Olympique Marseille - Montpellier predictions

It’s easy to point out Olympique Marseille as the clear favourites, but we wouldn’t call this match completely one-sided. The hosts are definitely more likely to win between the two, but a tie game is another possibility. An away win would be quite a surprise, but we’ve seen bigger upsets.

From the present standpoint, the situation is clear as day. Considering the strength of Olympique Marseille and the 5.02 odds given to Montpellier to win, it is easy to conclude that a victory for the visiting team would be a surprising upset.

Olympique Marseille have no time to mourn the last round’s defeat even though it might seem as they had a chance to get away with a positive result from a difficult Ligue 1 trip. Namely, they held their ground for the first 45 minutes and only lost the game by a one-goal margin (Brest).

The visiting team are coming on the back of a decisive victory in their recent home game, which earned them 3 points and a solid 3:0 goal difference. Such an outcome was hardly surprising, though – most bookmakers online saw them as the clearly stronger team in that particular matchup.

Olympique Marseille will likely want to shake things up offensively after lukewarm results in the previous few matches. Outcome aside, both of their latest two away games ended with 1 or 0 goals in total.

Montpellier displayed relatively shaky form in the 23 games they’ve appeared in so far. They’re dangerously close to the bottom of the table, placing at number 14th in the standings. Such placement makes the difficult matchup in Orange Vélodrome even more concerning for their supporters.

With several tied games behind them, the teams will be looking to switch things up to get the upper hand. Several matches between Olympique Marseille and Montpellier ended in a draw this season alone, so it’s clear they’ll need to get creative – especially the hosts.

The hosts may be favourites to win the match, but their lineup is in a somewhat weakened state. Valentin Rongier, Jordan Veretout, Michael Murillo are all sidelined due to injury, which makes Olympique Marseille’s position as favourites a bit shakier than it might seem.

Our prediction would be a fairly safe Home Win bet at the odds of 1.75. It’s obvious the hosts have a clear advantage going into this clash, and there’s plenty of reasons to feel confident in their success.