Marseille beat Villarreal (4-0) in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League. Jordan Veretout, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ismaïla Sarr and Yerson Mosquera scored for Marseille.
The return leg takes place on March 14 (6:45 p.m.) at the Vélodrome stadium. OM has one foot and four fingers in the quarter-final of the competition, where they have reached the final three times.