{"id":8968,"date":"2026-10-15T20:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/fr\/matchs\/after-five-straight-defeats-marseille-arrive-at-angers-favourites-and-tired\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:14:14","slug":"angers-marseille-prediction-2026-10-18","status":"publish","type":"ba_match","link":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/en\/matches\/football\/ligue-1\/angers-marseille-prediction-2026-10-18\/","title":{"rendered":"After five straight defeats, Marseille arrive at Angers favourites and tired"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marseille have won only two Ligue 1 games since the season started, and the second of those, a 2-0 at Troyes on 11 October (Harit, then Abdelli from the penalty spot), mainly put an end to a run of five straight defeats, Be\u015fikta\u015f included. On Sunday at the Stade Raymond-Kopa they still turn up as favourites: thirteenth with six points, but with a squad a class above an Angers side sitting twelfth and reeling from a 5-1 at Brest<\/a>. I read this match more in how many goals Marseille score than in who wins it, and that is where my bet goes.<\/p>\n

Without H\u00f8jbjerg, Marseille lose their out-ball<\/h2>\n

Pierre-Emile H\u00f8jbjerg, injured (thigh) while away with Denmark, missed the Olympiacos game; Genesio calls him too tight for the week ahead, while some match sheets still list him as doubtful. He is the one who moves the ball on cleanly under pressure; without the Dane, the first Angers line has one more angle to win it high up. The sickbay does not stop there<\/a>: Derek Cornelius (hip) is out until the end of the calendar year, Amine Gouiri, back from a carefully managed thigh problem, is in line to start.<\/p>\n

The schedule has bitten: Olympiacos won 0-1 at the V\u00e9lodrome on Thursday evening, Hezze scoring from a corner before the break, their second European defeat in two group games<\/a>. Genesio counted afterwards: eight games, only two wins, frustrating and even annoying, with a weakness on set pieces. Himad Abdelli, on the scoresheet at Troyes, had promised to bring the three points back from Angers. Fine words; nine goals in six league games, one from the spot, describe a team that does not run up big scores even when it wins.<\/p>\n

The probable line-ups for matchday 7<\/a> bring Weah back from suspension and field a full-strength attack: Gouiri, Harit and Abdelli from the start. Malick Me\u00eft\u00e9, handed his first start of the season on Thursday, impressed. That full attack did not score against Olympiacos; it is the one my bet has to keep quiet.<\/p>\n

Angers must rebuild their back line<\/h2>\n

St\u00e9phane Gilli, appointed in June from Paris FC, pulled his team out of a poor start (3-1 at Auxerre, 2-0 against Troyes), but the block collapsed at Brest: a penalty conceded, Ousmane Camara substituted as early as the 34th minute, Jordan Lefort sent off in the 59th. The verdict has come: Lefort, the most consistent piece of the Angers defence, is suspended for this one, and the back line gets reshuffled without him. The absentees and doubts, camp by camp:<\/p>\n