	2–0	W
30 Nov	AFC Ajax	H	4–3	W
25 Nov	RC Strasbourg Alsace	A	1–1	D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Amex Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Olympique de Marseille.
5' Brighton & Hove Albion FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pascal Gross, as he is very good at scoring at Amex Stadium with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' Olympique de Marseille are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' Jordan Veretout is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Olympique de Marseille so far.
40' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
45' Kaoru Mitoma has been relatively quiet despite scoring 56 goals in his last 439 appearances.
50' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gennaro Gattuso will be considering his options from the bench.
52' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Vitinha by Iliman Ndiaye on 52 minute.
55' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Renan Lodi by Michael Murillo on 55 minute.
60' Jack Hinshelwood needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
64' A change in the Brighton & Hove Albion FC ranks — Simon Adingra exits the field as Evan Ferguson enters on 64.
69' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
74' The whistle greets Facundo Buonanotte as he departs to be replaced by Adam Lallana.
75' That looks like a foul for a card for Chancel Mbemba.
75' The Brighton & Hove Albion FC manager makes a substitution. Jack Hinshelwood departs to be replaced by James Milner.
78' Time for substitution for Olympique de Marseille. Amine Harit is replaced by Ismaila Sarr.
79' Brighton & Hove Albion FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 79.
84' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Kaoru Mitoma on 84 minutes.
88' Assisted by Pascal Gross with the perfectly-timed delivery and Joao Pedro makes no mistake. 1-0!
89' Joao Pedro has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 89.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Ismaila Sarr.
90' Another substitution for Brighton & Hove Albion FC to replace Billy Gilmour by Carlos Baleba on 90 minute.
Olympique de Marseille will have plenty to reflect on. Brighton & Hove Albion FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

Starting XI

23
Jason Steele
5
Lewis Dunk
13
Pascal Gross
29
Jan Paul van Hecke
9
Joao Pedro ↓ Joel Veltman 90'
3
Igor Julio
11
Billy Gilmour ↓ Carlos Baleba 90'
22
Kaoru Mitoma
24
Simon Adingra ↓ Evan Ferguson 64'
40
Facundo Buonanotte ↓ Adam Lallana 74'
41
Jack Hinshelwood ↓ James Milner 75'

Bench

Coach Roberto De Zerbi

Olympique de Marseille Lineups

Starting XI

12
Renan Lodi ↓ Michael Murillo 55'
10
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
11
Amine Harit ↓ Ismaila Sarr 78'
7
Jonathan Clauss
16
Pau Lopez
27
Jordan Veretout ↓ Geoffrey Kondogbia 78'
99
Chancel Mbemba
5
Leonardo Balerdi
8
Azzedine Ounahi
9
Vitinha ↓ Iliman Ndiaye 52'
18
Bamo Meite

Bench

Coach Gennaro Gattuso

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Joao Pedro	2
Pascal Gross	1
Jordan Veretout	1
Chancel Mbemba	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.37 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.09 Olympique de Marseille xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Brighton & Hove Albion FC45% Draw28% Olympique de Marseille27%

Actual: Brighton & Hove Albion FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.46

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Olympique de Marseille

55%

Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Olympique de Marseille

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Brighton & Hove Albion FC30% Draw49% Olympique de Marseille21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

0 – 0

10.6%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

0 – 1

8.2%

2 – 0

7.8%

1 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

4.9%

2 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

3.9%

3 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Handicap	Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers	Push	Olympique de Marseille covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	22%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	17%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Olympique de Marseille, Europe 2023-24 GROUP STAGE

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Key Stats

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Olympique de Marseille Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

Olympique de Marseille Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Clean Sheet