In a weekend match in week 18, on Sunday Dec 12th, Strasbourg will play host to Olympique Marseille in a clash of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Strasbourg is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Nice. Ludovic Ajorque struck first for Strasbourg in the 21st minute on a feed from Ibrahima Sissoko, then Habib Diallo added another in the 82nd minute In the end, Nice was frustrated by Strasbourg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Strasbourg ended the match with the shutout victory. Strasbourg is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Marseille sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Brest. Gerson struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 29th minute on a feed from Dimitri Payet, but Romain Faivre got the equalizer for Brest in the 53rd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 70th minute on a goal by Franck Honorat to cap off a wild match. Olympique Marseille is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Olympique Marseille and Strasbourg last played eachother at the Orange Vélodrome on Wednesday Jan 29th. Olympique Marseille won by a score of 3 to 1 in front of almost 30000 jubilant fans. Bouna Sarr struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 32nd minute, then Dimitri Payet added another in the 43rd minute on a penalty kick.
Olympique Marseille is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Arkadiusz Milik and Gerson each having 2 goals in their last five. Strasbourg is fortunate enough to have Ludovic Ajorque in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.