Monaco take on the visitors Marseille in the round 20 match of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Saturday, January 28th at Stade Vélodrome (Marseille).
Marseilles improved a lot last season. They became the vice-champion of the country, and, given the fact that PSG is playing here (even in the year after the failure, when the title was given to Lille), it was definitely impossible to expect, let alone demand more. Of course, Jorge Sampaoli was the main hero of the rise to 2nd place. But, discussing potential signings in the summer, the Argentine fell out with the board and resign. The experienced Latin American was replaced by the young Igor Tudor. The Croatian did not succeed at first. What is another failure in the Champions League worth, when everything ended due to the defeat at home in the 6th round to Tottenham - although the hosts opened the score there. But gradually it turned out to gain momentum. The Provencals survived the mid-autumn recession, and after that they gave out a series of 6 wins in a row, in combination with the passage of "Rennes" in the cup. The winter rookie, Malinovsky, has already made his debut. It is obvious that the signing of Ruslan from Atalanta was carried out at the “order” of Tudor, who played and coached in Serie A.
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Monaco were the one who first successfully challenged PSG, and took away the 1st place in Ligue 1 from them. After that, in all the years only Lille managed to repeat this in the season before last. True, the “Monegasques” themselves were also not close to taking the “gold”. Largely due to the decisions of Rybolovlev, which sold out that set of players led by Mbappe. They had to wait for the new backbone to gain momentum. Twice in a row, under Kovacs and already with Clement, the controversial scenario was repeated. First they took 3rd place in Ligue 1 in the spring, and then this was followed by a failure in the Champions League qualification at the end of the summer. But Philip, unlike Niko, was not fired after failures in the starting segment. And the Belgian is actively reclaiming positions. Yes, there was an bitter elemination from the cup, on penalties at home with the modest Rodez. But in Ligue 1 in the winter, 7 out of 9 possible points were taken, including 7-1 on January 15 with a modest Ajaccio.
The clubs exchanged away wins in head-to-heads last season. And in November, this trend was extended: Marseille won on the Monaco field with a score of 3-2. Bookmakers consider Marseille to be the favorite of the pair. But it’s better to stop at the offer in the form of “total over 2.5 goals scored”.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
