Marseille vs Strasbourg prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-01-18 19:45.
[p]Matchday 18 of Ligue 1 concludes at the Stade Vélodrome where hosts Marseille will be licking their wounds after a heartbreaking penalty shootout exit to Lille in the Coupe de France in midweek. That brought an end to what was a seven-game unbeaten streak (W6, D1) for Roberto De Zerbi’s men, who now turn their attention back to their pursuit of league-leaders PSG, whom they trail by seven points prior to the weekend. [/p]
[p]The make-up of Marseille’s 36 league points thus far makes for interesting reading, as only 12 of them have at home while 24 on the road, meaning they possess the largest such differential of all teams in Europe’s traditional top-five leagues. The Phocaeans should be confident of narrowing that gap here, since they’ve lost just one of their last 18 Ligue 1 encounters with upcoming visitors Strasbourg (W8, D9). [/p]
[p]The visitors will be confident in their own right ahead of this trip, since their sole victory in that run came in the last H2H in September, giving Strasbourg the opportunity to claim a league double over Marseille for the first time since the 1996/97 season. That would be a massive feather in the cap of manager Liam Rosenior, who’ll be wanting his team to break through the mid-table cluster they currently find themselves in.[/p]
[p]Continuing their current form could soon see the Blue and Whites in contention for the European spots since they’ve won five games in succession, three of which have come in Ligue 1. They last won four consecutive top-flight games back in January 2019, an achievement that could be within reach if their current goalscoring form on the road continues, having found the net in 12 of their last 13 away games [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Marseille’s Adrien Rabiot is in a rich vein of form with five goal contributions in his last six matches (G3, A2), with four of his last six goals coming after half time. Strasbourg will be hoping to get the best out of Emanuel Emegha, who found the net against Marseille last season and will be hoping to do the same since eight of 12 Ligue 1 goals since have come away from home. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Marseille have kept just two clean sheets in their last 18 home league matches. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]