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Lens and Marseille set for a close draw

RC Lens vs Olympique Marseille - 06/05/2023

03/05/23
Lens and Marseille set for a close draw
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On Saturday night, Lens and Marseille clash at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, as two of Ligue One’s best team’s clash.

Lens

The home team are currently in third place in Ligue One, a point behind their second-place opponents and just six points adrift of league leaders PSG.

Franck Haise’s team are on a decent recent run of form as a 1-0 win at Toulouse last time out means that Lens have won six of their previous seven matches in the French top-flight.

Lens's recent matches in the French top flight have been relatively high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in five of their last seven games in Ligue One.

Lens have also been formidable on home soil in the French top flight, as they have won 14 of their last 16 home matches. The Blood and Gold have been prolific on home soil lately, having scored at least two goals in four of their previous five league outings on their patch.

Marseille

OM will head into this clash in second place in Ligue One, five points adrift of reigning champions and league leaders PSG. The visitors have been difficult to beat of late in the French top flight, as they are unbeaten in eight league games, having recorded five wins.

The visitors have been high-scoring in Ligue One, scoring at least two goals in five of their last seven games in the French top flight.

Marseille’s recent away record has been outstanding, as they are unbeaten in 11 Ligue One matches, having recorded nine victories.

The visitors have also been prolific on their travels in the French top flight of late, scoring at least two goals in 12 of their previous 15 league matches.

What does Forebet predict?

Forebet predicts that this game will finish in a low-scoring draw, which is of little surprise considering how close the teams are in the league.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Fr1
263836
X
1 - 1
2.26
17°
3.50
2.30 3.50 3.00 no no no
FT
2 - 1(1 - 0)
-
- - -

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
PSG 76 34 22 10 2 48
2
Monaco 67 34 20 7 7 26
3
Brest 61 34 17 10 7 19
4
Lille 59 34 16 11 7 18
5
Nice 55 34 15 10 9 11
6
Lyon 53 34 16 5 13 -6
7
Lens 51 34 14 9 11 8
8
Olympique Marseille 50 34 13 11 10 11
9
Reims 47 34 13 8 13 -5
10
Rennes 46 34 12 10 12 7
11
Toulouse 43 34 11 10 13 -4
12
Montpellier 41 34 10 12 12 -5
13
Strasbourg 39 34 10 9 15 -12
14
Nantes 33 34 9 6 19 -25
15
Le Havre 32 34 7 11 16 -11
16
Lorient 29 34 7 8 19 -23
17
Metz 29 34 8 5 21 -23
18
Clermont 25 34 5 10 19 -34

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