Our prediction for this match:
Marseille
Match Time & Date:
31/07/2021
02:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Villarreal
Saturday’s friendly at Orange Velodrome pits together Olympique Marseille and Villarreal, the two teams who meet for the first time since July 2018. Back then the two sides played out a 1-1 draw in a friendly, and yet another close encounter is on the horizon. OM have been performing well in pre-season, with the team beating all Martigues, Sete, Servette, and St Etienne, while sharing the spoils with Braga and Benfica.
New signings Luan Peres and Cengiz Under are both pushing for a start. The Yellow Submarine, on the other hand, are on a three-game winless run in pre-season. Since the La Liga side will go for a win in Saturday’s warm-up game as well, we are tempted to put our money on both teams to score. All Parejo, Trigueros, and Mario Gaspar should be recalled to Villarreal’s starting line-up.
Highlighted Player (Florian Thauvin):
Born in Orleans, France on January 26, 1993, Florian Thauvan is a pacey winger who plays for Olympique Marseille. After spending his youth career at Ingre, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle, Orleans and Grenoble, Thauvin made his senior debut with Grenoble in 2011.
The French footballer played for the likes of Bastia and Olympique Marseille in his homeland as well before joining Newcastle United in 2015. Even though many people expected that he would shine in the Premier League, Florian Thauvin was playing below expectations with the Magpies and, as a result, he returned to Olympique Marseille in 2016. Thauvin spend the 2016/2017 season on loan at the Stade Velodrome outfit and the deal was made permanent in the summer of 2017.
Speaking of his international career, Florian Thauvin scored seven goals in ten appearances for France U21 team, while making his debut for the senior squad in a 5-0 win over Paraguay in June, 2017. Thauvin’s main position is right winger, but he is capable of playing as both left winger and attacking midfielder as well.
Highlighted Team (Villarreal):
Villarreal CF was founded on 10th of March 1923. In the year 1998 Villarreal managed to reach the Primera Division for the first time in history of the club. After 1 season the club could not manage to stay in the league and go regulated to the Segunda Division. In the last couple of years Villarreal developed itself to a stable club in the Primera Division.
This first European succes was in 2003/2004 where the club managed to reach the semi finals in the UEFA cup. In 2004/2005 Villarreal end 3rd on the table in the Primera Division which was a highlight for the club.
The biggest succes was in 2006 when Villarreal managed to reach the semi finals in the Champions League. In the semi finals the club lost with only 1 goal difference against runner up Arsenal. Former known players for Villarreal are: Riquelme, Tomasson, Fernandez, Forlan and Pires.
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