Marseille vs Caen: Preview and Prediction

Marseille vs Caen
French Ligue 1
Date: Saturday, 20th November 2016
Kick off at 16:00 UK Time
Venue: Stade Veldrome, Marseille

Forrest Gump once said life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re going to get. The same must apply to fans of Marseille, a brilliant 0-0 result away to PSG is followed up with more mediocre performances culminating in a desperate 3-1 loss at Montpellier. It’s been 4 weeks since Marseille tasted victory.

At home L’OM is undefeated with 3 wins and 3 draws and this is the one positive to take from their season. Caen shocked everyone last time out when they defeated league leaders Nice 1-0 to end their unbeaten record. This win followed 3 losses in a row, however wonderful the result was it did come at home.

In away games, Caen has the second to worst record in the French Ligue 1 with zero wins. And they have only earned a point from a possible 18. This means they lost 5 of the last 6 with a draw as the only positive result, which was a 0-0 stalemate against Bordeaux.

Marseille vs Caen: Head to Head Stats

It’s been five games and 8 years since Marseille recorded a victory at the Veldrome over Caen who has been their bogey team over the years. They played each other twice in 2015 at Marseille and each time Caen recorded a victory by 1-0 and 3-2. Likewise and bizarrely Marseille have had much joy at Caen’s ground over the years.

Marseille vs Caen: Prediction

Marseille need this victory and it’s time to step up and beat teams that are below them in the league. True Caen keep coming here and winning but this trend will end soon enough and this is the right time for it to happen. Marseille are just slightly odds on but still decent value to take on.