Marseille take on the visitors Dijon at "Stade Velodrome" in the opening round of the French Ligue 1 of 2017/2018 season. The game will be played on Sunday, August 6th.
Marseille finished season 2016/2017 sitting on the fifth place in the Ligue 1 standings with 62 points earned and 57-41 goal difference. The club had begun to invest substantial funds in the new football players in winter in eager to fight for the champion's title and in summer Marseille continued to enforce the squad, having signed Florian Thauvin for 11 million EUR, Valere Germain for eight million EUR, Luiz Gustavo and Adil Rami for 10 and six million EUR respectively as well as Steve Mandanda who strengthened all lines of the team. As a result, Marseille have not been broken since the 26th of February in all tournaments. The side took the successful start in the UEFA Europa League, having knocked out the Belgian Oostende 4:2, 0:0. There are no doubts that this season Rudi Garcia's team is a contender for the Ligue 1 champion's title.
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Dijon occupied the 16th position in previous season's table with 37 points gained and 46-58 goal difference. Marvin Martin and Lois Diony left the club in summer, "The Mustards" even received 8.5 million EUR for the second one. Dijon have not spent much on new performers, consequently, they are likely to follow up their usual relegation battle in the upcoming season. During the summer break "The Mustards" conducted six friendly clashes resulting in two victories, one draw and three losses.
The current competitive form of the rivals is incomparable, besides, Marseille are determine to battle for the top-positions in the elite division in this season, they have spent huge sums on new footballers on the French scales which means that "Les Phoceens" are obliged to beat any opponent in front of their supporters.
Prediction for the match: Marseille to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
