Marseille vs Brest Preview: Team News & Prediction
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The hostile and turbulent Olympique de Marseille season is coming to an end as they push for UEFA Champions League qualification with the visit of Stade Brest to Stade Velodrome.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 27th April, 2025: UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 2:45pm / US PT – 11:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – beIN Sports
How to watch online: UK – Ligue 1 pass / US – beIN Sports
Marseille Preview: Chaotic and entertaining
Coached by former Brighton and Hove Albion and Shakhtar Donetsk boss Roberto De Zerbi, Olympique de Marseille have been chaotic to watch throughout the campaign and that has led to some very entertaining performances and results as they chase a top four finish.
They have been Jekyll and Hyde throughout and they come into this one on the back of a high at Stade Velodrome last weekend as they defeated Montpellier Herault by five goals to one due to a Mason Greenwood brace, an own goal as well as strikes from Jon Rowe and Adrien Rabiot.
Brest Preview: Steady Brest
Stade Brest shocked France last season by finishing third and earning themselves UEFA Champions League qualification with one of the smallest budgets in the country under the management of former Sunderland player Eric Roy.
Brest were in the hunt for a top seven finish and European qualification once again in Ligue 1 but the visitors did suffer a 3-1 loss to Lens at Stade Francis-Le Ble last weekend, despite taking a 13th minute lead in that game via former Norwich City midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou.
Marseille Team News: Nothing fresh
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Rulli; Michael Amir Murillo, Kondogbia, Ulisses Garcia; Luiz Henrique, Hojbjerg, Rongier, Merlin; Greenwood, Rabiot; Gouiri
Unavailable: Ruben Blanco (Injured), Mbemba (Injured)
Questionable: Balerdi (Injured)
Brest Team News: Couple of suspensions
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Coudert; Fernandes, Chardonnet, Le Cardinal, Haidara; Camara, Lees-Melou, Magnetti; Pereira Lage, Del Castillo, Sima
Unavailable: Bizot (Suspended), Ndiaye (Suspended), Bourgault (Injured)
Questionable: Coulibaly (Injured), Locko (Injured), Salah (Injured), Ajorque (Injured)
Marseille vs Brest Prediction
Olympique de Marseille have been training in Rome in a fairly badly timed move set in motion by De Zerbi and his coaching staff. That travel is hardly going to help an already tumultuous group that can produce some magnificent performance. Brest will seek to take advantage of Marseille’s fairly regular self-harm. Marseille can score in pretty much every game, though, and it may well be quite an entertaining encounter down on the south coast of France.
Marseille vs Brest Tip: Over 2.5 goals
