Olympique Marseille welcome Nice to kick off this weekend’s action in the French Ligue One. Marseille are the obvious favourites – being the better-ranked team as well as the hosts. Their unbeaten run of five matches was snapped last week when they have lost 2-0 to PSG in Paris. Nice, on the other hand, have never managed to stitch together consecutive wins of the more than two matches in this season.

Marseille still hold the fifth position in the league in spite of the last week’s loss. But what the team really needs is a fourth-place finish which would allow them to compete in the Europa League. They lag the fifth-placed St Etienne by five points. A win against Nice is a must under the circumstances.

Nice is fifth from bottom. They are some distance away from the relegation zone. Still, the team and their fans would prefer a much higher finish. What will encourage them are their recent pleasant memories against Marseille. They beat Marseille 5-4 in a sensational Coupe de France match earlier this year. The team has also won the home match of this Ligue One season versus Marseille too.

The problem is that they have managed just one win other than the two mentioned here in the last 14 matches against Marseille.

Olympique Marseille-Nice Player news

In the absence of any injury scares, Darío Cvitanich, Éric Bautheac and Christian Brüls will lead the Nice attack. Cvitanich scored the winning goal in the Nice’s home match against Marseille earlier in the season.

Andre-Pierre Gignac and Dimitri Payet will spearhead Marseille’s bid for revenge. If they find their rhythm and harmony with Florian Thauvin and Mathieu Valbuena, Nice’s miserable recent run – four defeats in six matches – will continue.

Olympique Marseille-Nice Prediction

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