Marseille vs Toulouse prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2023-09-16 15:05.
Marseille remain undefeated in Ligue 1 this season (W2, D2), but they’ll be kicking themselves after playing over 80 minutes against ten-men Nantes before the international break, only to share the spoils in an underwhelming 1-1 draw. Their coach Marcelino expressed his "anger towards the game" after the match, as his team failed to score a second goal despite 26 shot attempts!
The Olympians will be eager to bounce back at the Orange Vélodrome then, where they’ve won five of their last six league outings (L1), and they can rely on a sold-out stadium for the 24th consecutive time to cheer them on! They also enter with a psychological edge over visitors Toulouse, a side they hold an 18-game unbeaten H2H streak against in Ligue 1 (W12, D6), winning each of the previous eight meetings.
Toulouse will need to free themselves from the burden of the past if they want the chance to end their more than 10-year wait for a league win against Marseille. Coach Carles Martinez Novell fumed about his team's "lack of focus" before the international break, as a 95th minute goal saw Clermont claim a last-gasp 2-2 draw, despite Toulouse leading 2-0 after just 14 minutes of play.
It's still a promising start for the Coupe de France defending champions, who have lost only one of their opening four Ligue 1 matches (W1, D2), mirroring the same four-game start as last season. While that single loss came on the road, their prior record of six consecutive away league matches without defeat (W4, D2) should instill some confidence that they can put up a decent fight here.
Players to watch: Marseille will hope that Jordan Veretout can find the net, given that he led his team to victory in all his four goal-scoring league games last season, the last three as the game’s last scorer. He could be upstaged by Zakaria Aboukhlal, who has been Toulouse’s first scorer in his previous seven goalscoring Ligue 1 appearances, including three this term.
Hot streak: Marseille’s previous five competitive matches have all seen the opening goal scored before the 15th minute.