Aubameyang has been effective in leading the line since he rejoined Marseille from Saudi Pro League side, Al Qadasiya, over the summer. He netted 30 goals across his 51 appearances for Marseille before making that move and has returned with some confidence having registered nine goal contributions across his 12 appearances for Marseille so far this term.

Aubameyang has had seven shots on target across his five starts in Ligue 1 this term (1.16 per 90) with this record returning three goals domestically for the 36 year old. Aubameyang is still more than capable of performing at this level despite his age, he scored his first goal of the Champions League campaign against Ajax as Marseille ran out 4-0 winners over the Dutch side. 

Aubameyang created three chances and one shot in Marseille’s 2-1 defeat against Sporting last time out. I think Marseille will control and dominate this game with Atalanta without a win in their last five matches, and also losing 4-0 on their last trip to France which was against PSG on Matchday 1.

Zawelski is expected to line up as a left wing back here which will pit him directly against Mason Greenwood. Greenwood has been one of Marseille’s most influential players this season and is very strong when it comes to winning fouls.

Greenwood has won 11 fouls across his 10 appearances in Ligue 1 this term (1.26 per 90) as well as winning a further two fouls in the Champions League (0.80 per 90). These metrics are just a sample of Greenwood’s ability when it comes to winning fouls, he won 37 fouls across his 34 Ligue 1 appearances last term (1.18 per 90) so it is a consistent part of his game which should come to the fore here.

Zawelski is quite a forward thinking wingback and gets caught out defensively at times when marauding forward. He averaged 0.84 fouls committed per 90 across his 23 appearances in Serie A last season and also isn’t the most experienced at the Champions League level.

I think Marseille could come away with quite a comfortable victory here. I’m really not a fan of Ivan Juric who is Atalanta’s current head coach, if you recognise his name it’s probably from his time at Southampton last season where he was sacked after taking on the role from Russell Martin.

I’m not quite sure how he’s jumped from that to Atalanta with his stint at Torino doing a lot of the heavy lifting for his appointment at Atalanta. The Italian side have only managed to win one of their last eight matches, and this could be the final nail in the coffin for Juric seeing as Marseille fired four goals past Ajax in their previous home game in the Champions League.

Marseille have scored 18 goals across their five home matches in Ligue 1 this term (3.6 per game). I really don't think that Atalanta will be able to live with this scoring power and could crumble in a similar manner to Ajax with confidence low in the Atalanta camp at the moment.

Marseille are averaging 5.27 corners per game in Ligue 1 this season. This average drops slightly but still remains above the line we require here when looking at their home fixtures in Ligue 1 this term (4.60 per game).

Roberto De Zerbi is far from a set piece specialist but his side are able to come away with healthy corner counts due to how they dominate the game. Atalanta are likely to be forced back towards their own box here, as they were in their 4-0 defeat to PSG where they allowed the Parisians to rack up six corners.

Marseille managed to rack up four corners on Matchday 1 in their 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid. They didn’t manage to hit this total in their games against Ajax and Sporting, but both of those games had wider context with Marseille being reduced to 10 men against Sporting and being completely in control early on against Ajax.