Marseille will be going for the third win in a row in all competitions this weekend when they welcome Clermont Foot at Stade Vélodrome (Marseille) in game week 26. Kickoffs on 20th February 2022 at EAT.
The home team is in strong form this season and has lost in their matches only occasionally, current they are placed second in the second place 46 points after 24 points. In all their last ten matches, the team scored and has found wins in six of them as well. In their last five matches they have three wins and two loses and both teams scored in all the five fixtures.
Marseille will be confident to claim another victory coming off 3-1 Conference League victory to beat Qarabağ. In that game, Marseille had 47% possession, 18 shots with nine of them on target and goals scored by Arkadiusz Milik (41′, 44′) and Dimitri Payet (92′). Qarabağ on the other hand got 12 shots with four of them and a goal by Kady (85′).
Meanwhile, Clermont is in 15th place in the table with 24 points and three points above Saint Ettiene who is in the red zone. Clermont’s two game winning streaks ended after the team lost in their last match. From the last ten matches, the team has scored in only five of the matches and secured wins in only three of them. In their last five matches they have two wins and three loses and both teams scored in two of those matches.
Clermont Foot suffered 1-2 Ligue 1 loss to St Etienne in their last action. In that game, Clermont Foot managed 46% possession, nine shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Cédric Hountondji (39′). Saint-Etienne got six shots with three of them on target and goals by Mahdi Camara (71′) and Timothée Kolodziejczak (82′).
Marseille vs Clermont head to head
This will be the third meeting between these two sides with Marseille winning in both the preceding fixtures.
- Clermont Foot 0-1 Marseille 31/10/21
- Clermont Foot 1-2 Marseille 26/10/16
Home
- Marseille 3-1 Qarabag
- Metz 1-2 Marseille
- Nice 4-1 Marseille
- Marseille 5-2 Angers
- Lyon 2-1 Marseille
Away
- Clermont Foot 1-2 Saint-Etienne
- Nice 0-1 Clermont Foot
- Clermont Foot 2-1 Stade Rennes
- Clermont Foot 0-2 Strasbourg Alsace
- Monaco 4-0 Clermont Foot
Marseille team news
Jorge Sampaoli enters this fixture with a clean bill of health.
Clermont Foot team news
Josue Albert is unavailable due to COVID-19, while Jean-Claude Billong is also a doubt for this game with an injury.
Prediction and odds
We are backing Marseille who has put up some good show in their home matches and has lost in only two of the matches while Clermont has shown poor performance in their matches throughout the season winning only thrice.
- Marseille Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
