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Olympique Marseille and Montpellier play at the Stade Vélodrome in a match of the 22nd round of Ligue 1. In the last match between these teams in this competition on 04-11-2016, Montpellier won at home (3-1). At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 6 games. Indeed, the last time they met in this stadium was on 20-01-2016, in a game for Coupe de France that ended with the victory of Olympique de Marseille by (2-0). The goals of the match were scored by Lucas Silva (42 ‘), R. Bensebaini (41’ Autogolo) and B. Dja Djédjé (55 ‘) for Olympique de Marseille. Although this is a game between 7 and 13 of the overall standings, it is actually a game between the 6th place in home games and the 18th as a visitor.
Olympique Marseille
After 8 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, the home team is in 7th place, having won 30 points. In the last match, they lost to Lyon by 3-1, after having lost at home in a game against Monaco by (1-4). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 21 points, against only 9 in their games as a visitor. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Olympique de Marseille have won 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, having won 21 points out of 30. 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 10 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home matches for the competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since 5 of the last 10 that disputed finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 21 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.
The Olympique de Marseille team comes to this round with a 3-1 defeat at Lyon, adding to their second defeat in the French championship: Dória made the only goal of the team. Despite the defeat, coach Rudi Garcia should keep the team in 4-3-3 with Gomis being responsible for creating dangerous moves on the opponents’ defensive line: the Frenchman is the top scorer with 10 goals scored. It is important to note that the home team has performed well in their field, with only 1 loss in 10 games. For this game the team coach can not count on Diaby, Bedimo, Kamara and Hubocan, players who recover from injury.
Montpellier
The visiting team is currently in 13th place with 23 points, after 5 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they drew at home to Dijon for (1-1). In the last match, lost out to Metz by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 19 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. In the last 10 out of the league, Montpellier have had 4 draws and 6 defeats, having won 4 points out of 30.
In this competition, he lost his last 4 games as a visitor and did not win any of the last 11 that he played as a visitor. The team allowed their opponents’ goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 21 games in this competition, he never managed to get back on the scoring in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Similar to his opponent, the Montpellier team arrives in this game with a 2-0 away defeat by Metz, registering their third consecutive game without winning in the competition. In this away game, coach Frédéric Hantz is expected to line up in 4-3-3 favoring the defensive organization and the counter-attacks, that is, to defend with the surrounding sectors, looking for the back of the Marseille defense. Watching the 11 games played away from home it is possible to notice that the visitors present great defensive failures: they suffered in average 2.45 goals per game. It is important to note that Ryad Boudebouz is the highlight of this team with 7 goals and 2 assists, however, he continues to recover from injury. In addition to this player, the coach can not count on Congre, Ninga and Poaty, injured, in addition to Sylla, player who contests the CAN.
Prediction: Olympique Marseille Win @ 1.81