UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS RB Arena - Leipzig Thursday 5 April 2018 21.05CET (21.05 local time) RB Leipzig Quarter-finals, First leg Olympique de Marseille Last updated 04/05/2018 23:38CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 RB Leipzig - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 5 April 2018 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit RB Arena, Leipzig Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams RB Leipzig - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Falcao 43; Jemerson 21/11/2017 GS AS Monaco FC - RB Leipzig 1-4 Monaco 6 (og), Werner 9, 31 (P), Keïta 45 Forsberg 33; 13/09/2017 GS RB Leipzig - AS Monaco FC 1-1 Leipzig Tielemans 34 Olympique de Marseille - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Diawara 14; Olympique de Marseille - 11/12/2013 GS 1-2 Marseille Lewandowski 4, Borussia Dortmund Grosskreutz 87 Borussia Dortmund - Olympique Lewandowski 19, 79 01/10/2013 GS 3-0 Dortmund de Marseille (P), Reus 52 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Barton 54, J. Ayew Olympique de Marseille - VfL 08/11/2012 GS 2-2 Marseille 67; Hanke 20, Borussia Mönchengladbach Arango 90+3 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Daems 33 (P), 25/10/2012 GS 2-0 Monchengladbach - Olympique de Marseille Mlapa 67 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - 2-0 03/04/2012 QF Munich Olić 13, 37 Olympique de Marseille agg: 4-0 Olympique de Marseille - FC Gomez 44, Robben 28/03/2012 QF 0-2 Marseille Bayern München 69 Błaszczykowski 23, Borussia Dortmund - Olympique Hummels 32 (P); 06/12/2011 GS 2-3 Dortmund de Marseille Rémy 45+4, A. Ayew 85, Valbuena 87 Olympique de Marseille - A. Ayew 20, 69 (P), 28/09/2011 GS 3-0 Marseille Borussia Dortmund Rémy 62 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Maurice 35, Issa 52, Olympique de Marseille - SV 3-2 03/11/1998 R2 Marseille Dugarry 78; Eilts 47, Werder Bremen agg: 4-3 Herzog 82 2 RB Leipzig - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 5 April 2018 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit RB Arena, Leipzig UEFA Cup SV Werder Bremen - Olympique Herzog 68; Maurice 20/10/1998 R2 1-1 Bremen de Marseille 67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - 1. FC 1-0 22/10/1987 R1 Marseille K. Allofs 8 Lokomotive Leipzig agg: 1-0 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig - 16/09/1987 R1 0-0 Leipzig Olympique de Marseille UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - FC Carl 0-1 01/10/1975 R1 Marseille Irmscher 44 Zeiss Jena agg: 0-4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena - Olympique Sengewald 33, 35, 17/09/1975 R1 3-0 Jena de Marseille Kurbjuweit 47 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Flohe 7, D. Müller 10, 1. FC Köln - Olympique de 6-0 06/11/1973 R2 Cologne 37, Overath 40 (P), Marseille agg: 6-2 Löhr 47, 55 Olympique de Marseille - 1. FC Lopez 68, Kuszowski 23/10/1973 R2 2-0 Marseille Köln 74 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RB Leipzig 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 Olympique de Marseille 8 4 1 3 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 16 5 3 8 16 28 3 RB Leipzig - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 5 April 2018 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit RB Arena, Leipzig Match background The UEFA Europa League welcomes two new quarter-finalists in Leipzig and Marseille, who are both seeking to become the first winners of the competition from their respective countries. • Leipzig, who finished third in their UEFA Champions League group, have enjoyed an impressive run in the UEFA Europa League, eliminating Napoli on away goals in the round of 32 before edging past another former UEFA Cup winner, Zenit, 3-2 on aggregate in the round of 16. • Runners-up to Salzburg in the group stage, Marseille overcame Braga 3-1 on aggregate in the round of 32 before home (3-1) and away (2-1) wins against UEFA Europa League regulars Athletic Club in the last 16, Lucas Ocampos scoring three goals and captain Dimitri Payet the other two. Previous meetings • The clubs have never met in UEFA competition, although Marseille have faced another team from the same city, defeating Lokomotive Leipzig (then representing East Germany) 1-0 on aggregate (0-0 away, 1-0 home) in the 1987/88 European Cup Winners' Cup. • Leipzig's European debut came on home soil against French visitors – a 1-1 draw against Monaco on matchday one of this season's UEFA Champions League. The German club overwhelmed the 2016/17 semi-finalists in the matchday five return, a 4-1 win at the Stade Louis II that featured two goals from German international striker Timo Werner and ensured Leipzig would finish above their hosts in Group G. • Marseille have lost eight of their 16 matches against German opposition, winning five. They have been victorious just once away, coming from two goals down to defeat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at the Westfalen Stadion in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage, and lost five. However, it was on German soil that the French club celebrated their most significant victory when they defeated AC Milan 1-0 in Munich on 29 May 1993 to win the inaugural UEFA Champions League. • OM have been defeated without scoring on each of their last three visits to Germany, going down 2-0 to Bayern München in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg (after a 0-2 loss at home), 2-0 to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage and 3-0 at Dortmund in their 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group. Form guide • Leipzig have won two of their five European home games (D1 L2) and conceded at least once in each of them – eight goals in all. Indeed, they have yet to keep a clean sheet in any of their ten European matches, home and away, conceding 16 goals in total. • Leipzig gained automatic entry into the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League after finishing runners-up to Bundesliga champions Bayern at the end of their debut season in Germany's top flight. They are the only club to have played their first European fixture in the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Leipzig are on a run of six matches unbeaten in all competitions (W3 D3), the wins including a 2-1 defeat of runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern München on 18 March. • Marseille's 2-1 win in Bilbao last time out ended a run of seven away fixtures in Europe without a victory (D4 L3). They had scored just three goals over that period, conceding six. • UEFA Cup runners-up in 1998/99 and 2003/04, and quarter-finalists in 2008/09, Marseille have reached the UEFA Europa League's last eight for the first time at the fourth attempt. • Marseille lost both legs of their two most recent European quarter-finals, going down 0-2 away and 1-2 at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup prior to that 2011/12 UEFA Champions League reverse against Bayern. However, the first five of their seven European quarter-final ties all ended in victory, most recently against Internazionale in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup (1-0 home, 1-0 away). • Marseille finished fifth in last season's Ligue 1 and entered the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round, where they defeated Belgium's Oostende 4-2 on aggregate before getting the better of Slovenian side Domžale in the play-offs (4-1). Links and trivia • No German or French club has ever reached the UEFA Europa League final. There has only ever been one semi- finalist from each country – Hamburg in 2009/10 and Lyon in 2016/17 respectively. • Leipzig are the only one of the eight teams remaining in the competition who have never previously appeared in a UEFA competition final. • Leipzig became the 204th club to compete in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final – and a record 17th 4 RB Leipzig - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 5 April 2018 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit RB Arena, Leipzig from Germany – when they transferred over from the UEFA Champions League in the winter. • Goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi has played every minute of Leipzig's ten European games. • Werner has scored six goals in Leipzig's last seven European fixtures – the first five in away fixtures before he broke his home duck in the 2-1 win against Zenit. • Werner scored past Steve Mandanda in Germany's 2-2 friendly draw against France in Cologne last November. • In the European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Emil Forsberg scored the opener for Sweden in France before Dimitri Payet grabbed France's winner in a 2-1 victory. In the return fixture, Forsberg's Sweden reversed that 2- 1 scoreline against Payet's France. • There are three Frenchmen in the Leipzig squad: Dayot Upamecano, Ibrahima Konaté and Jean-Kévin Augustin.