Marseille vs. RC Lens Match Analysis and Prediction

Third meets fourth in the French ligue 1 this weekend as Marseille welcomes Lens to Stade Vélodrome in the 11th game week of the campaign.  Kickoffs on October 22 at 22:00 EAT.

The home teams is one of the best teams in the French top flight currently fourth with 23 points in the table after the 11 matches they have played. In their campaign so far they have recorded seven wins against two loses and two draws. However coming into this game, Marseille lost their last two league matches.

Marseille enters this meeting after 1-0 Ligue 1 losing efforts to Paris Saint-Germain in their most recent outing. In that game, Marseille had 50% possession and 18 shots with seven of them on target. Paris Saint-Germain got 23 shots with eight of them on target and a goal by Neymar (45′).

Meanwhile, RC Lens is third in the league with 24 points, one point above their hosts here. In their campaign this season they have recorded seven victories against a loss and three draws. Coming into this game, Lens failed to record a point in just one of their last six matches.

Lens gets into this encounter after 1-0 Ligue 1 victory over Montpellier in previous fixture. In that game, RC Lens had 66% possession, 17 shots with five of them on target and a goal scored by Wesley Saïd (67′). Montpellier got eight shots with one of them on target.

Marseille vs. RC Lens head to head

Marseille has a slightly better record in the head to head history of this match having won 18 times from the 40 meetings since 1993; Lens won 14 times while eight matches ended in draws.

• Lens 0-2 Marseille 22/01/22
• Marseille 2-3 Lens 26/09/21
• Lens 2-2 Marseille 03/02/21        
• Marseille 0-1 Lens 20/01/21
• Lens 0-4 Marseille 22/03/15

Home

• PSG 1-0 Marseille
• Sporting Lisbon 0-2 Marseille
• Marseille 1-2 AC Ajaccio
• Marseille 4-1 Sporting Lisbon
• Angers 0-3 Marseille

Away

• Lens 1-0 Montpellier
• Lille 1-0 Lens
• Lens 1-0 Lyon
• Nantes 0-0 Lens
• Lens 1-0 Troyes

Marseille team news

Sead Kolasinac will be unavailable for Igor Tudor’s selection for this match through injuries.

RC Lens team news

Franck Haise will be unable to call upon Wuilker Fariñez, Jimmy Cabot and Jonathan Gradit who are recovering from injuries.

Prediction and odds

• Marseille win
• Draw
• Goals under 2.5