Olympique Marseille vs Strasbourg betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 1 match on January 19th, 2025

A Ligue 1 match between Olympique Marseille and Strasbourg will hold on January 19th, 2025, Sunday at 19:45h (UTC), in France, check the Olympique Marseille vs Strasbourg betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Olympique Marseille vs Strasbourg will occur

The game takes place in the mythical Stade Vélodrome stadium, in the city of Marseille, with a capacity for 67000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Olympique Marseille vs Strasbourg betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Ligue 1, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.7 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.96 goals per match.

Olympique Marseille last match

Olympique Marseille in its last official match drew (1-1) against LOSC Lille, in a match valid for Coupe de France. Coach R. De Zerbi's lined up a 3-4-2-1 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.40 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Strasbourg last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Coupe de France, Strasbourg, who used a 3-5-1-1 formation, faced the Thaon team with a final score of 2-2.

A bad outcome at the end of the match with the draw (odd 5.50), especially considering that the chances of winning were quite high.

Olympique Marseille vs Strasbourg h2h

Strasbourg was in 11th place in the Ligue 1 while Olympique Marseille was in 3rd place, the last time these teams faced each other. Strasbourg team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Olympique Marseille used in the match.

It was on 29-09-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 1-0 win for Strasbourg, was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Ligue 1.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The Strasbourg team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Olympique Marseille its counterpart.

This match will be officiated by B. Dechepy and duly assisted by B. Parinet Le Tellier and Y. Boutry from the sideline.

Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

The Olympique Marseille team with 36 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

Which means that the team has an advantage of 5 points, in the 18th round, with the Monaco team in hot pursuit at 3rd place.

Olympique Marseille analysis

At the end of round 17 Olympique Marseille has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 39 goals to its credit against 20 conceded.

Olympique Marseille has an average of 5.47 shots in the goal mirror per match, and can be considered an extremely offensive team and prone to scoring goals, and of course winning.

The Olympique Marseille team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 60.94%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

Olympique Marseille has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 39 times with 1781 attacks, while Strasbourg has only scored 30 times with 1473 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Olympique Marseille

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Mason Greenwood. With 11 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Olympique Marseille team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Historical data Olympique Marseille

With 10 titles won in the history of the tournament, one of the leading names in the competition is the Olympique Marseille team. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the game and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their rivals with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Strasbourg

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

Strasbourg arrives in this game with 23 points, and in 9th place in the Ligue 1, having won 6 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Strasbourg analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg sums 30 goals for and a total of 29 goals against, after 17 rounds played.

Best goalscorer from Strasbourg

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight E. Emegha. With 6 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Strasbourg team achieving several victories this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Olympique Marseille is Mason Greenwood, who has already scored 11 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Strasbourg is E. Emegha, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 3.62 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.06 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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