Olympique Marseille vs LOSC Lille Prediction: It won't be easy for Lille.

Two top teams in the division go head-to-head in the 11 round of the Ligue 1. It's Marseille welcoming Lille to the Orange Velodrome for their first encounter in this new season. At the moment, both sides are hoping to add into their point tally and improve their position on the table. Marseille are 9th with 12 points, with a game in hand. While LOSC Lille are 4th with 18 points from 10 matches played. From all indications, LOSC Lille are having a much better season than Marseille, but there's a reason for Marseille to be hopeful of getting a good result in this match.

Olympique Marseille's form at the moment is nothing short of disappointing. The team have struggled for match points after playing 9 games this season. They are coming off a 3-1 win over AEK Athens last week and they hope to transform their poor league run with a win.

In the league, Marseille have lost 3 of their last 5 matches. They won 1 and drew 1. And their most recent league game ended in a 1-0 defeat against Nice last weekend.

However, they have had better results while playing at home. According to the home statistics, they have won 3 of their 4 home games in the Ligue 1, drawing the remaining 1. They beat Le Havre 3-0 in their last home league game.

Marseille and Lille are two sides that know each other pretty well from their meetings down the years. Lille won their most recent meeting by 2 goals to 1 back in May and Marseille won the game before that by the same scoreline last year. Marseille have not lost a home game against Lille since 2019, when they lost 2-1. Since then Marseille have beaten Lille twice and they played a draw twice.

LOSC Lille have something going on at the moment and they are full of confidence after a string of good performances. They stretched their unbeaten run to 4 games in a row and they lost just 1 of their last 5 league games.

LOSC Lille faced AS Monaco in their last match and they pulled off a 2-0 win. Goals from Ivan Cavaleiro and Bafode Diakite in the first half were enough to help them grab the win over Monaco in that game. Next up for LOSC Lille is Olympique Marseille, and beating another top team like Marseille would boost their confidence even more for the rest of the campaign.

Lille's away record isn't the brightest following their 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss in 5 away games this season. They would definitely want to try a different setup in this away game against Olympique Marseille. Lille beat Marseille 2-1 at home last season, while Marseille beat them by the same scoreline at the Orange Velodrome in the same season.

Olympique Marseille played 20 matches against LOSC Lille before now, and they won 9 matches, while LOSC Lille won 6 matches and 5 matches ended in a draw.

Olympique Marseille are quite unstable at the moment and they are far from their best coming into this game. LOSC Lille however, are coming off a big win against AS Monaco. Playing at the Orange Velodrome has to be the major advantage Olympique Marseille have over LOSC Lille in this game. Marseille are yet to lose a game on this ground and Lille have not beaten them there since 2019. An interesting Stat to consider is their last 10 meetings have ended with 2-3 goals.

• Over 2 Goals at 1.917 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.67 Odds
• More than 9 Corners at 1.83 Odds