Lyon take on the visitors Marseille at “Parc Olympique Lyonnais” in the gameweek 18 of the French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Sunday, December 17th.
After a long-lasting unbeaten run Lyon started to fail in the recent clashes. One could justify 0:1 defeat from Atalanta within the UEFA Europa League which had no importance at all as everything had been decided in the group before that. Unlike 1:4 thrashing loss to Montpellier in the Coup de France last mid-week which is difficult to understand even though the club engaged the reserved squad. As for the Ligue 1, having beaten Amiens 2:1 in the previous round, Lyon currently share the second-fourth places with Monaco and Marseille in the elite division standings. Bruno Genesio’s team conducted eight encounters at its own turf, having earned 15 points with 18 goals for and 11 goals against in them with only one defeat taken in the previous home battles against Lille with 1:2 scoreline.
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Marseille have not been broken in the regular time across nine consecutive clashes since the 2nd of November, however, it doesn’t prevent the club from being knocked out from the Coup de France, having been beaten 2:3 by penalty shoot-outs by Rennes in the last mid-week just like its upcoming opponent. In the Ligue 1 “Les Phoceens” also share the second-fourth positions with Lyon and Monaco, having gained 35 points with 35-19 goal difference. On the road Rudi Garcia’s side deserved 18 points with 17 goals for and 13 goals against in nine games played, having not failed across five latest fights at away grounds.
Marseille have been unable to beat Lyon since the 4th of May 2014 across seven battles, having although lost only two head-to-heads during that period with five more encounters have been finished in draws. Both rivals score a lot in this season, though conceding regularly too. Thus, I believe that the hosts as well as the visiting team will score in the forthcoming Sunday fight.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
