Olympique Marseille vs Clermont Foot 63 Prediction: Marseille don't have any excuse.

Olympique Marseille had something cooking after 4 straight wins since their 4:3 win over Ajax in the Europa League 2 weeks ago. But unfortunately this run came to an end at the Annex Stadium in midweek when they lost 1:0 to Brighton. Olympique Marseille are back in the French Ligue 1 and their focus is turned to Clermont Foot as they look to return to winning ways and extend their league run to 4 wins in a row.

Clermont Foot are huge underdogs in this game. They have poor stats that stretches to their last 4 games in the league. They are the visitors here against a strong Marseille side and a draw might seem as a fair result for Clermont Foot.

Olympique Marseille needs no further introduction and there's a strong indication they are getting another league win against Clermont Foot in this game.

Marseille turned a corner after their 1:1 draw with Strasbourg last month. Since then, they have won 3 straight league games against Stade Rennes, Olympique Lyon and Lorient. This result places them in 6th place on the Ligue 1 table, with 23 points from 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats in 15 matches.

Marseille beat Lorient 4:2 in their last league match at the Stade Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir. Chancel Mbemba, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (brace) and Leonardo Balerdi were all on the scoresheet in that game.

Marseille won't worry too much about Clermont Foot in this game. They defeated them twice last season (1:0 & 2:0) and they are in a stronger position to repeat it this season.

Clermont Foot can only hope for a fair result when they travel to the Orange Vélodrome to face Olympique Marseille. At the moment Clermont Foot are struggling for a win after 4 matches without a win. They lost against RC Lens, drew with Montpellier, then lost against Stade Brest before playing a goalless draw with LOSC Lille last weekend.

On the Ligue table, Clermont Foot are 17th with 11 points in 15 matches. They have just 2 wins this season, with 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Clermont Foot were more than happy to hold LOSC Lille to a draw in their last match at home. And they were not far behind according to the match statistics. They had 47% possession, 5 shots on target and 3 corner kicks.

Clermont Foot lost their last 2 meetings with Marseille and failed to score a single goal during those games.

The head-to-head record shows only 5 matches played between Olympique Marseille and Clermont Foot throughout history. Olympique Marseille won 4 of the 5 and Clermont Foot won 1.

A win for Marseille seems to be written in the stars. Clermont Foot is not the sort of side to cause Marseille any problems considering the state of the club right now. So a solid win for Marseille is the way to go.

Stats shows, 4 of their last 5 matches ended with less than 2.5 goals and Marseille scored first in those games. And their last 7 matches ended with less than 10.5 corner kicks.

• Home Win and Under 4.5 Goals at 1.73 Odds
• Both Teams to Score No at 1.80 Odds
• Correct Score 2:0 at 6.50 Odds