Marseille v Lyon Betting Preview – Ligue 1 18th March 8.00pm
This is a top-four clash in Ligue 1 on Sunday and it is an important one at that in the race for a top-three finish. Marseille are holding down third place going into the game with a five points advantage over Lyon, so if they could roll out a home win in this one, it would pretty much give them a wonderful cushion to hold on to. On the other side of the script, Lyon have to break out a win or else their top three ambitions could be done.
Marseille v Lyon Betting Tips
Marseille have done a lot of impressive work this season and they are in the quarter finals of the Europa League as well. Their home record in the French top flight for the term is W9 D4 L1 which is very good and they are unbeaten there in eleven now. So they are strong on home soil and then you look at their goal tally on home turf and realise just how strong. They have averaged 2.3 goals per game at home this season in Ligue 1 and at the back, they have conceded at an average of under a goal per game. They have netted in each of their fourteen home fixtures in his one so both teams to score at bet365 is at 8/13 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 11:13 p.m. on March 16th, 2018) and worth a look because Lyon are no slouches in front of goal either. Only two of Marseille’s nine home wins have been by a one-goal margin, so they do tend to win fairly comfortably. Of the home goals they have come up with this season 64% of them have been after the half time break and top scorer for them is Florian Thauvin with 11 of his 16 goal haul having come at home. He is the 4/1 first goalscorer favourite.
Can Lyon get the win they need in this one? They took a win at home over Caen last weekend and that snapped a six-match winless streak of form that they were on. So they haven’t been running all that hot really and their away form has seen them take just two points from the last twelve available to them. Overall they do have a W8 D4 L3 record for the season away from home and they have scored in each of their last twelve away games in the French top flight. The trend between these is low scoring games so under 2.5 goals at bet365 is at 6/5 while in the correct score market the shortest priced option is a 1-1 draw. Lyon have averaged over two goals per game away from home this season which is fantastic and only PSG can actually boost a better away record than Lyon this season. But their form is just off at the moment, can they pick themselves up for this?
Marseille v Lyon Head to Head
Lyon were 2-0 winners at home over Marseille earlier in the league and each of the last three between them in Marseille have ended in a draw. Marseille are actually unbeaten in four at home against Lyon (W1 D3) so have that bit of form going. Six of the last seven games between the two of them have gone under 2.5 goals. Of the last seven Ligue 1 clashes, Lyon are W3 D4 against Marseille.
Marseille v Lyon Betting Odds*
Marseille 10/11, Draw 13/5, Lyon 3/1* (Betting Odds taken at 11:13 p.m. on March 16th, 2018)
Marseille v Lyon Predictions
Marseille are such a strong home team it is hard to see them losing this one. They had an extra game on Thursday night in the UEFA Europa League as well to deal with which may take the edge off. So settle on the draw, which the home side will be happy enough with.
