Marseille – Saint-Etienne (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

Marseille - Saint-Etienne

Marseille is the first in Ligue 1, two points ahead of the next ranked. This comes after five wins, the last being the sharpest. Thus, midweek, Marcelo Bielsa’s pupils went 5-0 away from Reims. The first two goals were scored by Gignac, these two Ayew for the score to be closed by Imbula. Besides the 5 successful, Marseille had five shots on goal, compared to only 3 of opponents, including two from outside the box. The Velodrome, “OM” has 4 wins from 5 matches from previous Ligue 1, winning three of them without receiving blank. Gignac, who scored 8 times in 7 steps to Marseille, has caught the attention of Juventus, whose reaching final contract with Marseille at the end of this season. Juventus is the only team interested in a great player at Marseille, Imbula being courted by Arsenal. And Ayew has caught the attention of Naples, and Liverpool’s, and the list goes on.

Morel and Romao are uncertain in view of this displacement.

Marseille Probable team (4-2-3-1): Mandanda – Dja Djedje, N’Koulou, Morel, Mendy – Imbula, Romao (Lemine) -Thauvin, Payet Ayew – Gignac

Saint-Etienne ranks third before this round. Even be in second place, on equal points with his opponent tomorrow. Midweek but “greens” drew at home to Bordeaux, 1-1. Van Wolfswinkel opened the scoring for the hosts after 31 minutes, coming equalizer eight minutes later. Saint-Etienne has had 5 occasions gate, plus a bar, besides empty, while Bordeaux has just sent a shot on space portions, very dangerous. Thus, St.Etienne reached 4 of their last 5 matches they have not scored more than two goals. Away, Christophe Galtier’s students went pretty well, winning 5 games 4 wins from the previous championship, failure is suffered against PSG champion. Galtier is unhappy that his team did not win, although he had periods of dominance, but focusing it at this time, the match tomorrow. The technician “greens” wants his students to walk the Velodrome without any pressure. A few days ago, Jean has extended his contract with Saint-Etienne until the end of the season 2016-2017.

Hamouma is unavailable Gaultier’s group, while Perrin and Teophile-Catherine is uncertainty.

Saint-Etienne Probable team (4-3-3): Ruffier – Tabanou, F.Pogba, Sall, Clerc – Lemoine, Clement Cohade – Jean, Erdinc, Monnet-Paquet