Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nantes
Match Time & Date:
01/02/2023
01:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Marseille
Nantes and Olympique Marseille face each other at Stade de la Beaujoire in what is expected to be one of the most exciting games of Wednesday’s program. Les Canaris are undefeated in the previous six league fixtures, but they face a difficult task in the midweek clash. Evann Guessand is pushing for a start, as well as January signing Florent Mollet, while all Quentin Merlin, Nicolas Pallois, and Denis Petric remain in the recovery room.
OM, on the other hand, aim to stay in the Champions League berth, but beating Nantes on the road is easier said than done. Eric Bailly has yet to serve his ban, while both Pau Lopez and Jonathan Clauss remain on the sidelines with injuries. Anyhow, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw as Nantes are tough to beat at home.
Highlighted Player (Alban Lafont):
Alban Lafont is a French goalkeeper who plays for Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Lafont joined AS Lattoise youth school at the age of nine and he stayed at the academy until 2014 when he moved to Toulouse.
The 193-cm-tall goalkeeper has established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper at Toulouse and it has to be noted that he made 36 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 season, keeping 10 clean sheets in the process. Due to his dual citizenship, Alban Lafont is eligible to represent both Burkina Faso and France on international stage, but he has yet to play for the African team.
Alban Lafont represented les Tricolores at youth level and, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the talented shoot-stopper who was born on January 23, 1999. The rising star has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.
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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