📊 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille are hoping to win again after their last result, the 2-1 Ligue 1 triumph against RC Lens.

In that game, Lille managed 49% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Lille was Edon Zhegrova (9', 60'). Lens got 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Elye Wahi (78') scored for RC Lens.

Lille haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They have managed to rack up 10 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if such a trend might be maintained in this upcoming game.

Their prior results show that Lille:

• have not been beaten in the league by Marseille in their previous 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 10 home league matches. A very good run at home.

Marseille

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Since being beaten in their last game against Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 action, Marseille and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Marseille managed 47% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Paris Saint-Germain had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Vitinha (53') and Gonçalo Ramos (85') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Indicating their penchant for eventful encounters, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the prior six matches in which Marseille have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Their opponents have got 8 of those goals.

Heading into this contest, Marseille haven't won against Lille when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 03/03/2021 tells us that Lille have won 3 of these games & Marseille 1, with the number of draws being 2.

A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 from LOSC and 4 netted by Les Olympiens. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league game between the two was Ligue 1 match day 11 on 04/11/2023 and the score finished Marseille 0-0 Lille.

That day, Marseille had 46% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, Lille got 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Stéphanie Frappart.

ℹ️ Team News: Lille

Samuel Umtiti (Knee surgery), Andrej Ilic (Broken fibula) and Angel Gomes (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Lille manager Paulo Fonseca.

In all likelihood, LOSC will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Lucas Chevalier, Bafode Diakite, Leny Yoro, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Ismaily, Benjamin Andre, Nabil Bentaleb, Edon Zhegrova, Remy Cabella, H. Arnar Haraldsson and Jonathan David.

📰 Team News: Marseille

Marseille manager Jean-Louis Gasset has a number of players out of action. Bilal Nadir (Cruciate ligament tear), Valentin Rongier (Broken kneecap), Amir Murillo (Adductor pain) and Jonathan Clauss (Torn muscle bundle) will not be playing here.

It’s our belief that Les Olympiens appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 system, choosing Pau Lopez, Ulisses Garcia, Chancel Mbemba, Leonardo Balerdi, Quentin Merlin, Jordan Veretout, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Pape Gueye, Amine Harit, Iliman Ndiaye and P. Aubameyang.

✨ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Marseille might need a bit of good fortune to score against this Lille outfit who we think might well win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re going for a hard-fought 1-0 winning score for Lille at the end of this one.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:02 05/04/2024