Le Havre vs Marseille prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-05-09 19:00.
[p]Heading into the penultimate game of the Ligue 1 season, Le Havre have given themselves a shot at escaping the bottom three with a win and a draw in their previous two outings. They’re still in 16th place which would grant them a promotion/relegation play-off opportunity, but with just two points separating them and Reims in 13th, they should feel that there is a clear route to outright survival.[/p]
[p]Unfortunately for Didier Digard’s men, the top-six race is equally as tight, and that could affect them significantly since their last two games are against teams in that race – Marseille here and Strasbourg on the final day. Having lost the last nine competitive H2Hs against Marseille, and failed to win any of the last 21 encounters in Ligue 1 (D7, L14), history would suggest they have their work cut out to avoid going into the final day in the bottom three. [/p]
[p]This fixture probably falls at a good time for the visitors, who are desperately trying to hang onto a top-three spot and earn automatic qualification to next season’s UEFA Champions League. They’ve corrected their course in that regard with two wins and a draw in their last three outings, after a woeful run of four defeats in five games prior (W1) threatened to unravel their season’s work. [/p]
[p]Even though the results have improved, Roberto De Zerbi will know an eight-game stretch without a clean sheet has made life unnecessarily harder in the run for home. The Phocaeans have also done themselves no favours with their form on the road of late, winning none of their last five away games (D1, L4), but they have at least won without conceding when visiting the other two bottom-three sides in league action this season.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Former Marseille man AndrĂ© Ayew scored for Le Havre in a 5-1 loss in the reverse fixture, with that contributing to him netting his team’s first goal in three of his last four goalscoring appearances. Scorer of the match opener that day was Valentin Rongier, who’ll be looking to get onto the scoresheet again as four of his six goals for Marseille have come on the road. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The half-time result has been replicated at full-time in six of Le Havre’s last seven home matches.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]