The first leg of the Europa League top 16 started in full swing in the early hours of Friday morning, with French Ligue 1 powerhouse Marseille hosting La Liga team Villarreal. Although Marseille's performance in the group stage was not as good as Huang Qian's, everyone is a team that relies more on home court advantage to win. Each of them has performed well enough at home in the previous European leagues. They played against each other in the first round, and they are slightly optimistic about Marseille's victory.

In the early group stage, Marseille recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Unfortunately, Brighton, who was in the same group from the Premier League, became more and more courageous as he fought. Marseille lost the direct dialogue with the Seagulls in the final round. After 6 rounds, they ranked second in the group and were defeated. Forced to participate in the play-offs. Despite this, Marseille's overall performance in the group stage deserves recognition, especially 2 wins and 1 at home and 7 points to lay a solid foundation for competition. In the two rounds of the play-offs, the Ukrainian powerhouse Sakda clashed. Marseille first went away and recorded a 2-2 draw. After returning to home court and conceding the first goal, they won three consecutive games. The average of the four home games in this year's Europa League was Just scored 3 goals in the field. Veteran Pierre Aubameyang shows off his former Premier League Golden Boot winner style, contributing 7 goals and 1 assist in 7 Europa League games this year. With such a hot state and rich experience, Marseille will undoubtedly be able to continue their killing spree at home this time. Important capital.

Pay attention to Villarreal's recent trends. They have won consecutive games in the past two rounds of La Liga and have remained unbeaten in the past seven games. For a team ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league this season, this state is barely acceptable. In the group stage, Huang Qian's performance was convincing enough. With 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 defeat, he beat Rennes, another French Ligue 1 team, to win the first place in the group. Similar to Marseille, Villarreal has performed stably at home in this European war. In the past 3 games, they have 2 wins and 1 draw, and 2 of them have not conceded a goal. Different from Marseille's game strategy, this La Liga team pursues defensive victory. . However, it should be noted that Huang Qian has not conceded a goal in the three group matches as an away guest, and has conceded a total of 5 goals. Such a conceding rate has to make people worry that this visit to Marseille may not be able to withstand the opponent's high-frequency and high-intensity offensive, and they will lose this round. It is not surprising that the situation has become passive. Maybe we have to hope that the attack line headed by Alexander Solov can give the opponent a sufficient response.

In terms of injured players of the two teams, Marseille midfielder Valentin Langchia , defender MGM Ricardo and others are still absent due to injuries; Villarreal has relatively more injured players, with main defender Zuan and midfielder Zuan Cove Denis Suarez , forward Jeremiah Binnu and others are exempt from the game.