Marseille – Valenciennes 7 Feb 10
Marseille last 5 league matches: 
Marseille last 3 home matches:
Valenciennes last 5 league matches:
Valenciennes last 3 away matches:
Table positions: Marseille -7, Valenciennes -11
Marseille home table position: 13
Valenciennes away table position: 4
Two teams with very similar results lately in the French Ligue 1 will go head to head this Sunday as Olympique Marseille welcomes Valenciennes.
Marseille has fallen to the 7th spot of the table after a very poor period in terms of results that shows only one victory in the past 5 matches played and with a total of 34 points no less than 3 teams are in reaching range of them and could overtake them in case of a bad step and a game in hand.
Their record at home is modest with 5 victories and 2 draws in all 9 played but especially in terms of their goal ratio where they managed to scored only 12 goals whilst conceding 8, almost one for every match played.
Valenciennes experiencing a though period of it’s own with only one victory in the past 7 played in the domestic league and a total of 32 points, leaving them only 2 behind their current adversaries and a significant advancement in the standings.
Whilst at home they managed only 3 victories all season, the team gathered most of it’s points in away matches with a record of 6 victories and no draws in all 11 played and a positive goal ratio of 19 scored and 15 conceded showing a decent offensive strength.
My pick: Marseille to win
