Marseille vs Brighton prediction, odds, betting tips and best bets for Europa League group-stage match

Much has changed for Marseille since their preparations for their first UEFA Europa League game of the season after going unbeaten in the first five matches of their Ligue 1 campaign.

Manager Marcelino quit on the eve of their group-stage opener with Ajax, citing "intimidation, threats, insults and slander" from some fans who were still apparently enraged at the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League.

OM then shared four goals with their opponents in the first 38 minutes of their trip to Amsterdam, eventually earning a late 3-3 draw through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's second of the game.

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Marseille's unbeaten start subsequently came to an end with a 4-0 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain, and former Valencia, Napoli and Milan manager Gennaro Gattuso has subsequently taken charge and overseen a 3-2 loss at leaders Monaco in which his new team twice held the lead.

All of which makes Brighton's surprise 3-2 home defeat to AEK Athens in their first ever European game seem relatively unremarkable.

Albion were hot favourites to beat the Greek side, who profited from counter-attacks and set-pieces and, with Ajax floundering and Marseille rudderless, look well poised to bely their status among some as the weakest team in the group.

Their victims on Matchday One recovered four days later, coming from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1 in the Premier League at the Brighton Community Stadium, helped by a double from half-time substitute Kaoru Mitoma, which included a rapid equaliser.

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Plenty could depend on the impact Gattuso has in a short space of time, but the imperative for Brighton to put a