Sunday sees Lorient play host to Marseille in a Ligue 1 game at the Stade du Moustoir. Kickoffs set for 8th May 2022 08:05 EAT.
Lorient, meanwhile, still aren’t entirely safe from relegationcurrently in 16th place in the standings with 34 points from 35 matches played. Two wins and three losses has been recorded in their last five fixtures.They come into this match on a two-game losing streak, recently shipping five goals to Rennes. FC Lorient have seen their defense breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 16 goals in the process.
FC Lorient will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-2 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Reims.In that match, FC Lorient had 52% possession,20 attempts with 8 of them on target and a goal scored by Terem Moffi (32′). Stade de Reims got 12 shots with 2 on target and goals scored by Arber Zeneli (17′) and El Bilal Touré (59′).
Jorge Sampaoli’s side are in second place in the standings with 65 points from 35 games. In their last five fixtures, three wins and two losses has been recorded.They have won six of their last eight games, they’ll be hopeful of securing their top-four spot soon. Intheir 6 previous matches, Jorge Sampaoli’s Marseille have turned their attacks into goals 7 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 1.17.
The visitors will be hoping to bounce back from an unpleasant 0-3 home loss to Lyon. In that game, Marseille had 63% possession, 9 shots with 2 of them on target. Lyon got 12 shots with 5 of them on target and goals scored by Castello Lukeba (55’), Moussa Dembele (76’) and Karl Toko Ekambi (88’).
Lorient vs Marseille Head-to-head
These two teams have had 29 encounters since 1998; Lorient has 6 victories while Marseille got 16 victories and 7 matches ended all square.
- Marseille 4-1 Lorient17/10/21
- Marseille 3-2 Lorient17/04/21
- Lorient 0-1 Marseille24/10/20
- Lorient 1-4 Marseille05/03/17
- Marseille 2-0 Lorient26/08/16
Home
- Lorient 1-2 Reims
- Stade Rennes 5-0 Lorient
- Lorient 1-0 Metz
- Nice 2-1 Lorient
- Lorient 6-2 Saint-Etienne
Away
- Marseille 0-0 Feyenoord
- Marseille 0-3 Lyon
- Feyenoord 3-2 Marseille
- Reims 0-1 Marseille
- Marseille 3-2 Nantes
Lorient team news
Christophe Pélissier will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Marseille team news
Jorge Sampaoli will miss the services of Dimitri Payet, Konrad de la Fuenteand Leonardo Balerdi due to injuries.
Prediction and Odds
Going into this contest, FC Lorient have not registered a win against Marseille in their last 7 league matches.Marseille have not lost to FC Lorient when they’ve played them away from home in the last 6 league matches.
- Marseille win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
