Angers take on the visitors Marseille at “Stade Jean-Bouin” in the matchday 35 of the French Ligue 1. The game will be played in Angers on Sunday, April 29th.
So far Angers feel quite safe as they are sitting now on the 14th position in the Ligue 1 standings with 37 points taken, having got eight triumphs, 13 draws and 13 losses in this season and being eight points ahead of Troyes which settle in the relegation zone. The winning home series of Stephane Moulin’s side counts for four encounters covering two victories and two draws. In general Anger have lost only two tackles with two-goal margin conducted at their own turf and those failures happened against the leaders: 0:5 thrashing defeat from Paris SG and 0:4 smashing loss to Monaco. It should also be mentioned that the upcoming hosts takes points away from top-four clubs of the French elite division quite often. For example, Angers deserved two draws against Lyon (3:3 and 1:1) which currently occupy the third place while the first-leg clash against Marseille on the road was also finished in 1:1 draw.
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In their turn, Marseille are currently fight for a place in the UEFA Champions League for the next season. At this moment Rudi Garcia’s team sits on the fourth position in the table with 69 points collected after 20 victories, nine draws and five defeats earned, being very close to Monaco and Lyon. The upcoming battle is taking place in between of two semi-final matches of the UEFA Europa League where “Les Phoceens” meet with Salzburg. Thus, it’s just possible that Rudi Garcia will rotate the line-up in the forthcoming head-to-head against Angers which would give the hosting side a slight advantage. However, it’s worth mentioning that although that “Les Olympiens” look quite decent on the road, having gained 34 points with 10 triumphs, four draws and three looses at away pitches, still they managed to win only one clash with two-goal margin (3:1 against Dijon) out of five latest away encounters. Nevertheless, Marseille prefer attacking football, but their defense is not so tough on the road, having conceded 24 goals in 17 away tackles.
Angers and Marseille met twice in 2016 when one head-to-head was finished in 1:1 draw while another was ended with a minimal victory of Marseille. “Les Phoceens”. Taking into account all mentioned above I don’t believe in the visitors’ lopsided triumph while Angers are quite able to pick up at least one point in the forthcoming fight.
Prediction for the match: Angers to win with +1.0 Asian handicap.
