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Marseille vs Nîmes Live Stream, Predictions
The Ligue 1 game at Stade Vélodrome on Saturday will see home team Marseille go into battle with opponents Nîmes.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Marseille v Nîmes are shown on this page - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Marseille
WLDLWD ⚖
Marseille enter this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Ligue 1 draw vs Dijon.
In that match, Marseille managed 59% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For their opponents, Dijon FCO got 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target.
It’s been all too rare in recent times that Marseille have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Les Olympiens have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals during that time.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Marseille:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Nîmes in their last 4 matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.
Nîmes
LLDLLL 📉
After being beaten in their last game against Lille in Ligue 1 competition, Nîmes will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Nîmes managed 48% possession and 7 shots at goal with 0 on target. LOSC Lille Métropole had 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. Burak Yılmaz (29') scored for Lille.
The strike force from Nîmes have made hard work of scoring goals over their previous six encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of only 3. In those fixtures, Les Crocodiles have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 16. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.
Going into this encounter, Nîmes are without an away win for the past 4 league games.
👥 Head to head
The last league contest between the two was Ligue 1 match day 13 on 04/12/2020 when it finished Nîmes 0-2 Marseille.
On that day, Nîmes had 31% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.
Marseille had 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Darío Benedetto (57') and Valère Germain (84') scored.
The match was refereed by Willy Delajod.
📋 Team News: Marseille
Jordan Amavi (Torn Muscle), Luis Henrique (Corona virus) and Steve Mandanda (Muscle Injury) will be missing for Marseille boss André Villas-Boas.
📰 Team News: Nîmes
Nîmes boss Jérôme Arpinon has not got a full squad to pick from. Loïck Landre (Torn Muscle) and Clément Depres (Knee Surgery) will miss out on this game.
💭 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Marseille will, in all likelihood, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
At the other end, Nîmes could well find it tough finding the net themselves but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.
Accordingly, we see a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Marseille at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 00:09 12/01/2021

⚽️ Team Focus:
Marseille
Formed: 1899
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome (67,394)
Captain: Steve Mandanda
Chairman: Jacques-Henri Eyraud
Manager: André Villas-Boas
Competitions: Ligue 1 position 6
⭐ Star Player: Valère Germain

Customarily playing in the Striker position, Valère Germain was born in Marseille, France. Having made his senior debut playing for Monaco in the 2010 - 2011 season, the dangerous Forward has hit 3 league goals in this Ligue 1 2020 - 2021 campaign so far coming from a total of 15 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 40 | DWWWD |
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19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 39 | WDWDW |
3 |
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19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 39 | WDWLW |
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20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 36 | WDWWW |
5 |
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19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 33 | WWWDD |
6 |
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17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 32 | LDLWD |
7 |
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19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 30 | LDWWL |
8 |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 28 | DLLDL |
9 |
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18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 27 | WLWLL |
10 |
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19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 26 | LWLDW |
11 |
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19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 26 | DDLWL |
12 |
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19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | WWLDD |
13 |
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18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 23 | WLDLD |
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19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 21 | WDWDW |
15 |
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19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -4 | 20 | WLLWW |
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19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 19 | WDDDL |
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19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 17 | LDLDD |
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19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -14 | 14 | LLWDD |
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19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 12 | LLDLL |
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19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -26 | 12 | LDLLL |
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LOSC Lille Métropole |
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Dijon FCO |
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OGC Nice |
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AS Monaco FC |
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FC Nantes |
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FC Metz |
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Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 59 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 26 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Florian Thauvin | 6 |
Darío Benedetto | 4 |
Valère Germain | 3 |
Dimitri Payet | 3 |
Duje Ćaleta-Car | 2 |
Zinedine Ferhat | 3 |
Renaud Ripart | 3 |
Mattéo Ahlinvi | 2 |
Moussa Koné | 2 |
Adrián Cubas | 1 |
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FC Lorient |
Angers SCO |
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AS Monaco FC |
Dijon FCO |
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FC Nantes |
OGC Nice |
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