📏 Form Guide

Marseille

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Marseille prepare for this fixture following a 2-2 Ligue 1 drawn game against Toulouse.

In that game, Marseille had 54% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Marseille, the scorers were Jean Onana (38') and Faris Moumbagna (96'). Toulouse had 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Rasmus Nicolaisen (45') and Yann Gboho (82') scored for Toulouse.

Marseille have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their goals record stands at just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their previous 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Marseille have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 12. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Coming into this fixture, Marseille have not emerged victorious against Nice in their last 2 league matches.

Nice

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Nice go into this clash following a 3-0 Ligue 1 win with the downing of FC Lorient in their last game.

In that match, Nice had 51% possession and 19 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Nice, the goals were scored by Morgan Sanson (22'), Jérémie Boga (53') and Evann Guessand (90'). On the other side, Lorient got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Nice, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per game during that time is 2.83, with the average number of goals for Nice working out to 1.5.

Ahead of this meeting, Nice have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 27/10/2021 shows that Marseille have won 2 of these & Nice 3, with the number of draws being 1.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for Les Olympiens and 10 belonging to Les Aiglons. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league fixture between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 9 on 21/10/2023 when it ended Nice 1-0 Marseille.

On that occasion, Nice had 50% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Evann Guessand (80').

For their opponents, Marseille got 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Ruddy Buquet.

ℹ️ Team News: Marseille

Jonathan Clauss (Torn muscle bundle), Bilal Nadir (Cruciate ligament tear), Valentin Rongier (Broken kneecap), Quentin Merlin (Ankle sprain) and Bamo Meïté (Ankle sprain) won’t be playing for Marseille gaffer Jean-Louis Gasset.

We think that Les Olympiens look set to employ a 4-3-3 formation this time and select Pau Lopez, Michael Murillo, Samuel Gigot, Leonardo Balerdi, Ulisses Garcia, Jordan Veretout, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Amine Harit, Iliman Ndiaye, Faris Moumbagna and P. Aubameyang.

ℹ️ Team News: Nice

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Nice gaffer Francesco Farioli to be concerned about. Alexis Beka Beka (depression) misses out for this game.

We are inclined to think that Les Aiglons could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system using Marcin Bulka, Jordan Lotomba, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, Melvin Bard, Morgan Sanson, Pablo Rosario, Hichem Boudaoui, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Terem Moffi and Gaetan Laborde.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Nice have the capability to get a goal against this Marseille lineup, but it realistically won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Marseille at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

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Victor Martins, 18:03 24/04/2024