Europa League: the economic face-to-face of Leipzig - Marseille (1/4 final 1^st leg on 05/04/2018)

With more than 8.3 million fans on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Conforama) has 12 times more fans than RB Leipzig (Bundesliga), who have a total of more than 680,000, as the two teams prepare to face each other in the quarter-final first leg of the 2017-18 Europa League at the Red Bull Arena (Leipzig, Germany), on Thursday 05/04/2018 at 21:05 CET.

The Marseille club has an average attendance of 45,129 spectators (fill rate: 68%) at the Orange Vélodrome after 31 matchdays of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 Conforama, while RB Lepizig have an average of 39,347 spectators (fill rate: 92%) at the Red Bull Arena after 28 matchdays of the Bundesliga.

The squad value of RB Leipzig, according to an evaluation from website transfermarkt.de on 05/04/2018, was €351m versus €188m for Olympique de Marseille.

Marseille ahead in terms of attendance, season ticket holders and social networks, Leipzig ahead in terms of turnover and squad value

• Olympique de Marseille turnover (excluding capital gains from player transfers) for the 2016-17 season (from…