Girondins de Bordeaux welcome the visitors Olympique Marseille in the French Ligue 1 – Round 31. The match will be held on Friday, April, 5th, at the Matmut Atlantique (Bordeaux).
The hosting Girondins de Bordeaux take the 13th place in the French Ligue 1 standings. The team are not relegation-threatened as losing a 12-point handicap in 8 rounds is not easy; still, they cannot hope much for a better placement. Hence, Bordeaux’s last 5-game record reads 3 draws and 2 defeats. ‘Les Girondins’ failed the season, the campaign 2018-19 will most probably be labelled unsatisfactory for them if they do not shape up and start attaining points in the remaining rounds.
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The visiting Olympique Marseille have a different story – they featured a bad end of the last calendar year, but with players like Maxime Lopez, Dimitri Payet, Kevin Strootman, etc. a side cannot concede all the time. The ‘Olympians’ came to senses and caught up with the leaders now. They run only 1 point behind the fourth-placed Saint-Etienne, while the 4th line provides for the Europa League in the next year. Saint-Etienne hold their round a day later, so, Marseille have a chance to replace them and be a pain in the neck for a while.
To sum it up, unmotivated hosts take supermotivated guests. Marseille certainly look favorites, bookmakers’ odds confirm that, but the history of the sides’ clashes on Bordeaux’s turf suggests that ‘Les Girondins’ were undefeated at home in 5 recent head-to-heads. When betting, we are guided by the guests’ motivation – they need to win, so, their goal is more likely, whereas Bordeaux will be supported by their home comforts. In all 5 previous encounters held on their soil, Bordeaux scored 1 goal.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
