Champions League: Marseille vs Liverpool – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Champions League round 7 match between Marseille and Liverpool and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

The penultimate round of the Champions League season presents an interesting battle between Marseille and Liverpool. The match takes place on Wednesday at Stade Orange Velodrome.

Team form: Marseille vs Liverpool

Marseille Form

In their last three matches, Marseille lost 0-2 against Nantes, drew 2-2 against Paris Saint-Germain, before winning 2-5 against Angers. Marseille claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Champions League. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 11 and conceded six goals.

Liverpool Form

Liverpool go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 0-0 draw against Arsenal. They went on to beat Barnsley by 4-1, before sharing the spoils with Burnley in a 1-1 draw. Liverpool claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Champions League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in ten goals, whilst conceding five.

Betting stats and facts for Marseille and Liverpool

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Marseille and Liverpool played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Marseille vs Liverpool

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Dominik Szoboszlai has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Wednesday, it is because Liverpool bank on him to build on these numbers against Marseille. The latter relies on Igor Paixao, who found the target four times in six games.

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Full-time result

Marseille claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Liverpool won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing three in this series of matches. Liverpool struck a rich vein of form some weeks ago, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 12 matches in a row. Liverpool remained without defeat in 6 away games on the bounce.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Marseille only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Liverpool got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Liverpool managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Liverpool have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Marseille when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Marseille’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of three goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Liverpool, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches. There have been over 4.5 goals in 3 consecutive Marseille’s games.