Comments and predictions for Marseille vs Brest: Minimal victory, maximum significance

Latest Marseille vs Brest team information

Home team Marseille will be without Ruben Blanco (ankle injury) and Chancel Mbemba for this match.

However, the good news for Les Olympiens is that Leonardo Balerdi could return from a knee injury.

On Brest's side, goalkeeper Marco Bizot will be absent due to suspension for receiving enough yellow cards, while Abdoulaye Ndiaye is also banned after receiving a red card in the match against Lens last weekend.

In addition, Justin Bourgault (foot injury) will be out for the rest of the season, while Bradley Locko, Soumaila Coulibaly, Ibrahim Salah and Ludovic Ajorque are all doubtful of playing.

Latest expected lineup Marseille vs Brest

Marseille:
Rulli; Merlin, Garcia, Kondogbia, Murillo; Rongier, Hojbjerg, Henrique, Rabiot; Greenwood, Gouiri

Brest:
Coudert; Haidara, Le Cardinal, Chardonnet, Fernandes; Magnetti, Lees-Melou, Camara, Pereira Lage; Ajorque, Sima

Latest football commentary Marseille vs Brest

The race for European qualification in France is heating up with just four points separating second-placed Marseille and seventh-placed Strasbourg.

Coach Roberto De Zerbi's team just found the joy of victory again after a series of disappointing performances with a resounding 5-1 victory over Montpellier.

Two goals from Mason Greenwood were crucial in Marseille's win, just their second in six games.

The remaining four games in this run have all ended in defeat, showing that Les Olympiens have struggled in Ligue 1 in recent weeks.

Although a second-place finish would be a big step up from last season's eighth, De Zerbi is reportedly demanding strong support from the club's board in the summer transfer window if he is to commit long-term.

In addition, internal criticism of the players, coupled with five defeats in the last eight matches, is making the atmosphere at the club tense.

Having lost nine games this season, Marseille's recent slump in form has seriously jeopardized an otherwise promising campaign.

However, after winning two of their last three league games, they will be hoping to turn a difficult period around and can finish the season impressively to secure Champions League qualification.

Marseille have scored eight goals in just their last two wins, and De Zerbi's side are currently the second-highest scorers in Ligue 1 with 62 goals in 30 games, behind only champions Paris Saint-Germain.

This weekend they will hope to continue their scoring streak when they host Brest - a team with the fifth worst defense in the league.

Indeed, Brest have conceded 49 goals in 30 games this season and kept just eight clean sheets.

Poor defensive form is one of the reasons why they are falling behind in the race for European qualification as the season enters its final stages.

Once a fairytale in the Champions League group stage at the beginning of the season, Brest's European dreams next season seem to have been shattered after a 1-3 defeat to Lens last weekend, a defeat that saw them overtaken in the rankings by their opponents.

Brest have won just five of their 15 away games this season, but against a Marseille side that have dropped points in seven home games, they can hope to pick up points this weekend.

Brest are also determined to avenge their first-leg defeat in August, when Marseille won 5-1 at Stade Francis-Le Ble.

In that match, Greenwood and Luis Henrique each scored a double, helping De Zerbi and his students have a convincing victory.

Latest Marseille vs Brest score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Marseille vs Brestas follows:

• Sportsmole:Marseille 1-0 Brest

• WhoScore:Marseille 2-1 Brest
• Our newspaper predicts:Marseille 1-0 Brest

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