Ligue 1 Predictions, Spherical 13
GFFN editor-in-chief and GFFN’s face off in our predictions competitors. It’s three factors for an accurate rating, two factors for an accurate rating distinction, and one level for an accurate consequence. Who will come out on prime on the finish of the season?
SCORES
Raphaël: 72
Luke: 75
Sport of the week: Olympique de Marseille v AS Monaco, Sunday 19:45 (UK)
The worldwide break maybe got here on the proper time for Marseille. Roberto De Zerbi had reached breaking level after the shock defeat to Auxerre and he, like his squad, wanted to take a step again. A lot work was performed with the squad over the worldwide break, and it confirmed towards Lens, even when they did enable their opponent again into the encounter. The worldwide break has additionally allowed Valentin Rongier to work his approach again to full health after a really important harm lay-off. Definitely not a flashy participant, his absence was felt all through final season, and firstly of this one. De Zerbi is pushing forward together with his plans for this aspect, making an attempt to boost requirements and enhance cohesion, which he shall be hoping to do that week throughout a particular coaching camp away from Marseille. This can be a aspect nonetheless fragile defensively, largely as a result of all-too-frequent particular person errors, however going ahead, there’s room for extra optimism.
Nevertheless, Monaco shall be a a lot totally different problem to Lens final week. The latter, underneath Will Nonetheless, are wanting confidence and wrestle to create and end possibilities because of their harm issues in key areas, however the identical definitely doesn’t apply to Monaco, who netted three towards Brest final weekend. Adi Hütter’s aspect have the flexibility to create quite a lot of possibilities from quite a lot of eventualities, be it working the ball slowly from again to entrance, hitting in transition from a low-block or forcing turnovers excessive within the opposition’s field. Ending these possibilities has perhaps proved barely more durable with Breel Embolo already lacking 9 huge possibilities this season in Ligue 1. That’s the joint-highest quantity in France’s prime flight. There’s a probability that Folarin Balogun could possibly be match to begin this encounter and will he be, he might make a giant distinction on the evening, in a sport that would – and will – be settled by high-quality margins as second meets third.
Raphaël’s full predictionsLuke’s full predictions
| Luke Entwistle
