Marseille hosts Nimes in round 20 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Saturday, January 16th at Stade Vélodrome (Marseille)
Marseille is one of the most renowned and respected French clubs. Olympique has not been able to show stable results for 10 seasons in a row, regularly alternating between good years with outright failures. The arrival of Villas-Boas on the coaching bridge was marked by another heyday – promotion to the Champions League and fighting for the top three. In the current championship, Marseille has seriously slowed down - 6th place in the standings and an 8-point gap to the leader. The club failed in the Champions League, where it finished last in the group. For an ambitious project, such a result looks negative from the point of view of the European Cup reputation. The team has enough star players with extensive experience (Payet, Tauvin, Mandanda, Amavi, Caleta-Car, B. Camara, and Benedetto).
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Nimes is one of the outsiders of the French elite, which occupies an intermediate last place in the standings in the current season. The Crocodiles scored only 12 points, gained three victories, and conceded 40 goals from their opponents (the worst indicator of the defensive reliability in the league). Jerome Arpinon headed the Red-Whites in the summer of 2020. And the coach has the worst talent pool in the French championship. Nimes's squad is hard to be called promising. The average age of the players is 26, and most of them are at the peak of their careers. The leaders of the modest French squad are such footballers as Briancon, Reynet, Cubas, Ferhat, Ripart, and Meling.
Villas-Boas's charges have lost a lot of points in the current season, where they were expected to fight for the champion’s title. Marseille should show more impressive results against the background of modest rivals. Nimes belongs to the outsiders of the championship. The visitors clearly do not match the elite division in terms of their level and selection of players. The hosts will control the situation on the green lawn from the first minutes and should gain three points to their asset.
Prediction for the match: Marseille to win
