Le Havre vs Marseille Prediction & Betting Tips (19 May)

For its return to the elite after very long years spent at the lower level, Le Havre fulfilled its main objective by securing its maintenance last week. The Hac is in fact 3 points ahead of the play-off, Metz, at the start of this last day and above all it has a largely favorable goal difference compared to the Grenats who at the same time welcome PSG -10 against - 21 for Metz. However, the second part of the season was quite difficult for Luka Elsner's men who have only won 2 matches in the league since the end of January. But the draw at the Parc des Princes against PSG 3-3 and the success against Strasbourg 3-1 allowed the Normans to remain out of reach of the teams in the red zone, despite the narrow defeat suffered against Nice on the weekend. -last end 1-0.Olympique de Marseille, for its part, will undoubtedly remember its fine European run when taking stock of this 2023-2024 season.

The Marseille club actually reached the semi-final of the Europa League where it ended up losing heavily on the field of Atalanta Bergamo 3-0 last week, after having drawn 'go 1-1. On the other hand, it is much more complicated for the Olympians in the championship who have still not validated their ticket for a European competition at the end of the season. 8th after their defeat conceded to Reims during a late match on Wednesday evening 1-0, OM still had 2 victories obtained in Ligue 1 against Lens 2-1 and Lorient 3-1. In the standings, they are 3 points behind the 6th place occupied by Lens and they must therefore hope for defeats at Lens and Lyon at the same time to consider competing in Europe.

Over the course of their last 15 Ligue 1 matches, Marseille have been involved in just a couple of contests in which both teams have found the net, so this is a pretty unusual occurrence. Not only that, but at least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet from eight of the previous 15 top-flight fixtures involving Le Havre.