Marseille vs PSG Prediction & Betting Tips (31 March)

Too often shaken by sporting crises in recent years, OM seemed to have plunged again in mid-February when it decided to thank Gattuso and appoint, as an interim, Jean-Louis Gasset to the bench. But this decision ultimately proved very beneficial for the Marseille club which then went on to have a series of fairly clear victories such as against Montpellier 4-1, Clermont 1-5 and Nantes 2-0 in Ligue 1. The Olympians also shone on the European scene by crushing Villarreal in a 1/8th final first leg 4-0 before being very scared in the return 3-1. No doubt marked by this trying evening experienced in Spain and by the sequence of matches, the Marseillais then failed to respond a few days later against Rennes 2-0 during a very important duel in the race for Europe. 7th in the ranking, they are still 3 units behind the top 6. Opposite, PSG have practically already won the title of champion of France since they are well at the top of the ranking with a more than comfortable lead 12 points on their first pursuer.

However, Luis Enrique's men have not crushed everything in their path in recent times, far from it. They even went 3 games without a win in the league, sharing points with Rennes 1-1, Monaco 0-0 and Reims 2-2. But the main thing was undoubtedly elsewhere for the Ile-de-France residents who at the same time validated their ticket for the quarter-finals of the Champions League by winning against Real Sociedad in the first leg 2-0 and in the return 1-2. Before the international break, the Parisians qualified for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France by beating OGC Nice 3-1 then they had fun against Montpellier 2-6 on the last day.

For OM, midfielder Rongier was hoped for after missing several months of competition but he relapsed and risks even not playing again this season. In addition, replacement defender Meïté joined the important defender Gigot and replacements Murillo and Nadir in the infirmary who could be missing, as could replacement goalkeeper Ngapandouetnbu and winter recruit Onana. Also, Jonathan Clauss (injured Tuesday against Chile), the Swiss international Ulysses Garcia and the Senegalese Pape Gueye and Ismaïla Sarr returned injured from selection. There is still a good chance that both Gigot and Garcia will be back this Sunday. In great form before the international break, Gabonese Aubameyang had scored 8 goals in his last 5 matches in all competitions before remaining silent at Roazhon Park against Rennes. The former Stéphanois still remains by far the top scorer of this team in the championship with 11 goals. PSG will certainly not be able to count on the long-term injured goalkeeper Rico and the defenders Skriniar (returned after a long injury) and Kimpembe who still have to be patient in the infirmary. In addition, young Bradley Barcola returned injured from his call-up with the Espoirs and he should not play again for at least 15 days.

Hoping to return for this match after several weeks of absence, Marquinhos resumed collective training on Wednesday and could be traveling. Injured for almost a month, Asensio is available again. Otherwise, Luis Enrique should renew his confidence in the majority of his executives. Although he has sometimes been a substitute in the league lately, Kylian Mbappé could start. The captain of the Blues is in good form since he scored a hat-trick in Montpellier on the last day and he is now at 24 goals in Ligue 1. Absent at Mosson, Ousmane Dembélé should be aligned on the right while in the middle , the trio Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz could be renewed.