Olympique Marseille – Strasbourg, French Cup Prediction

Marseille has long passed a weak and volatile period early in the season, when it was even far from top 3 even. Currently, Olympique has a solid lead over the 4th, is at 2nd place and is enjoying its season. In the last match they failed to break the resistance of Angers, who played with 10 men in defense. For a long time, Marseille has not had so much difficulty scoring a goal. They totally dominated and did not allow Angers to even create a chance, but it was only 0-0 at the end.

Strasbourg took a great win against Monaco as a guest no one expected – 3-1. The team has been making a lot of surprises lately and definitely knows how to make Marseille difficult. Last year Strasbourg again played with Marseille for domestic tournament, but for the League Cup and made it 1-1 with OM. In the last 2 games Strasbourg have scored 8 goals in visits, not to forget that this team also played in the Europa League.

 Expert view : We expect a tough game for Marseille and a lot of efforts from both sides. We think Strasbourg will play much more openly than Angers, for example. The guests are certainly ready for victory. In the beginning there probably won’t be as many chances for goal. In our view, the best bet is on goals in 2^nd half, and Marseille is more likely to be the team to score if it is one between the two. This is traditional in the OM home games this season. Prediction – Marseille to score in 2nd half at 1.52.