Olympique Marseille - Olympique Lyonnais predictions

The online bookies marked Olympique Marseille as the favourites, which makes a lot of sense. Still, we wouldn’t put Olympique Lyonnais winning beyond them – not to mention that draws are a strong possibility in relatively balanced games.

An away win in this match would be a huge surprise and an equally big achievement for Olympique Lyonnais who could consider themselves fortunate if they run away with a point in the bag.

The hosts are coming off from a Nice loss. They did not have the best of starts to the game and failed in their attempts to get back into the game after going down early on.

Olympique Lyonnais fans are hoping for a better performance than what they displayed previously. The team was close to a comprehensive away win in their latest Ligue 1 bout at Nantes, but fumbled their advantage in the later stages of the game and ended up having to settle for a 1:1 draw.

Olympique Marseille leave quite the impression whenever we see them play in front of their fans at Orange Vélodrome. They scored more than 5 goals in total the last 3 times they did so, which is a solidly impressive record.

Our confidence that Olympique Lyonnais will manage to hold their composure in an away game is shaky. They have over 5 concessions on record in their latest 3 visiting games alone.

Olympique Marseille are near the top of the season’s rankings with a 2nd spot on the table. Although the end of the season is too far away for the team’s to feel pressure, they can afford to set their sights high this season. The Champions League qualification would be notable success but a pop at the title is still within sight.

Olympique Lyonnais’s position as 6th in the standings is neither here nor there, but it’s also far from set in stone. There’s half of the season to look forward to – though betting predictions are rather pessimistic about their chances going forward.

According to the recent head-to-head records, Olympique Marseille already has a win over the away team recorded earlier in the season. It was a narrow victory, but a victory nonetheless, justifying the 2.07 odds on a home win.

They may be favoured to win, but the home team are still playing at an extreme disadvantage because a lot of their players suffered an injury recently. Amine Harit, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Abdoul Meité, Valentin Carboni, Emmanuel Alexi Koum Mbondo will not be able to play, putting the team in a dangerous situation.

A Both Teams to Score bet is a very easy choice to make. A quick look at the two teams’ histories and statistics reveals that this match a very strong candidate to confirm the BTTS market.