RC Lens vs Olympique Marseille Prediction: Neither team can be underrated

RC Lens and Olympique Marseille are inseparable on the table after they both picked up 13 points so far. Lens have played 11 matches so far and are in 10th spot, while Marseille have played 10 games and sit in 9th place. Lens will hope to bounce back from a defeat against PSV in the Champions League during the week, while Olympique Marseille proved too strong for AEK Athens after beating them 2-0 in the Europa League a few days ago.

RC Lens

RC Lens are feeling disappointed after they failed to against PSV, they lost the game by a single goal and now they are back in the league as they try to recover. They had been in very fine form in the league prior to the defeat, after going unbeaten in 6 matches in a row. In those 6 games, they recorded 3 wins and 3 draws. Their last league game against Lorient ended in a goalless draw.

RC Lens will be playing at home in this game after their 4-0 win over Nantes in their last home game. They have been in good form at home this season, as they recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in 5 home league games.

RC Lens beat Marseille 2-1 in their last visit to the Stade Bollaert-Delellis and they hope to continue in that form in this new season.

Olympique Marseille

Olympique Marseille will be in high spirits when they travel to face RC Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delellis. They recorded a 2-0 win over AEK Athens in the Europa League last Thursday and now they turn their attention to the Ligue 1. Prior to the Europa League game, they failed to win their last 2 league games, losing 1-0 to Nice and playing a goalless draw with LOSC Lille. In their last 5 league games they had 1 win, 3 defeats and 1 draw.

Marseille are even poorer away from home this season according to statistics. They played 5 away games and they recorded 2 draws and 3 defeats in those 5 matches. Their last away game ended in a 1-0 defeat against Nice. They will be coming up against Lens who did the double over them last season and they hope to put an end to their poor league run.

Head to Head

RC Lens and Olympique Marseille have played 20 matcehs against each other in the past. RC Lens won 8 matches, while Marseille won 7 matches and 5 matches ended in a draw.

Analysis and Prediction

RC Lens and Marseille are both far from their best at the moment and they need to improve their game starting from this match.

RC Lens have recorded less than 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches and Marseille have opened scoring in 5 of their last 7 matches. Against each other, 5 of their last 6 matches ended with more than 4.5 cards and 7 of their last 8 meetings ended with more than 10.5 corners.

• More than 8.5 Corners at 1.60 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.64 Odds
• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.85 Odds