LOSC Lille vs Olympique Marseille Prediction: Don't write off a desperate Marseille

LOSC Lille's next assignment in the Ligue 1 is against Olympique Marseille in the round of 28. The game is set to be played at the Decathlon Arena- Stade Pierre Mauroy.

LOSC Lille's last 5 league results were: LWDDW, and Olympique Marseille's last 5 league results were: WWWLL.

According to the Ligue 1 table, LOSC Lille is ranked 4th having 46 points in 27 matches. While Olympique Marseille are 7th with 39 points in 27 matches.

LOSC Lille bid to remain in the top 4 until the end of the season seems to be going on just fine. They are set to face Olympique Marseille in the next game after beating RC Lens 2-1 last weekend.

The game between LOSC Lille and RC Lens was a very important one for Lille and to get the win was important to their Champions League qualification battle. Edon Zhegrova was the star of the show as netted both goals in the 9th and 60th minute to defeat RC Lens. And according to the stats, LOSC Lille had 49% possession, 6 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. They created 2 big chances, missed 1 and had 4 counter attacks.

The game against Olympique Marseille is a tough one for LOSC Lille because Marseille are in a desperate position for a win here but LOSC Lille trust their abilities to win this game.

Olympique Marseille seemed to have taken a wrong turn in recent weeks. It all started from the 3-1 defeat against Villarreal in the 2nd leg of the Europa knockout stage. They made it to the next round alright, but they have not been the same since then. They lost back-to-back league games against Stade Rennes and most recently against Paris Saint Germain.

The 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint Germain was Olympique Lyon's latest game. In the 40th minute, Lucas Beraldo was sent off for PSG and Marseille had to complete the game with the advantage of the extra man. However they conceded 2 goals in the second half and lost the game at the end. And according to the stats, Marseille had 47% possession, 10 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. They created 0 big chances but managed to hit the woodwork once.

Olympique Marseille still have a battle ahead of them if they intend to qualify for Europe next season. It's unfortunate they have been hit by poor results in the last 2 games.

In the last 20 meetings between both clubs, Olympique Marseille won 9 games while LOSC Lille won 5 and 6 games ended in a draw.

It's difficult to place what went wrong with Olympique Lyon; whether it's just bad luck or they ran out of gas. LOSC Lille on the other hand are doing really well. But I won't just throw money on them so quickly. Olympique Marseille are looking desperate and they can be quite dangerous in this position.

The h2h streak shows less than 2.5 goals scored in 5 of the last 7 meetings between both clubs. LOSC Lille scored first in 6 of the last 8 meetings and there were less than 10.5 corners in 4 of the last 5 meetings.

• LOSC Lille to Play More Corners at 1.727 Odds
• LOSC Lille to Play More Corners at 1.727 Odds
• Draw Full Time at 3.25 Odds