Olympique de Marseille vs OGC Nice Prediction: Marseille won't slow down

Olympique de Marseille welcome a challenge from OGC Nice in the 22nd fixture of the Ligue 1. Marseille are on a brilliant run and have the Ligue 1 in their sights, while Nice have also tried to maintain a stable momentum and are looking capable of grabbing a champions league spot by the end of the season. The visitors were badly beaten in the previous encounter. Will this be similar or have OGC Nice learnt from the previous experience?

Marseille are the sort of side that can end up clinching then Ligue 1 in a few months if they keep playing the way they do and getting good results. Olympique Marseille have gone 9 games without a defeat in the Ligue 1 and in their last 5 matches, they have 4 wins and 1 draw. Marseille won 2-0 against FC Nantes in the previous round. 

So according to stats, Marseille have no losses in 8 matches. In ⅚ matches, they have seen less than 2.5 goals scored and they have opened scoring in 8/10 matches. Marseille have seen less than 4.5 cards shown in 8/10 matches.

As expected Marseille are 2nd on the Ligue 1 table, with 46 points from 21 matches. Marseille have 14 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats, with a goal ratio of 42:17. At home, Marseille are ranked 4th and they have picked up 23 points in 11 home games. They have 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats, with a goal ratio of 22:10 on home soil.

Nice are also doing very well to be fair. They have not lost in 4 matches in the Ligue 1 and in all 5 matches, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That loss was the only loss in 12 straight games in Ligue 1. By stats, Nice have no losses in 4 matches and have also not conceded in 3 matches. Nice have seen less than 2.5 goals in ⅚ matches. They have also seen less than 4.5 cards in ⅚ matches and less than 10.5 corners in 9/10 matches.

Nice are currently ranked 8th on the table, with 31 points from 21 matches. Nice have 8 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats, with a goal ratio of 24:20. Away from home, they are ranked 6th, with 16 points from 11 matches. They have 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats, with a goal ratio of 11:10 in all away games.

Olympique de Marseille and OGC Nice have met 20 times in total. Olympique de Marseille have 10 wins while OGC Nice have 8 wins and 2 matches ended in a draw.

OGC Nice are without a clean sheet in 4 matches against Marseille. More than 2.5 goals have been scored in 6/7 matches and both teams have scored in 5/7 matches between the two. Marseille have opened scoring in 7/9 matches against Nice and less than 4.5 cards have been shown in 9/10 matches between them.

Both teams are currently doing very well and they are looking promising. Marseille obviously don't want to step off the gas in their pursuit of PSG for the Ligue 1 crown and Nice don't look like settling for 8th spot for a long time. So we can see teams with ambitions to move higher than their current position. However, I don't see Marseille losing such a crucial match at home against OGC Nice. Nice play good football, but the best they can grab from this is a draw. 

On goals, I expect Marseille to get the breakthrough first and the goal margin should be between 1-2 goals.

• Bet on Marseille win and Over 1.5 Goals at 1.66 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score Yes at 1.87 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 2-1 at 7 Odds