Spartak Moscow have been impressive in Picklive terms in their two defeats against Chelsea. They had 4 of the top 5 points scorers in Russia and 2 in London. That would suggest leaning towards the Russians for tonights make or break match.
The best 3 Spartak players were Ibson, Sheshukov and Makeev, in that order, for both matches. Apart from those three, Parshivlyuk and Ivanov are out and so previous Picklive form suggests Komborov may be worth a shout if you fancy a fourth Spartak player. He scored a respectable 56 in the away match and would've been their third highest scorer in the home match were it not for a yellow card.
Marseille are a bit less predictable and have fielded very different teams in each of their 4 Champions League matches so far. In their one Picklive appearance they did match Spartak Moscow in getting 2 of the top 5 against Chelsea but they went further than that and had 5 of the top 8 - in fact picking their top 5 (Cisse, Heinze, Gonzalez, Kabore and Mbia) would've won the Big Game quite comfortably.
The change in personnel complicates the tips for Marseille tonight. I would consider Heinze if he starts at lef-back, Mbia if he starts at centre-back and whoever starts at the base of midfield should also be strongly considered. Ayew and Valbuena started on the bench at the weekend and are capable of being explosive from wide.
In summary I fancy Marseille to do ok tonight, as they have slightly better recent form, so would recommend at least 2 picks from them. I think the left flank of both teams will do most of the damage going forward and will score more points than the right side. Hence my tip is to pick 5 players from the middle and left side of both teams, 3 from Spartak, 2 from Marseille. Makeev (and possibly Komborov) from the Spartak left, Ibson and Shesukov from the centre. Ayew and Heinze from the Marseille left , Mbia and Kabore from the centre (depending on the line-up). Any 5 from those 8.
Good luck!
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(Ben Wraith)
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