Ligue 1 Predictions | Round 22: managerless Marseille host European challengers Strasbourg

Ligue 1 Predictions, Round 22

GFFN editor-in-chief Luke Entwistle, and sub-editors Raphaël Jucobin and Bastien Cheval face off in our Ligue 1 predictions competition. This season, GFFN will also be hosting guests. Earlier this season, The Athletic’s Alex Barker participated and became the first name on our guest leaderboard, and he has since been joined by Julien Laurens. It’s three points for a correct score, two points for a correct score difference, and one point for a correct result. Who will come out on top at the end of the season?

SCORES

Raphaël: 128

Luke: 120

Bastien: 156

Guest leaderboard:

Alex Barker: 7

Julien Laurens: 7

Game of the week: Olympique de Marseille v RC Strasbourg Alsace, 16:00 (UK)

Marseille have been chronically unpredictable in any case in recent months, so the departure of Roberto De Zerbi maybe doesn’t change too much. There is always uncertainty when a manager departs. It makes anticipating the kind of performance that the team will put in very difficult, but that is what De Zerbi bemoaned in his final weeks as manager. There is still incredible talent in this side and they have enough to beat anyone, even PSG, as they did earlier in the season. 

But their is an air of crisis around the club and the slide must be arrested. Strasbourg are probably not the team you would want to face to do that. Gary O’Neil’s side lost against Le Havre last weekend, which was largely the result of Ismael Doukouré’s red card inside 30 minutes. They really have the means to hurt an OM side that could look slightly disorganised. It is in those conditions that this transitional and vertical Strasbourg side can thrive.

Raphael’s Ligue 1 predictions

• Rennes 1-3 PSG
• Monaco 1-1 Nantes
• Marseille 2-2 Strasbourg
• Lille 2-1 Brest
• Paris FC 1-2 Lens
• Le Havre 2-1 Toulouse
• Lorient 2-0 Angers
• Metz 0-1 Auxerre
• Lyon 2-1 Nice

Luke’s predictions

• Rennes 1-4 PSG
• Monaco 2-0 Nantes
• Marseille 2-3 Strasbourg
• Lille 2-1 Brest
• Paris FC 1-1 Lens
• Le Havre 0-1 Toulouse
• Lorient 0-0 Angers
• Metz 1-2 Auxerre
• Lyon 3-0 Nice

Bastien’s predictions

• Rennes 0-3 PSG
• Monaco 2-1 Nantes
• Marseille 2-2 Strasbourg
• Lille 0-0 Brest
• Paris FC 0-1 Lens
• Le Havre 1-0 Toulouse
• Lorient 1-1 Angers
• Metz 0-0 Auxerre
• Lyon 2-1 Nice

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