The Ligue 2 team Sochaux will host Olympique de Marseille at home within the round of 16 of Coupe de la Ligue. Olympique have some issues with results, especially in away matches, but recently Garcia’s team has started to show some positive movement, even having managed to win on Saturday in the away game against Dijon, 2:1, so Olympique are on the right track and will probably come to Sochaux to win.
Based on the recent results of the team, Sochaux is in a decent shape, but one should note, that the rivals of the team weren’t the best clubs, such as Tours, Gazelec Ajaccio, Bourg Peronnas and Amiens. Sochaux is in the fifth place of Ligue 2 tournament table with 29 points in the asset.
After two consecutive wins in Ligue 1, the Marseille team has gone up to the 8 position of the elite French championship table. The port city squad has 24 points in the asset, and a really small handicap from the Eurocup zone. Garcia is an eminent coach, who managed Roma quite successfully. Marseille need victories right now, both in matches and tournaments, and Coupe de la Ligue is a great opportunity to lift their self-esteem.
Marseille are coming to the Ligue 2 team on the wave of success. Garcia’s squad has won their first away match in Ligue 1 last weekend, and will try to build on the success next Tuesday with a confident victory over not really strong opponent. It also should be mentioned, that two out of three head-to-head encounters ended up with Marseille victories.
Prediction for the match: Olympique to win.