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Olympique de Marseille and Monaco meet at the Stade Vélodrome in a match for the 20th round of Ligue 1. Monaco won at home (4-0) last time they faced in this edition of the league on 11/26/2016 . At this stage, the record of direct confrontations indicates balance between these two teams, since there was 1 tie and 1 win for each team in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time they met at this stadium was on 29-11-2015, in a game for Ligue 1 that ended in a tie by (3-3). The goals of the match were scored by R. Alessandrini (12 ‘), M. Batshuayi (51’) and G. N’Koudou (82 ‘) for Olympique de Marseille and A. Touré (18’ and 39 ‘). Fábio Coentrão (72 ‘) for Monaco. In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Olympique Marseille
The home team is currently in 6th place with 30 points earned after 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home to Lille by (2-0). In the last match, he won away to Bastia by (1-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, the stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 18 goals scored and 23 conceded, against 7 wins, 6 draws And 2 home defeats, with 18 goals scored and 10 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a win away to Toulouse by (1-2) after overtime. For the championship, Olympique de Marseille won 21 points in 27 chances, after 6 wins and 3 draws in the last 9 games he played in his stadium.
For this competition, he records a 4-game winning streak in his last games and has not lost any of the last 9 games in his stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of their 9 matches. In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 7 of the last 9 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 19 games in this competition, only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Olympique Marseille team comes to this game with a 2-1 win over Toulouse in a game that Cabella scored both goals for the team. In this indoor game, coach Rudi Garcia is expected to line up in 4-3-3 privileging the defensive organization and the counterattacks, ie defending with the surrounding sectors, looking for the back of the Monaco defensive line. It is important to note that Gomis is the great highlight of this team with 10 goals and 2 assists. For this game the coach can not count on Diaby, Bedimo and Hubocan, all injured.
Monaco
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 42 points, after 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Lyon by (1-3). In the last match, won at home to Caen by (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses as a visitor, with a total of 28 goals scored and 22 suffered. Already inside the home, it won 13 victories, 1 tie and 1 defeat, with a total of 48 goals scored and 11 conceded. The team arrives in this match after a win away with Sochaux by (3-4) in the tie-breaker through penalties. In the championship, Monaco had 17 points in 27 chances, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 games for this competition. In their away games for this competition there is a tendency to have goals, since 6 in 9 they finished with More of 2.5 goals in the scoreboard. In 19 games for Ligue 1, he suffered the first goal 5 times but managed to turn the score in 2. There are 1 periods in the last 15 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 6 of his 17 goals between the minutes (76 ‘-90’).
Prediction: BTS – Yes @ 1.66