Marseille vs Nice Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th February 2023

Nice visit Stade Orange Velodrome on Sunday for a Ligue 1 fixture with home side Marseille.

Marseille are chasing the first place in the Ligue 1 after collecting 46 points from their initial 21 encounters. Nice trail them on 31 points after 21 rounds, sitting as number 8 in the table.

Marseille have their target aimed at getting one over Nice this coming Sunday. However, the latter should be highly motivated at the prospect of showing their skills in front of the crowd at Stade Orange Velodrome.

Marseille are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Ligue 1, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.2 goals on average per match, or 22 goals in total, while allowing nine goals against, for an average of 0.9 per outing. They managed three clean sheets along the way.

Nice are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of six goals, and while Nice claimed five clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.6 goals per match.

Marseille beat Nice in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 2-1 win with a 3-0 victory.

Marseille vs Nice Prediction

Marseille Form

In their last three matches, Marseille won 1-0 against Rennes, before settling for a point in a 1-1 draw against Monaco. They were back on top last time out, defeating Nantes 0-2. Marseille won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Ligue 1, while also drawing one. They suffered two defeats, while they scored 12 and conceded six goals.

Nice Form

Nice look well suited to take on any opponent with seven points to show off from three matches. They started off drawing 0-0 with Reims, before downing first Lille by 1-0, then Lens in a 0-1 win. In their last six away matches in the Ligue 1, Nice won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying five goals conceded and six scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Marseille and Nice.

Marseille won six matches, scored 15 goals and conceded eight in their last ten games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. This earned them 20 points. Nice took 14 points from their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They won four, scored nine goals and conceded 12. Marseille claimed 14 wins, four draws as well as three defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Nice so far pulled off eight wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Ligue 1.

Marseille vs Nice Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Marseille, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Samuel Gigot and Amine Harit are all absent from the Marseille squad that faces Nice at Stade Orange Velodrome.

Nice are juggling with three absent players on on Sunday when travelling to Marseille.

Nice need to do without Aaron Ramsey, Youcef Atal and Marcin Bulka, who are not fit enough to travel to Stade Orange Velodrome.

Marseille vs Nice H2H

Marseille hope to extend their grip on Nice, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 2-1 and 3-0, respectively. Marseille enjoy a good 8-1-1 advantage against Nice, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 7/10.

Marseille vs Nice Results

In six of the previous ten matches between Marseille and Nice both teams scored.

Marseille vs Nice Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Alexis Sanchez has actually netted seven goals during this Ligue 1 season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Nice should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Alexis Sanchez to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Stade Orange Velodrome saw five wins for Marseille in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew two and lost three, while Nice won three of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing four and losing three. Both sides have been rather generous in recent weeks, with Marseille only managing a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games on home soil. Nice arrive at Stade Orange Velodrome having kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

Both teams scored six times in the last ten encounters between Marseille and Nice, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Marseille scored 1.9 goals on average, while Nice pulled 1.1 goals on average. Marseille witnessed over 2.5 goals in four of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 2.2 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Nice, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.