Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Clermont
Match Time & Date:
02/03/2024
03:00 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Marseille
Buoyed by a come-from-behind 4-1 win over Montpellier, Olympique Marseille will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Clermont at Stade Gabriel Montpied. OM managed to put an end to their six-game winless run, with the team keeping their Champions League hopes alive, but they need to keep on improving their game if they are to secure a top-four finish.
A man to watch in the away team will be Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who scored a brace in the last league match, while all Amir Murillo, Bilal Nadir, and Valentin Rongier remain on the sidelines with injuries. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the home team, we are tempted to put our money on Jean-Louis Gasset’s troops as they emerged triumphant in each of the previous three meetings with Clermont. Both Maximiliano Caufriez and Elbasan Rashani are banned for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang):
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the most famous Gabonese player and he is the first footballer from Gabon to appear in Bundesliga. Aubameyang played for the likes of Dijon, Lille, Monaco and St. Etienne in the past before joining Borussia Dortmund on July, 2013. The pacey attacker signed a five-year contract with the Millionaires and he has been producing outstanding performances with the Signal-Iduna-Park outfit ever since.
Aubameyang impressed in the 2015–16 Bundesliga, scoring 25 goals in 31 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, but that did not help Thomas Tuchel’s men win the domestic trophy. Speaking of his international career, the 187-cm-tall striker made his Gabon debut on 25 March, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the national team in a 3-2 win over Morocco.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Gabon make it to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. It has to be noted, though, that he played for France U-21 team in the past. Aubameyang was born in Laval, France on 18 June, 1989.
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.
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