In this week 13 match on Oct 29th, Strasbourg will host Olympique Marseille in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. Strasbourg sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Toulouse. Anthony Rouault scored the first goal for Toulouse in the 44th minute, then Brecht Dejaegere added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Mikkel Desler. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Marseille sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Lens. Pereira da Costa struck first for Lens in the 78th minute on a feed from Facundo Medina, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Olympique Marseille couldn’t muster any offence and Lens ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Marseille should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Strasbourg and Olympique Marseille last played eachother at the Orange Vélodrome on Wed Jan 29th. Olympique Marseille was victorious by a score of 3 to 1 in front of almost 30000 excited fans. Bouna Sarr struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 32nd minute on a feed from Valentin Rongier, then Dimitri Payet added another in the 43rd minute on a penalty shot.
Alexis Sánchez has been the most prolific scorer on Olympique Marseille in his last five matches with 2 goals. Habib Diallo has been the most prolific scorer on Strasbourg in the last 5 matches with three goals
Ludovic Ajorque and Kandil are unavailable to play for Julien Stéphan’s team, while Samuel Gigot is unavailable to play for Olympique Marseille.