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Marseille vs St Etienne Prediction & Betting tips
The French federation can be described as quite progressive. Referees in Ligue 1 have the opportunity since this year to interrupt a game due to homophobic or racist comments. During the week, there was a break in the derby on the Cote d’Azur between Nice and Marseille for the first time.
Unfortunately, such unpleasant stories will repeat themselves several times. This weekend the top match on Sunday evening is the duel between Marseille and St. Etienne.
A duel between two teams who were next-door neighbors last season. The green-whites from the industrial town of Saint Etienne secured an international ticket with fourth place. Marseille, however, missed the leap to Europe in fifth place. In the direct duel between Marseille and St. Etienne are according to current odds, the home side of the clear favorite. The start of the game at the Stade Velodrome is on Sunday at 20 pm.
Marseilles:
By the Cup wins of Stade Rennes (Coupe de France) and Strasbourg (Coupe de la Ligue), the fifth place in the table was not enough. Head coach Rudi Garcia resigned after this disappointment.
His successor was Andre Vilas-Boas, a young coach who has a lot of experience. The return to Europe is the big goal, but the start of this mission was not satisfactory. A home defeat against Stade Reims and a goalless draw against the canaries from Nantes were on the first two matchdays.
In Nachbarschaftsderby finally achieved the desired victory for “l’OM”. New signings Dario Benedetto and Dimitri Payet scored the first goals of the new season. Now the uptrend should be prolonged. Although there was a home defeat on matchday one, Marseille are considered to be home strong.
In the past season, the southern French had to take only four home defeats and were able to win eleven of the 19 games. Given home strength and the direct comparison presented below, Marseille-St. Etienne’s prediction of home victory is a recommended option.
Personnel Vilas-Boas must continue on Sunday evening to the top scorer of last season, Florian Thauvin, waive. The winger fails due to an ankle injury.
Fourth place reached the ten-time French champion last season. An absolutely satisfactory result for the green-whites of the industrial city. Nevertheless, there was a change of coach in the summer. Jean-Louis Gasset cleared his place, his former assistant coach Ghislain Printant moved in the first link.
Not an easy task, because topping the top four will be a difficult task. For the upcoming season on the international stage, the squad was strengthened again, especially in the width. From the first two games four counters were collected, but during the week, the EL starter had beaten 0-3 with the OSC Lille.
Once again it showed the existing away weakness of the French record champions. 19 wins celebrated ASSE in the past season, but there were only six away victories to cheer. With this balance, a success in Marseille is not expected.
However, an option in the top match between Marseille and St. Etienne could represent the odds for over 2.5. The Green-Whites get a relatively large number of hits abroad, but are always able to hit themselves.
Marseille vs St Etienne head to head matches
22.07.19 CF St Etienne Marseille 1 : 2
03.03.19 L1 Marseille St Etienne 2 : 0
16.01.19 L1 St Etienne Marseille 2 : 1
13.07.18 CF Marseille St Etienne 0 : 1
09.02.18 L1 St Etienne Marseille 2 : 2