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Marseille v Atletico Madrid (1945 BST BT Sport 2)

Marseille have home field advantage of sorts as they take on Atletico Madrid in Lyon looking to become the first French side to win the Europa League - or UEFA Cup as it was previously known.

The prize on offer for Marseille is not only the weighty trophy but a place in next season’s Champions League as they currently sit in fourth place in Ligue 1 – while for Atletico it's all about the silverware as they’re already in next season.

If you needed any guidance on how these teams play then their Europa League semi-finals sum them up perfectly – l’OM were their usual Jekyll and Hyde selves as they dominated Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 in the home leg but were soundly beaten by the same scoreline away.

They eventually squeezed through courtesy of an extra-time goal in Austria.

Atleti disposed of Arsenal in the most Atleti way possible by securing a 1-1 away draw with 10 men for most of the game, before finishing off the job with a 1-0 win at home – classic Diego Simeone.

Even in their last league games before this final, Getafe got ‘Atletico’d’ by a 1-0 home defeat while Marseille played out a 3-3 draw at Guingamp – the personalities of these two teams could not be more contrasting.

Whether Marseille can get into their ‘home’ frame of mind, as the game is being staged just a three-hour drive away from the Stade Velodrome, could be the key factor – they’ve won eight out of nine European games at home this season but just once on the road.

Rudi Garcia’s Marseille have a verve and swagger about them going forward when they’re in the mood, led by playmaker Dimitri Payet who should be fit after missing the weekend’s Ligue 1 game with a thigh injury.

Florian Thauvin is one to watch as well after bagging 26 goals for the club this season and he’s 5/2 favourite from the Marseille team to score in 90 minutes.

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Posted at 1320 BST on 15/05/18.

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