Europa League: the economic head-to-head between O. Marseille - Eintracht Frankfurt on 20/09/2918

With nearly 8.9 million fans on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, on 01/09/2018), Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Conforama) has more than 6.6 times more fans than Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga), which totals 1.3 million, as the two teams prepare to face each other on Matchday 1 of Group H of the 2018-19 Europa League, at the Orange Vélodrome (Marseille, FRA), on Thursday 20/09/2018 (kick-off at 18:55 CET, match to be played behind closed doors).

Olympique de Marseille has an average attendance of 55,574 spectators at Orange Vélodrome (66,226 capacity) after 5 matchdays of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 Conforama (83% fill rate), while Eintracht Frankfurt has an average attendance of 50,000 spectators at the Commerzbank Arena (51,500 capacity) after 3 matchdays of the 2018-19 Bundesliga (97% fill rate).

Marseille, 2017-18 Europa League finalists, spent €182m to compose its current sqaud, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory. The Marseille squad is valued at €258m by transfermarkt.de, on 20/09/2018. Eintracht, the winners of the 2017-18 DFB-Pokal, spent €50m…