Marseille v PSG Betting Tips [31 March 2024]

The biggest game in the French Ligue 1 this weekend will see Marseille playing host to PSG on Sunday. League leaders PSG have a 12-point gap at the top while Marseille are seven points off the automatic Champions League places. Hosts Marseille are coming from straight losses in the last two games. The most recent, a 2-0 defeat at Rennes denied them the chance to enter the European qualification slots. Here they will be keen to give it another shot. The Phoceens are on 39 points heading into this game. Before their recent slump, Marseille went on a five-game winning run, a highlight of manager Jean-Louis Gasset’s fine start. Here though, he has his biggest test as he tries to push the team to Champions League slots. Home support will be critical for Marseille; they come here unbeaten in their last 17 home matches. This run includes four straight wins, the most recent being 2-0 against Nantes, the 11th victory in that run. At home in Ligue 1 this season, Marseille remain unbeaten heading into this game, with eight wins.

PSG thrashed Marseille 4-0 in the reverse fixture and will be targeting a double here. They come into this fixture needing just four wins to secure another Ligue 1 title. Before the international break, they stretched their lead to 59 points, 12 ahead of second placed Brest. That was facilitated by a 6-2 win over Montpellier, stretching their unbeaten run to 24 matches in all competitions. The backbone of their success has been in their scoring form; PSG only failed to score once in the last 31 matches. In Ligue 1, they are the highest scorers with 62 goals. Their losses column in the league standings has just one defeat, inflicted at home by Nice. When playing away from home this season, PSG haven't lost a league game. Their unbeaten away run in the league goes way back to February 2023, that’s 20 matches.

These two sides come into this game on really impressive records home and away this season. Both will feel this is a game they can get much from and we expect a tight encounter. PSG have dominated this encounter in recent times but that isn’t a reason to go all out. Marseille may want to go for the kill here but we feel they’ll be restrained, given PSG’s threat on the counter. As it has been in most of their recent matches, this game could spring to life in the second half. Our prediction for Marseille v PSG is for the game to be level at half time.