The squad led by Igor Tudor is set to visit Les Lanciers with the aim of bouncing back after the tough loss to Nice and not letting PSG run away with the title.
Olympique Marseille and Clermont are scheduled to meet this Saturday at Stade Gabriel Montpied, in a league clash that counts as matchday 23 of Ligue 1.
The Marseille lineup, anchored by Alexis Sanchez, comes into the duel with momentum after reaching the quarterfinals of the French Cup by knocking Paris Saint-Germain out at the Orange Velodrome. Sanchez opened the scoring and Ruslan Malinovskyi added another key goal, restoring confidence ahead of the league game. This followed a 1-3 setback on the final day against Nice, which prevented the team from narrowing the gap to league leaders PSG, who sit on a 54-point tally. At present, Marseille sit second with 46 points, tied with Lens on the table.
The Clermont side, captained by Pascal Gastien, heads into this match after three league games without a win. Their most recent result was a 0-2 defeat to Monaco with Guillermo Maripán leading the visitors. That result leaves Les Lanciers in eleventh place on 30 points.
Alexis Sanchez’s statistics with Marseille remain a highlight this season, continuing to be a consistent source of goals for the club.
Background and context:
- Clermont and Marseille have met five times across all competitions, with Clermont suffering their only Ligue 1 home defeat to Marseille, 0-1 in October 2021.
- After a home loss to Marseille, Clermont hosted another top-flight team twice in a row without scoring for the first time in the top division.
- Clermont have failed to score in their last three Ligue 1 matches, matching a three-game drought first seen in January 2022.
- Marseille have lost only once in their last ten Ligue 1 matches, a 1-3 defeat to Nice, though they have won most of their away fixtures recently.
- Clermont have failed to score in their last two home games, while in Ligue 1 the team has not managed three straight goals at home. The last time Clermont failed to score in three consecutive home league games was in early 2019 in Ligue 2 against Le Havre, Valenciennes, and Lorient.
- Marseille have won their last four away Ligue 1 matches, a club record stretch not seen since late 2021 to early 2022.
- Marseille have benefited from a number of goals that came via opponent own goals this season, while Alexis Sanchez has been Marseille’s top scorer in the league with several penalties and open-play strikes to his name.
- Marseille have scored eight league goals from corners, the highest tally in Ligue 1 this season, while their defensive record on such set plays is strong with only PSG conceding fewer on corner chances.
- Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw has faced the highest number of gifting passes this season, an area where the defense will look to tighten up in this match.
- Dimitri Payet has not been involved in a Ligue 1 goal since December, marking a period without goals that is notable given his recent prolific spell earlier in the campaign.
The match will be broadcast on ESPN, with channel numbers varying by cable provider:
- VTR: 48 SD and 843 HD
- DTV: 621 SD and 1620 HD
- ENTEL: 212 HD
- BRIGHT: 174 SD and 474 HD
- GTD TELSUR: 84 SD
- MOVISTAR: 480 SD and 884 HD
- YOU SEE: 508 SD
- ZAP: 90 HD
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