Olympique Marseille vs Le Havre FC Prediction: Marseielle are down but not dead

Olympique Marseille are back in action in the ligue 1 and in this match they will face Le Havre. Marseille are coming off a string of terrible results from the previous league games and they are eager to turn things around in this game and get back to winning ways. They showed some signs of resurgence in their UEFA Europa League game against Brighton but they lost focus in the second half and threw the 2 goal lead to end up with a draw at full time. Le Havre are coming off a defeat and want to get back to winning. They have had enough time to rest and regroup and they will take on Marseille who are returning from the Europa competition a few days ago

Olympique Marseille

Olympique Marseille have not had their desired start to the campaign for a team of their caliber. The situation is quickly deteriorating with Marseille suffering back-to-back defeats in their last 2 league games and getting 2 points from their 2 group games in the Europa League. They were beaten 4-0 by PSG last month and then they lost their next league game by 3-2 against AS Monaco. Heads have dropped surely but they need a solid response when they take on Le Havre in this game.

Their game with AS Monaco did not disappoint as both sides benefited from open attacking football with goals coming from both ends. Iliman Ndiaye scored the opener for Marseille and then Samuel Gigot scored the second 10 minutes after Monaco’s equalizer. The game was lost in the second half as Marseille conceded the third goal that eventually condemned them to a defeat.

Marseille have dropped to 13th on the league table with 9 points from 7 games.

Streaks

• No wins in 6 games.
• Without a clean sheet in 4 games.
• More than 2.5 goals in 4/5 games.

Le Havre

Le Havre will need to do better than they did in their last game against LOSC Lille. They lost the game by 2 goals to nil and they are back in action against Marseille and they need to win.

Le Havre have won 2 of their last 7 games, losing 2 and drawing 3 of those games and they are 11th on the table with 9 points.

Le Havre have a tough game in their hands because they have a worrying record against Olympique Marseille. Le Havre have never beaten Marseille in a competitive game since their first meeting in 1997. Their most recent meeting was back in 2012 and Marseille won the game 3-1. At the moment, Marseille are struggling and Le Havre might be in the right mood to exploit them but Marseille might be eager enough to get back to winning and this might end badly for Le Havre.

Streaks

• More than 2.5 goals in 5/7 games.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 8/10 games.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 6/7 games.

Head to Head

Olympique Marseille and Le Havre have played 11 matches against each other. Marseille won 7 of those matches and 4 matches ended in a draw.

Streaks

• Marseille have not lost in all 11 matches.
• Le Havre have not kept a clean sheet in the last 6 matches.
• There were less than 2.5 goals in 9/10 matches.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 9/10 matches.

Analysis and Prediction

Marseille’s current woes are not the worst there is, so it would be risky to rule out a resurgence of the team. They need to bounce back and they should be doing that against teams like Le Havre but it is difficult to tell how much the team has fallen psychologically. Le Havre will try to steal all 3 points, but Marseille might just be in the right mood for a fight.

• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.71 Odds
• 2 Goals in a Row by Team 1 Yes at 1.72 Odds
• Correct Score 3-1 at 12.00 Odds