Marseille vs Atalanta Predictions

• Marseille have only lost one home game all season.
• Atalanta have lost two of their last four on the road.
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored ten goals in 11 Europa League appearances.

Phocaeans thrive at the Velodrome

Marseille were taken to penalties by Benfica in the Europa League quarter-final last month but they can get off to a good start at the Orange Velodrome when they face Atalanta in the first leg of their semi-final tie.

The French side have suffered a disappointing season domestically, but any positives that can be found have come here at the Orange Velodrome.

They have only lost one home game all season and that came against Ligue 1 champions PSG, while they have beaten the likes of Ajax, Shakhtar, Villarreal and Benfica at home in the Europa League.

La Dea bide their time

Atalanta are no pushovers, as they showed when they breezed past Liverpool in the quarter-finals, but they have lost away to Fiorentina and Cagliari in the past month and will know their best chance of progressing in this tie will come in Bergamo next week.

Aubameyang to make the difference

With five wins and one draw from their six home games in this competition, Marseille could scrape a win in France and a 2-1 correct score prediction appeals. The Phocaeans have scored exactly twice in three of their last five at home and beat Lens by this scoreline on Sunday, while the visitors have only failed to score in one of their last seven on the road.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been the saviour for Marseille this season, bagging 26 goals and 11 assists in 44 appearances for the club, including ten goals in 11 Europa League outings. He scored against Lens on Sunday and has four goals in his last six games, while 18 of his goals have come at the Orange Velodrome.