Marseille will be hoping to extend their fine run of form with a win over Lens in the French Ligue 1 on Saturday night.
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Key Statistics
Marseille have kept a clean sheet in six of their last eight away matches in the league.
Marseille have won their last four away matches in the league.
Marseille are unbeaten in four of their last six meetings against Lens.
Head to Head
The last six meetings between these two sides have seen Marseille pick up three wins and a draw. Lens have picked up just two wins in that time.
Latest performances in all competitions
Lens: LWLWWW
Marseille: WWDWWD
Lens
The home side are coming into this game on the back of three consecutive wins across all competitions, and they will be confident of picking up a positive result here.
They have picked up just two wins in their last six meetings against Marseille, and the home fans will be demanding a winning performance here.
Possible Lens starting line-up
Jean-Louis Leca; Jonathan Gradit, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina; Jonathan Clauss, Cheick Doucoure, Seko Fofana, Przemyslaw Frankowski; Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga, Florian Sotoca, Wesley Said
Marseille
Meanwhile, Marseille are third in the league table, and they will be hoping to close the gap with the league leaders with a win away from home.
They have been quite impressive on their travels recently, and the visitors will be expected to pick up all three points here.
Marseille have picked up four wins and two draws in their last six matches across all competitions, and it remains to be seen whether they can extend their unbeaten run of form this week.
Possible Marseille starting line-up
Pau Lopez; William Saliba, Duje Caleta-Car, Luan Peres; Cengiz Under, Valentin Rongier, Boubacar Kamara, Amine Harit; Dimitri Payet, Matteo Guendouzi; Cedric Bakambu
Prediction
Lens 1-2 Marseille
