FOOTBALLUEFA Europa League • World

Bayer Leverkusen

Nov 5, 08:00 PM

Marseille

41 verified pre-match previews & local team reports

📋 LOCAL SPO Match Preview

A reunion of Leverkusen and Medina's former team, who have won all three Europa League games without conceding a goal, vs. Marseille of Genesio, who is in an all-out battle with no place to retreat after three consecutive losses

Game overview and key briefings from local media in Germany and France

In the fourth match of the 2026/27 UEFA Europa League league phase, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Olympique de Marseille will clash at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany. Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung·Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and France's L'Équipe·RMC Sport·Foot Mercato are playing against Leverkusen, who are completely at the top of the Europa League all three wins (eight goals without conceding), but Marseille, who is on the verge of elimination with all three losses, faces the stark temperature difference, and defender Facundo Medina**'s former club Marseille. We focused on the confrontation.

Bayer Leverkusen power and scoreless streak on European stage Mercury

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Coach Carles Martínez Novell's will to reverse the Bundesliga defeat: Leverkusen, which exposed defensive shakiness in the weekend match against Stuttgart (2-4 loss), will immediately try to straighten things out by keeping a clean sheet at home in the Europa League.

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Loïc Badé returns and Facundo Medina, Ibrahim Maja and Patrick Schick in action: Center back Loïc Badé, who has recovered from injury, joins, and Facundo Medina and Edmond Tapsoba will form an impenetrable defense against their former team Marseille. In midfield and up front, Aleix Garcia, 20-year-old star Ibrahim Maza, Malik Tillman, and frontline striker Patrik Schick are aiming at the goal.

Olympique Marseille's full strength and all-out effort to hunt for first points on the European stage

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Coach Bruno Génésio: “We will never give up on European competition”: In his country’s Ligue 1, Coach Génésio, who has been on the rise with 4 consecutive wins, including a 2-0 win over Toulouse, but has suffered 3 consecutive losses in the Europa League, said at the official press conference that he would pick up points starting with the away game at Bay Arena to advance to the remaining schedule.

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Hojbjerg, Gouiri, Harit, spearheads amidst injuries to Emerson and Cornelius: Even in the absence of defensive line injuries such as Emerson Palmieri (knee pain) and Derek Cornelius, centering around midfield commander Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Amine Gouiri, Amine Harit, Igor Paisang leads a quick counter.

Summary of key points to watch

1. Leverkusen's Europa League goalless shield vs. Ligue 1 4-game winning streak Marseille's spear: The biggest deciding factor is whether Goiri and Paisang can break through the line of Medina, Tapsoba, and Bade, which has not allowed a single goal on the European stage.

2. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg vs. Aleix García and Maza fighting for control of the midfield: Depending on who takes the lead in the early stages, it is expected that Leverkusen's wave attack or Marseille's practical counterattack will be determined.