Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Bordeaux
Match Time & Date:
07/01/2022
21:00
Prediction: 0-1
Marseille
Stade Matmut Atlantique will host Friday’s Ligue 1 game between Bordeaux and Olympique Marseille. Les Girondins aim to make amends for the Coupe de France loss to Brest, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against OM. However, home win should not be considered as Bordeaux are hit by coronavirus. All Poussin, Lacoux, Mexer, Kwateng, Mara, Sissokho, Gregersen, Bakwa, and Oudin have been tested positive for the novel virus.
Marseille, on the other hand, faced no difficulties in a 3-0 win over Chauvigny in the first game of the year. Jorge Sampaoli’s troops are high on confidence ahead of the trip to Bordeaux, and they should take advantage of the absentees in the home team. Forward Ahmadou Bamba Dieng is banned for the match, but he should be the only absentee in the away team this time out.
Highlighted Player (Mexer):
Edson Andre Sitoe “Mexer”, who was born in Maputo, Mozambique on September 8, 1988, began his senior career at Desportivo Maputo and he scored three goals in 97 appearances for the club. Mexer played for his home-town club from 2006 to 2010 and in the winter of 2010 he joined Portuguese side Sporting for a fee of €173,000.
The Mozambique centre-back was quickly loaned to Olhanense and it has to be noted that he made 39 appearances for the Primeira Liga club in the league. In 2012 he was sold to fellow Portuguese outfit Nacional and after playing 57 league games for the club, Mexer moved to France. The 187-cm-tall footballer signed a contract with Rennes in January, 2014 and he has been playing for les Rouges et Noirs ever since.
Mexer made his debut for Mozambique national team in 2007 and he represented Os Mambas at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored his first goal for Mozambique in a 5-0 win over South Sudan in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Marseille):
Olympique de Marseille are considered one of the best French football clubs. Les Olympiens won their ninth Ligue 1 title in 2010, but winning of the 1992/1993 Champions League trophy is seen as the club’s biggest success. Marseille defeated Italian giants Milan in the title game, with Basile Boli scoring the winner (1-0) in the Olympiastadion showdown.
It has to be noted, though, that the Stade Velodrome outfit were banned from defending the title in the 1993/1994 season after being involved in a match-fixing scandal. To make things even worse for the fans, the club suffered enforced relegation to the Ligue 2. Olympique de Marseille participated in the Europa League final on two occasions (1998/1999, 2003/2004), but they were beaten by Parma and Valencia respectively in the title games. OM’s home ground Stade Velodrome was opened on June 13, 1997 and the capacity of the stadium is 67.394.
The likes of Franck Ribery, Didier Deschamps, Didier Drogba, Laurent Blanc, Fabien Barthez, Samir Nasri, Fabrizio Ravanelli and Djibril Cisse all played for Marseille in the past.
