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The derby of the Cote d’Azur in Ligue 1, Nice face Olympique Marseille.
Last year, Nice won 1-0. Let me say what i think about Nice. I think that Nice’s squad, the players, have quality beyond their current ranking. The problem is their coach, Claude Puel. He failed at Lyon, and he is more or less a failure at Nice. The fact with these mid-table teams is that it is easy to hide your incompetence as a coach, because the owner, the fans, do not really have big expectations from you. So Claude Puel is very happy at Nice, he even uses his son as a starter. His son is actually one of Nice’s best players, at the moment.
Nice has some interesting players, like Plea, Carlos Eduardo (loan from Porto), Jordan Amavi (left back) but they do not have a team spirit. Their game plan is chaotic, their first 11 is unstable and overall their defense is very bad. Team news reports state that Nice will miss 2 regular defenders, Bodmer (CB) and Palun (RB).
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Marseille are coached by genius Marcelo Bielsa. Maybe genius is a bit of an exaggeration, but he still is one of the best coaches in the world. I like him a lot and i like the offensive approach that his teams have. Remember Athletic Bilbao and their road to the final of the Europa League, with those crazy matches, 4-2 with Schalke, 3-2 with United … Anyway, back to 2015, Marseille is the new team of Bielsa and he already instilled the offensive football style with Marseille being the second best attack in France, after Lyon.
For this game Marseille miss some important players according to the team news. N’Koulou (CB), Ayew (AM) and Rod Fanni (RB). They also miss Mendy (LB) but his position can easily be covered by Dja Dje Dje.
The fact remains that Marseille play better football, have 2 times more quality, and a much better coach. Marseille can not afford to slip up once again, they have no excuse for not winning the title, especially since PSG is in such bad form. It would be incredible for Lyon to win the title, considering they had odds 17.00 to do this before the start of the season. Marseille must capitalize on the poor form of PSG and titles are won with games like this, against small teams. My prediction is Marseille to win and we have nice odds of 2.29 at Pinnacle for this bet.
Pick: Marseille
Odds: 2.29 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 10.32
Event date: 23 January
