OGC Nice vs Olympique Marseille Prediction: Both clubs will apply a careful approach.

OGC Nice and Olympique Marseille will meet for the very first time in this new season. Only 4 points separate both sides on the top end of the table as Nice occupy 2nd spot with 16 points, while Marseille are 6th with 12 points. Nice will be hoping to continue their brilliant unbeaten run in the last 8 league matches. While Marseille have not been in their very best form, they will try to build on the 3-0 win over Le Havre before the break and grab another win against Nice. Both clubs have produced a fruitful attacking game in the past and we can expect a top game from both sides once again this season.

OGC NICE

OGC Nice are doing all the right things this season and they are having the results to show for their resilience. Nice are only 1 point behind league leaders; AS Monaco, with 16 points from 8 league games. They had 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats and their goal difference is 5 goals. Nice remain unbeaten in the league and in their last 5 matches in the league, they had 4 wins and 1 draw. Nice played against Metz FC last week prior to the international break and Hicham Boudaoui's goal in the 14th minute was the only thing that separated both sides in full time. Nice put up an outstanding performance in that game according to the statistics as they had 68% possession, 4 shots on target and 4 corner kicks. 

OGC Nice will face a tough test when they take on Olympique Marseille in this game given the history between the two clubs. Nice won their most recent meeting last season by 3 goals to 1. Sofiane Diop, Gaetan Laborde and Billal Brahimi were all on the scoresheet in that game. 

Streaks

• No losses in 8 games.
• No goals conceded in 3 games
• Less than 2.5 goals in 7/8 games.
• First to score in 4/5 games.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 10/10 games.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 6/7 games.

OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE

Marseille will be worried with their current position, and they will be hoping for a solid response in this match. They have 2 of their 8 league games, while they won 3 and drew 3. This result puts them in 6th place on the Ligue 1 table, with 12 points and a goal difference of 1.

Marseille have been on a difficult run in their last 5 matches, as they had 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in those games. They finally ended a 2-match losing streak by beating Le Havre in their last league game. Arouna Sangante scored an own goal in the 18th minute to put Marseille ahead, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled their lead in the 21st minute and finally, Ismaila Sarr scored the third goal to give Marseille a 3-0 win at full time. Marseille dominated proceedings in the game, taking up 64% possession, 6 shots on target and 4 corner kicks.

Marseille will have to do better if they wish to grab another win against an in-form OGC Nice in this game. They lost their last meeting against Nice by 3-1 at home last season and Ruslan Malinovskyi scored the only goal for Marseille in the 60th minute after they had conceded 2 goals in the first half. 

Streaks

• More than 2.5 goals in 5/5 games.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 5/7 games.

Head to Head

Nice and Marseille have played 20 matches against each other in the past. Marseille won 10 of the 20 matches, while Nice won 8 and 2 matches ended in a draw.

Streaks

• Nice are without a clean sheet in 5 matches
• 7/8 matches ended with more than 2.5 goals
• Both teams scored in 4/5 matches.
• 9/10 matches ended with less than 4.5 cards.

Analysis and Predictions

Analysis of Nice in the Ligue 1 shows they scored an average of 1.1 goals per game, while they had an 8% conversion rate. And Marseille scored an average of 1.5 goals, and they had a conversion rate of 9%.

Nice have also kept 5 clean sheets while conceding an average of 0.5 goals per game, while Marseille have kept 3 clean sheets while conceding an average of 1.4 goals per game.

Nice averaged 4.9 corners per game, while Marseille averaged 6.0 corners per game.

Terem Moffi is Nice's leading goal scorer with 3 goals, and he has an Expected Goals (XG) of 2.75, while Ismaila Sarr is Marseille's leading goal scorer with 3 goals and he has an Expected Goals (XG) of 2.06

• More than 8.5 Corners at 1.62 Odds
• Home DNB at 1.72 Odds
• Nice to Score in Second Half at 1.72 Odds