Marseille vs Ajax prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-09-29 19:00.
[p]Two European heavyweights go head-to-head in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) as Marseille host Ajax in the second round of league phase fixtures.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Marseille may have lost their opening UCL league phase fixture 2-1 against Real Madrid, but a strong performance helped spur them on to back-to-back domestic wins since. The Olympians first recorded a hugely impressive, and increasingly rare, win over PSG before beating Strasbourg 2-1 on Friday night. Roberto De Zerbi’s men are therefore chasing a first set of three successive victories since February, and although enthusiasm is tempered by a miserable run of 19 defeats from their last 22 outings in the UCL (W3), Marseille can point to being unbeaten in their last nine home outings in European football (W7, D2). [/p]
[p]Ajax were also beaten in their opening UCL league phase match, going down 2-0 to Inter Milan. Recent history suggests the four-time European champions are unlikely to bounce back either, as their last nine games in this competition yielded just two victories (D1, L6), both of them against Rangers. Ajax last lost their opening two games of a UCL campaign back in 2012/13, and at least have strong domestic form to fall back on as they seek European improvements as Johnny Heitinga’s team remain unbeaten in the Eredivisie (W4, D3).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Having lost the first three H2Hs between these two sides, Marseille are unbeaten in five meetings against Ajax since (W3, D2). Marseille have lost just one of their last eight home games against Dutch sides in Europe (W5, D2).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Four of Marseille’s seven matches this season have featured a red card.[/p]
[p]Marseille have only kept one clean sheet in their last 22 UCL games.[/p]
[p]Four of Ajax’s last five matches have seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]None of Ajax’s last 20 European games have finished 0-0, with 15 of them producing at least two goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s goal for Marseille against Strasbourg means nine of his last 12 strikes have come after the break, including three in second-half stoppage time. Ajax striker Wout Weghorst has seen eight of his last nine goals serve as the first or last of the game.[/p]
[p]Marseille’s Geoffrey Kondogbia and Hamed Traoré will miss this one. Kasper Dolberg looks set to be absent for the visitors.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]These two teams seem to guarantee goals when they play, so both teams to score looks likely.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]