Marseille vs PSG prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-03-30 18:45.
[p]Marseille headed into the international break off the back of consecutive away defeats, after losing the second leg of their UEFA Europa League tie 3-1 to Villarreal, before going down 2-0 against Rennes in Ligue 1. The former was of no consequence as Marseille won the tie 5-3 on aggregate, but to follow it up with another defeat on their travels suggests how dependent they’ve become on home form. [/p]
[p]The Phocaeans have lost 11 games this season, all on the road, while at home they’re inexplicably unbeaten in 19 games across all competitions (W13, D6). That record will now face the sternest of tests as they welcome runaway league-leaders PSG to the Stade Vélodrome, a team against whom they’ve lost five of their last six Ligue 1 H2Hs (D1) by an aggregate score of 12-1.[/p]
[p]PSG’s dominance in this fixture extends far beyond that, since they’ve been victorious in 23 of the last 29 H2H encounters in all competitions (D4, L2). Continuing that trend would see Luis Enrique’s men remain unbeaten this calendar year in all competitions, a claim only England’s Manchester City and Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen can make amongst teams in Europe’s traditional top-five leagues prior to the weekend. [/p]
[p]Unlike their hosts, hitting the road only seems to bring the best out of Parisians, who are aiming to cruise to their tenth Ligue 1 title in the last 12 seasons. They have secured more points away (31) than at home (28) this season, the most recent of which was a 6-2 drubbing away at Montpellier, which saw them become just the fourth side in history to register 350 Ligue 1 away wins.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: The Stade Vélodrome faithful will be on the edge of their seats whenever Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gets on the ball, given seven of his last eight goals have come at home. They’ll also do so, albeit nervously, when PSG’s Kylian Mbappé goes anywhere near the goal, since he has registered 11 goal contributions (G9, A2) in his last ten Ligue 1 games against Marseille. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The half-time result was replicated come full-time in nine of Marseille’s last 11 matches. [/p]