Marseille vs Nice prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-09-13 15:00.
[p]Marseille freely piled on the goals in their opening three Ligue 1 rounds as Roberto de Zerbi delivered the club their highest goal count after the first three games of a new league season in 70 years. If he wishes to realise his ambitions of reverting his new side into the title challengers that they’ve been in recent years, the Italian needs to have spent some time over the international break sharpening up a defensive unit without a clean sheet this term. [/p]
[p]They’re already showing significant signs of improvement on last season’s miserable travelling record at least, so if they can keep that going whilst staying strong at home, Marseille could indeed be on the right path. They remain unbeaten in 17 consecutive Ligue 1 games as home favourites (W10, D7) since the start of last season, although 2-2 draws in their previous home outing (v Reims) as well as in April against Nice have both gone down as missed opportunities.[/p]
[p]After a stalled start in which they couldn’t win as favourites against either Auxerre (L 2-1 away) or Toulouse (D 1-1 home), Nice finally got their campaign off the ground with a 4-1 demolition of newly promoted Angers that prompted head coach Franck Haise to declare things are “moving forward” as intended. With goals scored and conceded in all three of their games as well, more action appears almost guaranteed here.[/p]
[p]With the inaugural league phase of the revamped UEFA Europa League coming later this month, it’s imperative for Nice to make the most of this early season period before needing to juggle two competitions at once. Thumping Angers could be just what they needed to kick start their campaign, and on the basis of their W3, D3, L1 Ligue 1 record as away outsiders last season they may relish the home side being burdened with expectations this time around.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Hailed by one French journalist as “perhaps the best player in Ligue 1”, Marseille recruit Mason Greenwood dominated August with five goals in their three Ligue 1 games, three of which arrived before the 20th minute. Nice’s most recent scorer, Evann Guessand delivered the only goal of their 1-0 H2H win last season, while none of his last 17 club strikes arrived before the half-hour mark.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Nine of Marseille’s last ten Ligue 1 games produced over 2.5 total goals, as did 11 of Nice’s last 14.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]