The previous two meetings between Marseille and Atalanta came in the semi-finals of the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League. After a 1-1 draw at home in the first leg, Marseille were eliminated from the tournament following a 3-0 defeat in the return leg in Italy (lost 4-1 on aggregate).

Atalanta haven’t won any of their four games against French sides played outside of Italy (D2 L2), drawing against Lyon (September 2017) and Marseille (May 2024) in the UEFA Europa League, along with two defeats to Paris SG in the UEFA Champions League (August 2020 and September 2025).

Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi has lost seven of his nine matches against Atalanta across all competitions (W1 D1); his joint-most defeats against an opponent in his managerial career (also seven versus Juventus).

Marseille are unbeaten in each of their last eight home games in major European competition (W6 D2) and could go nine without loss for the first time this century – only between 1989 and 1999 have they have gone nine or more without loss overall in such competitions at home, setting the second longest such streak by a French Side (23, behind PSG’s 31, 2006 – 2015).

Atalanta have lost only two of their 11 UEFA Champions League group/league phase games since the start of last season (W5 D4), while only Internazionale (10) and Arsenal (8) have kept more clean sheets than the Italian side in round one matches in that same period (6). 

Marseille have spent just nine percent of their UEFA Champions League match time this season in a losing position (28 minutes), the lowest proportion of any side to have suffered multiple defeats in the competition in 2025-26. The French side do average the third worst xG difference per 90 while drawing however (-1.8, 114 minutes), behind only Eintracht Frankfurt (-2.4) and Kairat (-2.2).

Atalanta are one of only three teams to both record and face at least 45 shots in the UEFA Champions League this season (49 for, 45 against); on MD3, La Dea’s 0-0 draw with Slavia Prague saw the most shots on record (since 2003-04) in a match that finished goalless in the competition (38 – 22 for, 16 against).

Marseille’s Igor Paixão has scored three goals in the UEFA Champions League this season with André Ayew in 2011-12 the last player to net more times in a campaign for the club (4) – the only other non-French players to net more than three times in a single edition of the Champions League for the French side are Didier Drogba in 2003-04 (5) and Alen Boksic in 1992-93 (4).

Against Slavia Prague last time out, Charles De Ketelaere created six chances for the second time in a UEFA Champions League game for Atalanta (also vs Club Brugge in February), the only player to do so in more than one game for the club in the competition.  

Marseille pair Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1 goal) and Igor Paixão (2 goals) have combined to score three goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, more than any other teammates in 2025-26.