Second meets third in the Ligue 1 this weekend when Marseille travel to Stade Vélodrome for a faceoff with Nice in game 30 of the campaign. Showdown is scheduled for 20th March 2022 at 22:45 EAT.
Marseille is the only team close to PSG at the moment with 50 points from 58 games, but still has a gap of 15 points. They won and lost twice from the last five fixtures but are in the zone for Champions League Group Stage promotion. Marseille have actually only lost three of their last 17 home matches in all competitions and so they’ll still feel confident of clinching the three points here against Nice a side who’ve struggled for goals.
Marseille will be looking to resume where they left out last time out with a 1-2 Conference League success over FC Basel 1893. In that game, Marseille had 57% possession, 13 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Cengiz Ünder (74′) and Valentin Rongier (93′). FC Basel got eight shots with five of them on target and a goal by Dan Ndoye (62′).
Meanwhile, Nice resides just below them in the 3rd position with 50 points on the table. Of the 28 matches played, they have 15 wins against seven losses and six draws. It seems that Nice struggle to create chances on the road having scored just a solitary goal across their last four away matches a and that’s not an ideal situation when travelling to your top three rivals hoping to get a result.
In their previous game, Nice shared spoils 0-0 in the Ligue 1 with Montpellier. In that match, Nice had 43% possession and eight shots with none of them on target. Montpellier got 22 shots with seven of them on target.
Marseille vs Nice head to head
Marseille boasts a better record in the history of this fixture since 1996 claiming 24 wins out of the 43 meetings. Nice claims 12 victories while seven games ended in draws.
- Nice 4-1 Marseille 9/02/22
- Nice 1-1 Marseille 27/10/21
- Nice 3-0 Marseille 20/03/21
- Marseille 3-2 Nice 17/02/21
- Nice 1-2 Marseille 28/08/19
Home
- Basel 1-2 Marseille
- Brest 1-4 Marseille
- Marseille 2-1 Basel
- Marseille 0-1 Monaco
- Troyes 1-1 Marseille
Away
- Montpellier 0-0 Nice
- Nice 1-0 PSG
- Nice 2-0 Versailles
- Strasbourg 0-0 Nice
- Nice 1-0 Angers
Marseille team news
The hosts head into this fixture with a fully fit squad.
Nice team news
For the visitors, Justin Kluivert is the only one sidelined with injury.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are in great form and in the top three spots. The hosts have not registered a win against this visiting squad in their last two matches in the league and are without a win at home for the past two league games while Nice is undefeated in 78% f the games played on road this season.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double chance 1 or 2
