Marseille v Lorient 15/11/08 (19:00 cet)

Both of these teams weren’t involved in the midweek Coupe De La Ligue so should be fairly fresh for this match. After a couple of dodgy games, Marseille have hit back with a few decent wins and will be confident of maintaining their momentum.

OM sit 4 points behind leaders Lyon, but know that they are still strongly in touch with Les Gones. Eric Geret’s men went through a period where they couldn’t score enough goals, but now the strikers have rediscovered their touch and the team has netted 9 goals in its last 3 games.

Key attacker, Baky Kone is injured for this match, but I still expect the likes of Niang and Ben Arfa to cause plenty of problems to Lorient. The visitors have been below par for most of the campaign, and despite a recent change of fortunes, they lost against Nice last weekend (0-1).

This was a poor performance by Les Merlus and they struggled to create chances in attack, something which I expect will continue here at Le Stade Velodrome. An area of even bigger concern is the goalkeeping position. First choice duo, Audard and Cappone look set to be ruled out, so once again rookie custodian Joinel will probably step into the breach.

I expect he will be tested strongly and ultimately his lack of experience might show though. I would be surprised if Marseille didn’t win this match with ease, there is little to suggest that they will have many problems.

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