Marseille vs PSG Predictions

• Marseille have lost just one of their last 12 home league games, winning eight.
• Les Olympiens lost last season’s corresponding fixture 2-0, though they did manage to beat their arch rivals 1-0 in the reverse fixture.
• PSG have won just one of their last three away matches in all competitions (D1, L1).

Marseille capable of a result in Le Classique

Marseille got back on track with a thumping 4-1 win over Lorient at Stade Velodrome last week and after a battling goalless draw at Lazio in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, Les Olympiens can scrap their way to a point against PSG in the first Le Classique of the season this Sunday.

The international break came at the right time for Marseille after consecutive Ligue 1 defeats against Lens and Lille spoiled their impressive start to the campaign, but their aforementioned victory over Les Merlus lifted them back up to third in the table going into this huge showdown with their arch-rivals.

It goes without saying that PSG have enjoyed far greater success than Marseille in recent years and Les Parisiens look superior again this term having racked up nine wins from their opening ten Ligue 1 starts.

But Marseille did manage to secure a 1-0 triumph at Parc des Princes in 2020/21 and with PSG winning just one of their last three away matches in all competitions following a 1-1 draw with Club Brugge and 2-0 defeat to Rennes, Jorge Sampaoli’s men are no forlorn hopes this weekend when you factor in their solid recent record at Stade Velodrome.

Points to be shared at Stade Velodrome

Marseille have lost just one of their last dozen home outings in all competitions, winning eight, so the 7/2 for the draw here looks worth taking.

Sampaoli’s side will naturally raise their efforts as the underdogs in what they will see as their biggest home fixture of the campaign, and the priority will be to limit the space afforded to the likes of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

Providing the Les Olympiens defensive midfielders do their job well, this could turn out to be a fairly scrappy affair with goals potentially at a premium. Based on our prediction as to how this champagne clash may play out, we’re also backing a 1-1 score-line alongside our stalemate wager in the 1X2 market.

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