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Marseille vs Montpellier Betting Tips Preview

Marseille host Montpellier in Sunday’s closing Ligue 1 (L1) clash. Marseille will be looking to strengthen their third-place in this round 32 encounter, while Montpellier will be looking to overtake fifth-placed Rennes in the standings.
In 22 previous meetings at the Stade Velodrome in their top-flight history, Marseille have won ten, Monaco have won two and the other ten matches were drawn.
After a cruel last-gasp 3-2 defeat in front of their fans against Lyon in round 30, Marseille showed character to bring back three points from their trip to Dijon last weekend (3-1). Currently third in the L1 table ahead of this round, Rudy Garcia and his team sit five points behind second-placed Monaco and are two points ahead of Lyon, their closest chaser.
After a run of five straight draws in L1, Montpellier finally found their way to success last weekend by beating Caen 3-1 on the road. Thanks to this important win, Jean-Louis Gasset‘s side have climbed up into sixth place in the L1 standings ahead of this round of fixtures, only one point adrift of a Europa League qualification spot.

Players News

Since Florian Thauvin will be out until mid-April, Marseille will rely on their Argentinian scorer Lucas Ocampos. His recent form has been impressive, with five goals in his last five matches in all competitions.
Ocampos will go head-to-head with Montpellier’s 28-year-old Ivorian striker Giovanni Sio, who has ten goals and two assists in L1.

Stat Strategy

Marseille have scored at least two goals in their last three league games. Consequently, they have seen more than 2.5 goals (total) in these last three.
Montpellier have seen less than three goals in 11 of their last 13 away games in the top flight. They have lost only one of their last 13 away fixtures in L1 (W5, D7, L1).
With draws in 15 of their 31 games to date, Montpellier are the draw specialists in L1 and in Europe’s top five leagues!

Betting Tips: Marseille to win
Odds: 1.80