Marseille vs Strasbourg Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Roberto De Zerbi’s Olympique de Marseille must immediately recover from Coupe de France elimination by clinging onto a Ligue 1 title race that is fading away. They face Liam Rosenior’s entertaining Strasbourg side at Stade Velodrome this weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 19th January, 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 Team News: Several injuries
De Zerbi has quite a deep squad at Marseille and he has had to utilise it with so many injuries and key man Morocco international attacking midfielder Amine Harit remains sidelined.
Big money summer signing Elye Wahi hasn’t hit the ground running at Marseille and he is an injury doubt but loanee Neal Maupay has stepped in well with a few goals of late.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Rulli; Michael Amir Murillo, Balerdi, Cornelius; Luiz Henrique, Hojbjerg, Rongier, Merlin; Greenwood, Rabiot; Maupay
Unavailable: Mbemba (Injured), Harit (Injured), Carboni (Injured), Moumbagna (Injured)
Questionable: Ruben Blanco (Injured), Kondogbia (Injured), Wahi (Injured)
Strasbourg Team News: A few issues
Chelsea loanee and United States international left-back Caleb Wiley remains unavailable for this weekend’s trip down south as he deals with a shoulder injury.
As well as the absence of Wiley, key men Thomas Delaine and Moise Sahi remain injured, whilst former Southampton forward Sekou Mara is also now an injury concern.
Predicted XI (4-4-1-1): Petrovic; Doue, Sarr, Doukoure, Diego Moreira; Bakwa, Diarra, Santos, Nanasi; Lemarechal; Emegha
Unavailable: Delaine (Injured), Wiley (Injured), Sahi (Injured)
Questionable: Bellaarouch (Injured), Ouattara (Injured), Mara (Injured)
Marseille vs Strasbourg Prediction
Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille were beaten by Lille via a penalty shootout in the Round of 32 of the Coupe de France the other day. However, in Ligue 1, the southerners have now collected 16 points from their last six league games as they sit seven points behind league leaders Paris Saint-Germain at the top-of-the-table ahead of this weekend’s round of fixtures. They now face a Strasbourg side that had struggled before the winter break but they have returned from back-to-back victories in Ligue 1 with wins against Auxerre and then Toulouse before a penalty shootout victory against Thaon. Strasbourg will try and take the game to Marseille this weekend and both teams scoring looks a good bet for this one.
Marseille vs Strasbourg Tip: Both teams to score
