- Date and Time: Sunday, 5 January 2025, 20:45 GMT+1
- Venue: Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France
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Marseille
Marseille take on Le Havre in a rather mismatched encounter between the two teams at home on Sunday. Marseille will hope that they are able to get amongst the goals early on in this game and do not have to wait for too long to put their stamp of authority. It will be an exciting encounter for the home team’s supporters as they will expect a lot of shots on target from their side.
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Marseille will also be keen on defending well in this game and keeping a clean sheet at the end of the encounter. Despite the absence of Blanco and Carboni, they have enough reserves in their squad to take on Le Havre and challenge the latter.
Marseille are ranked in the second position of the league table with 30 points to their name. However, they will be disappointed that the difference between them and league leaders PSG is already ten points.
Le Havre
The best that Le Havre can hope for in this game is to reduce their margin of deficit. Marseille’s attackers are bound to have a good time in their final third and attack the goalpost on as many occasions as they can.
Le Havre, for their part, are occupy the 17th spot of the league table with just 12 points inside and seem highly likely to get relegated to the lower divisions of French football.
Their defensive shape will be tested to the core in this game, and it will be interesting to see how Le Havre respond to the attacks coming from Marseille’s extremely gifted wingers.
While they like to shape up in a 3-5-1-1 formation usually, Le Havre will have to make sure that their defenders do not lose their markers in this game and allow Marseille’s attackers enough space to run free.
Bet hereMarseille vs Le Havre Prediction
- Pick: Marseille to win
- Odds: 1.325 (22Bet)
- Score prediction: Marseille vs Le Havre
Marseille are the downright favourites to win this game and we expect them to do so comfortably here. Le Havre will not be able to withstand the challenges coming their way from the Marseille attackers and will have to make sure that their defensive tactics are up to date.
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The home team like to play short passes, and this can be quite tricky to deal with, especially if Le Havre have not played that kind of football before.
Marseille are in an excellent vein of form, having been unbeaten in their last five matches and will try in all earnest to make it their sixth in a row.
Marseille vs Le Havre Prediction, Betting Tip
- Pick: Total over 2 goals
- Odds: 1.33 (22Bet)
We expect a total of over 2 goals to be scored in this game, and most likely all of them coming from the home team’s attacking unit. Le Havre have not kept a clean sheet in their last four matches, and it seems unlikely to change in this game.
Marseille, on the other hand, have scored over 2 goals in three out of their last five matches, with the other two being exactly two goals. They will be favourites to win this game, and also contribute to a total of over 2 goals in this game.
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