H2H: Lorient vs Marseille – Prediction (Ligue 1

H2H: Lorient vs Marseille – Comparison.

Yoane Wissa opened the scoring in Lorient’s last home L1 outing – his four league goals this campaign have all come after HT. Meanwhile, Florian Thauvin has been the game’s first goalscorer in each of his last four goalscoring L1 games, with Marseille emerging victorious on each occasion. Lorient are winless in their previous seven L1 home matches refereed by Benoit Bastien (D2, L5).

Lorient Insights.

Lorient’s 3-1 victory at Reims in their last Ligue 1 (L1) outing ended a winless run of five straight fixtures in the top-flight (D1, L4). Goals remain a common theme for Lorient’s matches overall, as they have produced a joint-league high of 3.71 goals per-game on average, with 71.43% of their league games featuring over 3.5 goals. However, ‘Les Merlus’ can be slow starters, as seen by the fact that only one of the six L1 home goals they’ve scored this campaign have come before HT. Furthermore, with two goals precisely scored/conceded in or after the 60th minute in each of their three home league games to date, this game may well witness some late drama.

Marseille Insights.

Marseille’s 3-1 home win last time out made it four consecutive top-flight fixtures without a loss (W1, D3). That result continued a recent trend too, as each of their four league outings to see a winner this campaign have seen the victorious side on the day net first and take a one-goal margin lead at HT. Here, ‘Les Olympiens’ will be looking to build on their great H2H record, which has seen them lose just two of the last 13 top-flight meetings at Stade du Moustoir (W7, D4, L2). To achieve that, they will be keen for a good start, considering they’ve won nine (L1) of the last ten L1 away games in which they were leading at HT.