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The last match of the 23rd round of French Ligue 1 is the most interesting of all as third-placed Marseille faces fourth-positioned Monaco, which has just one point fewer at the moment. On the other hand, second-placed Lyon has just one point more than Marseille but leading PSG has double-digit advantage over these three teams. Let’s add that Monaco had an upper hand in last five matches with Marseille, where match played last August was won by the biggest goal difference 6-1.

Olympique Marseille

That fact will be surely the biggest possible motive for Marseille players to try to revenge on Sunday evening at their Velodrome stadium, especially as they won six matches in a row before this one. Coach Carcia players had won in the period Troyes and Strasbroug at home, and Rennes and Caen away, while in last two rounds of the French Cup they did a routine job against lower-league Valenciennes and Epinal.

Garcia is encouraged with fact that his players haven’t conceded a single goal in last five matches, while on the other hand they score at least two goals per match. Right because of that we believe Marseille will play aggressively from the first minute against its direct competitor in the race for the Champions League and with objective to win. We need to add that due to injuries still out of action are defender Amavi and midfielder Sertic, while not fully recovered Sanson is questionable for this match.

Probable lineups Olympique Marseille: Mandanda – Sarr, Rolando, Rami, Sakai – Anguissa, Luiz Gustavo – Thauvin, Payet, N'Jie – Germain

AS Monaco

Reigning champions of France come to the Velodrome after being eliminated from the French Cup last week. They lost to Lyon at home 3-2 and the defeat put an end to Monaco’s excellent nine-game unbeaten streak. In the same period they eliminated Caen and Nice from the League Cup and qualified for its semi-finals, while in the championship Monaco has seven-game unbeaten streak of five wins and two draws.

True, out of last three league matches Monaco won only at home the last placed Metz and it drew away with Montpellier and at home with Nice. Right because of that and elimination from the French Cup by Lyon manager Jardim is very worried ahead of this difficult away match with Marseille. Additional problem is absence of injured defenders Jemerson and Jorge, midfielder Traore and forward Diakhaby.

Probable lineups AS Monaco: Subasic – Toure, Glik, Raggi, Sidibe – Fabinho, Moutinho – Ghezzal, Lemar, Keita – Falcao

Verdict:

Although atmosphere in Marseille’s locker room is a bit better ahead of the great derby of Ligue 1 we should bear in mind that Monaco won their last five head-to-head, which is why we have opted here for a pick with goals on both sides.

Pick:  both teams to score 1.65 - 65/100 @1XBet