The first leg showed that the two sides each possess the attacking quality to trouble the other, and we anticipate another exciting and high-scoring affair on Thursday.
The game could certainly go either way in France, but we back Sampaoli's side to overturn the deficit and triumph with home advantage.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Feyenoord win with a probability of 40.23%. A win for Marseille had a probability of 33.41% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Feyenoord win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.58%) and 0-2 (7.01%). The likeliest Marseille win was 1-0 (9.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.53%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7.5% likelihood.