Marseille and Monaco will be bidding to return to the winnings ways this Sunday when they square off at the Stade Orange Velodrome in the 28th round of the Ligue 1 competition. Kickoffs at 22:45 EAT.
Marseille is one of the best teams in the French top flight this season, currently in the 2nd place with 47 points. Les Phocéens managed to eliminate Qarabag in the last 32 round of UEFA Europa Conference League by bagging three goals in each of two legs, but their domestic league form has been far from ideal of late. In their last five matches, they have two wins a draw and two loses.
The home team gets into this fixture off the back of 1-1 Ligue 1 shared spoils with Troyes in their last fixture. In that game, Marseille had 58% possession, eight shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Dimitri Payet (28′). Troyes got nine shots with three of them on target and a goal by Yoann Touzghar (90′).
Monaco, meanwhile, have continued to display patchy form in recent weeks as they’ve done all season which has seen them in the 10th spot with 38 points. They have lacked consistency in terms of results, but one thing they do achieve regularly is scoring, doing so in eight of their last ten on the road, with six of those games seeing them score two or more. In their last five games, they have a win, a draw and two loses.
The Monégasques in their previous fixture held each other to 2-2 versus Nantes in the Coupe De France. In that game, Monaco had 56% possession, 12 shots al with four of them on target and goals scored by Guillermo Maripán (11′), Djibril Sidibé (21′ Own goal) and Myron Boadu (76′). FC Nantes got 14 shots at with five of them on target and a goal by Samuel Moutoussamy (74′). The game ended 2-4 in favour of Nantes in penalties.
Marseille vs Monaco head to head
Since 1993 these two teams have met 56 times with the home team claiming 24 victories. Monaco has won 18 times and the two sides have drawn 14 times so far.
- Monaco 0-2 Marseille 11/09/21
- Monaco 3-1 Marseille 23/01/21
- Marseille 2-1 Monaco 12/12/20
- Monaco 2-1 Marseille 30/10/19
- Monaco 3-4 Marseille 15/09/19
Home
- Troyes 1-1 Marseille
- Qarabag 0-3 Marseille
- Marseille 0-2 Clermont Foot
- Marseille 3-1 Qarabag
- Metz 1-2 Marseille
Away
- Nantes 4-2 Monaco
- Monaco 1-2 Reims
- Bordeaux 1-1 Monaco
- Monaco 0-0 Lorient
- Monaco 2-0 Amiens
Marseille team news
Jorge Sampaoli’s side gets into the weekend’s game with a clean bill of health.
Monaco team news
Krepin Diatta has been ruled out for the season through injury, while Benoit Badiashile and Aleksandr Golovin are doubtful for the game and Jean Lucas is suspended.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are far away from their best form at the moment but we like the home win pick being the better team on the paper.
- Marseille win
- Draw
- Both teams to score