Marseille vs Sporting Lisbon Match Analysis and Prediction

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Sporting Lisbon will be looking to extend their fine start to the Champions League group stage when they head to Stade Orange Velodrome to face Marseille on Tuesday.

The hosts are bottom of Group D after having lost their opening two matches of this competition without a goal so far, while the visitors currently hold a perfect record and are yet to concede.

The debut season for Igor Tudor at the helm of Les Olympiens has been highly successful domestically as his side have picked up 23 points after nine games, which is their joint-highest tally at this stage of the top-flight campaign, tied with their 1990/91 season when they won the league.

Unfortunately, Marseille’s form in Europe has not been a successful one as they head into the contest, having lost 16 of their previous 17 Champions League encounters, failing to score in 11 matches.

This competition has not only caused them all kinds of suffering in recent seasons, but they have not had much success against Portuguese oppotion either, losing six of their last eight Champions League fixtures against clubs from the Primeira Liga.

Sporting Lisbon have had a lengthy Champions League slump but have caught fire at this competition, coming into this contest having won five of their last six matches at this stage of the tournament.

In 2021-22, they put themselves in a challenging position from the get-go, losing their first two matches at this competition before recovering to finish second in their group.

Ruben Amorim’s side seem to have learnt a lot from that poor start as they have been impressive after two games this time around, beating Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 before claiming a 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, a side who were unbeaten in the Premier League before losing 3-1 to Arsenal on Saturday.

Marseille vs Sporting Lisbon head to head

These two teams have previously met on just two occasions in friendly matches, where Marseille have claimed one victory while they have drawn once. Marseille have scored three goals and conceded two in the process. They meet for the first time in a competitive game in the Champions League group stage.

Marseille 2-1 Sporting Lisbon 18/07/17

Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Marseille 28/07/18

Marseille latest home form

Marseille have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They played out a 1-1 draw with Rennes in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded four.

Marseille 2-1 Nantes 20/08/22

Marseille 1-0 Clermont 31/08/22

Marseille 2-1 Lille 10/09/22

Marseille 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt 13/09/22

Marseille 1-1 Rennes 18/09/22

Marseille latest away form

Marseille have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Angers 3-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded three.

Brest 1-1 Marseille 14/08/22

Nice 0-3 Marseille 28/08/22

Auxerre 0-2 Marseille 03/09/22

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Marseille 07/09/22

Angers 0-3 Marseille 30/09/22

Sporting Lisbon latest home form

Sporting Lisbon have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They defeated Gil Vicente 3-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded three.

Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Rio Ave 13/08/22

Sporting Lisbon 0-2 Chaves 27/08/22

Sporting Lisbon 4-0 Portimonense 10/09/22

Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur 13/09/22

Sporting Lisbon 3-1 Gil Vicente 30/09/22

Sporting Lisbon latest away form

Sporting Lisbon have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Boavista in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded eight.

Sporting Braga 3-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/08/22

Porto 3-0 Sporting Lisbon 20/08/22

Estoril 0-2 Sporting Lisbon 02/09/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/09/22

Boavista 2-1 Sporting Lisbon 17/09/22

Marseille news

Goals from Luis Suarez, Jonathan Clauss and Gerson gave Marseille a 3-0 win over Angers in league action on Friday, as Pau Lopez picked up his fourth clean sheet of the season.

Alexis Sanchez leads the hosts with four goals domestically so far this season, one more than Nuno Tavares.

Sporting Lisbon news

Paulinho scored the winner for Sporting Lisbon in their 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur and also set up a goal for Arthur Gomes, while Pedro Goncalves collected his first assist of the competition.

The recovery timeline for Jovane Cabral remains unknown as he continues to deal with a thigh issue.

Prediction and Odds

This competition seems as though it is turning into a psychological barrier for Marseille because of plenty of quality individuals on this team who have not played up to their potential.

Sporting Lisbon have been more consistent in Europe this season than in Portugal and we believe they will maintain their perfect record.

Odds: 1 2.31 X 2.05 2 2.20