Ligue 1
Marseille vs Nice
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September 14, 2024 23:00 Marseille vs Nice
Founded in 1899, Marseille is a veteran team in the French soccer world, having won 9 French Ligue 1 titles and 10 French Cups, as well as defeating AC Milan in the final of the 1993 European Champions Cup, becoming the first French team to win the European Championship. Marseille's manager is former Brighton boss De Zerbi, who has rich coaching experience. Marseille has spent 25 million euros in the off-season to bring in a number of players such as Lens center forward Vai, which has greatly improved their strength. Marseille pre-season warm-up games played well, the last 4 games achieved 3 wins and 1 draw, the new season 3 Ligue 1 2 wins and 1 draw to remain undefeated. Marseille's last 37 matches had 35 second-half goals and a lot of match balls, with 26 of the last 27 matches having at least 2 goals. However, Marseille also has disadvantages, center Ndiaye and other players transferred away from the team, and the defense is slightly general, the last 17 matches in the main game only 1 shutout.
Nice also has a long history, founded in 1904, and has won 4 Ligue 1 titles and many other honors. The head coach of Nice is Frenchman Frank Hessy, who has coached many teams and achieved good results. Nice also had a lot of reinforcements in the off-season, spending 5 million euros to bring in Marseille defender Jonathan Klaus and other players, as well as the return of loaned players. Nice's recent open style of play, the last 12 games in all competitions, 11 games at least 2 goals, the attacking end of the obvious improvement, the last 14 games only 1 white sheet. However, Nice also has problems, the core of the midfield Toulam transfer, half of the main defender Robson Bambou left the team, and away from the defensive decline, the new season in the doldrums, the pre-season warm-up matches win rate is low, the new season, the 3 Ligue 1 only won 1 game, the winning game opponent is still the weak Angers.
Marseille, as a traditional strong team in Ligue 1, has been performing well in the new season, while Nice is an upper-middle team in Ligue 1 with a moderate performance. This is a good match for Marseille to take the game easily.
