Lille take on the visitors Marseille at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the 8th tour of the Ligue 1 Conforama. The match will be played in the eponymous city Lille on Sunday, September 30th.
Lille have been pleasing their fans with great results so far in the start of the season. Last season they were struggling to save themselves In the Ligue 1 Conforama and ended up staying in the most prestigious French football league miraculously. This season they have lost only twice so far though and have conceded only a few goals overall like Paris Saint-Germain or Lyon for example. However, Les Dogues have not faced such strong opponents as Marseille yet this season except for Monaco. Furthermore, in each of their last four league matches the team of Christophe Galtier conceded at least once. It`s too soon to say but it seems like they have been losing their teamwork recently. Their upcoming fixture against Marseille will be a great test for the team from Lille. It`s worth noting that the key defender of the team Adama Soumaoro will miss the match. In their last three matches Lille lost to Bordeuax with a 0-1 score, beat Nantes with a 2-1 score and Amiens with a 3-2 score.
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Marseille have set the goal for them to compete for the gold in the Ligue 1 Conforama with Paris Saint-Germain this season. Furthermore, they have been trying to avoid Lyon particularly overtaking them in the table. In their last fixture against Les Gones the team of Rudi Garcia was unable to do that though. In that match they scored two but conceded four goals. The defensive line of Les Phoceens is on the level of middle teams in the league now. However, their defense has seemed to perform that way for years. Also the longtime goalkeeper of the team Steve Mandanda is not the main keeper of Marseille anymore so the team is far from safety of their goal. However, Les Olympiens have a great offensive line. They have scored less than twice only in one of their league fixtures this season. Their players Florian Thauvin and Dimitri Poyet have scored more that the whole Lille team. In their last three matches Marseille beat Strasbourg with a 3-2 score, lost to Lyon with a 2-4 score and to Eintracht Frankfurt with a 1-2 score in their Europa League group stage fixture.
Marseille have a pretty big chance of winning in the lead-up to the upcoming fixture despite it happening on the away side for them. Les Phoceens are the French version of Liverpool basically who lean on their offensive line every match. However, in their last six away games the team of Rudi Garcia won only once over Monaco. Les Monegasques though were having big problems at the moment and conceded three goals from Les Olympiens. Marseille have been undefeated by Lille since 2014. Their last fixture between them ended up with Marseille winning with a 5-1 score. In their last four matches between them at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy particularly Les Phoceens won three of them. It is likely that the away side will end up victorious in the upcoming fixture if they play carefully and avoid their players getting removed from the field by the referee like it happened in their last four matches straight.
Prediction for the match: Marseille to win.
