📏 Form Guide

Marseille

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Marseille head into this game after a 2-2 Ligue 1 stalemate against Nice.

In that match, Marseille managed 48% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Marseille, the goals were scored by Jonathan Clauss (31') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (56'). Nice got 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Terem Moffi (13') and Melvin Bard (72') scored for Nice.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Marseille have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Marseille have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals along the way. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Coming into this meeting, Marseille haven't won against RC Lens in their previous 3 league games.

RC Lens

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RC Lens will go into this match after a 1-0 Ligue 1 win to beat Clermont Foot in their most recent outing.

In that game, RC Lens managed 48% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for RC Lens was Florian Sotoca (3'). On the other side, Clermont Foot had 8 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

In their last 6 clashes, RC Lens have bagged the sum of 6 goals. RC Lens have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 8 goals scored by their opponents.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that RC Lens:

• haven't been beaten by Marseille when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 03/02/2021 shows us that Marseille have won 1 of these and RC Lens 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Les Olympiens and 9 created by Les Artésiens. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league fixture between the two was Ligue 1 match day 12 on 12/11/2023 which ended up with the score at RC Lens 1-0 Marseille.

In that game, RC Lens managed 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jonathan Gradit (90').

At the other end, Marseille got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Benoît Bastien.

ℹ️ Team News: Marseille

Bilal Nadir (Cruciate ligament tear), Valentin Rongier (Broken kneecap), Quentin Merlin (Ankle sprain) and Bamo Meïté (Ankle sprain) are unavailable for Marseille manager Jean-Louis Gasset.

It looks as if Les Olympiens will probably line up in a 4-3-3 system for this one featuring Pau Lopez, Jonathan Clauss, Samuel Gigot, Leonardo Balerdi, Ulisses Garcia, Jordan Veretout, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Amine Harit, Iliman Ndiaye, P. Aubameyang and Joaquin Correa.

📋 Team News: RC Lens

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s just a single fitness problem for the RC Lens manager Franck Haise to contend with. Jimmy Cabot (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that Les Artésiens might utilise a 3-4-3 lineup, going with Brice Samba, Ruben Aguilar, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina, P. Frankowski, Neil El Aynaoui, Andy Diouf, Deiver Machado, Florian Sotoca, Elye Wahi and David Costa.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that RC Lens and Marseille might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline when all is said and done.

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Peter Guest, 18:04 28/04/2024