In this week 20 match on the 28th of January, Olympique Marseille plays host to Monaco in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 3rd placed Olympique Marseille is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Rennes. Mattéo Guendouzi struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 59th minute on a feed from Jordan Veretout, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rennes couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Marseille ran away with the shutout win. Olympique Marseille is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 4th placed Monaco, recorded a 7-1 blowout win against Ajaccio. Axel Disasi scored the first goal for Monaco in the 2nd minute, then Krépin Diatta added another in the 6th minute on a feed from Vanderson de Oliveira Campos. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Monaco should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Olympique Marseille was victorious by a score of 3 to 2 in front of a crowd of almost 11000 fans. Alexis Sánchez struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 35th minute, but Wissam Ben Yedder got the equalizer for Monaco in the 45th minute , but luckily for Olympique Marseille it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win.
Monaco is fortunate enough to have Wissam Ben Yedder in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals. Olympique Marseille is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jordan Veretout and Alexis Sánchez each having 2 goals in their last five
Amine Harit, Nuno Tavares, Dimitri Payet and Jonathan Clauss are unavailable to play for Igor Tudor’s team, while Kevin Volland and Gelson Martins are unavailable to play for Philippe Clement’s team.