Lille vs Marseille prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-12-04 20:00.
[p]A clash between third-place Marseille and fourth-place Lille won’t solely decide the top-three race in Ligue 1, but it could be crucial come the end of the season. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After losing their way with two defeats from three league games before the November international break, Lille have regained momentum by winning back-to-back Ligue 1 matches. Despite being reduced to ten men, Lille inched past Le Havre 1-0 last weekend, with that result continuing a fine trend which has seen them win all six of their league games so far against the current bottom seven. Games against the top 11 have been far less fruitful (W2, D2, L4), but both wins did at least come at home, where Lille boast a great record across their last 22 Ligue 1 games (W15, D5, L2).[/p]
[p]Marseille sit three points clear of Lille, thanks in no small part to a phenomenal recent run that has seen them win eight of their last 11 league games (D2, L1). Only a 92nd-minute equaliser from Toulouse last time out prevented Marseille from coming into this game top of Ligue 1, as they search for a first top-flight crown since 2009/10. Ending over 15 years of hurt will require them to topple the PSG juggernaut, but they could at least put some pressure on the Parisians by moving top of the table here if they can secure a fifth victory from their last six away league games (L1). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Lille have dominated this fixture of late, going unbeaten in ten of the last 11 H2Hs (W5, D5, L1), while they’ve also won four of the last five Ligue 1 meetings they hosted (D1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Lille have scored a league-high 16 goals after the 75th minute this campaign. [/p]
[p]Lille conceded exactly once in six of their last seven Friday-held Ligue 1 home games. [/p]
[p]Marseille have scored a league-high 22 second-half goals this season.[/p]
[p]Ten of Marseille’s last 12 Friday-held Ligue 1 games saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Hamza Igamane got Lille’s late winner last weekend, with eleven of his last 12 goals at club level arriving after half-time. Six of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s last seven club strikes also arrived after the break, as did his two career strikes against former club Lille. [/p]
[p]Lille will be without the suspended Ayyoub Bouaddi after his red card last weekend, a game during which Olivier Giroud was withdrawn with an injury. Marseille appear to have no fresh injury concerns.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With two prolific scorers after half-time, we’re backing the second half to be the highest scoring half.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]