Europa League 2018: Semi-Final Leg 2 Live Stream, TV Schedule and Predictions

Arsene Wenger's near-22-year career as Arsenal manager could be condemned to ending in disappointment on Thursday if the Gunners fail to reach the 2018 UEFA Europa League final. 

The north London outfit are level with Atletico Madrid at 1-1 after the first leg of their semi-final and will need to be on top form at the Wanda Metropolitano if they are to get the positive result they need in the second leg.

In the other last-four encounter, Olympique de Marseille are in the driving seat after a 2-0 first-leg victory over Red Bull Salzburg, but the Austrian side will look to harness their home support at the Red Bull Arena in an attempt to engineer a turnaround.

Here is the TV schedule and live-stream options for both matches (kick-offs will be at 8:05 p.m. BST / 3:05 p.m. ET).

Atletico Madrid vs. Arsenal: BT Sport 2 (UK), Fox Sports 1 (U.S.)

Red Bull Salzburg vs. Marseille: BT Sport 3 (UK), Fox Sports 2 (U.S.)

Preview

All things being equal, the two teams facing off in the 2018 Europa League final at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon on May 16 will be Atletico and Marseille.

The Spanish side have an advantage over Arsenal because of their away goal.

The Gunners had a brilliant opportunity to take a lead to Madrid from the first leg because Sime Vrsaljko was was sent off after just 10 minutes at the Emirates Stadium.

But they could only muster one goal against Atleti's staunch rearguard—Alexandre Lacazette netted just after the hour—and Antoine Griezmann then provided a sucker punch with eight minutes to go after he took full advantage of Laurent Koscielny's mistake, per BT Sport:

The tie is far from over, but Diego Simeone's side are so well drilled and so defensively solid that Arsenal will need to produce a brilliant performance to get an away goal in Madrid.

Atleti are unbeaten in 12 at home in all competitions and haven't conceded a goal at their ground since January 20.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have been in rotten form away from home in the Premier League in 2018:

They have, however, won twice and drawn once on the road in the knockout stages of the Europa League.

There is hope for the Gunners that they may have the chance to send Wenger out on a high note by winning the Europa League. But Atleti are in firm control of the tie.

Salzburg arguably have an even tougher task on their hands.

They are more than capable of netting the two or more goals necessary to keep the tie alive. Their recent record at the Red Bull Arena is superb, as they have gone unbeaten in 13 matches in all competitions since a friendly defeat to Young Boys in January.

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But Marseille are a higher class of side than Salzburg are used to playing, and it seems unlikely the hosts will be able to keep the likes of Florian Thauvin, Lucas Ocampos, Kostas Mitroglou and Dimitri Payet from getting a crucial away goal.

Salzburg have taken out some big hitters in this season's Europa League, ousting Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 before overturning a 4-2 first-leg loss in the quarter-finals to down Lazio.

However, Marseille have a strong hold on their semi-final tie and are firmly in the driving seat to make it through.

Prediction: Arsenal and Marseille reach the Europa League final.