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Lois Openda scored a five-minute first-half hat-trick as Lens ended their Ligue 1 winless run with a 4-0 victory at Clermont in on Sunday.

"There have always been strikers who don't score for a while," said Lens coach Franck Haise. It's good that it happened this afternoon." Lens had drawn two and lost one of their last three games but climbed back into third, three points clear of Monaco who host Reims later in the day.

Jean-Eudes Aholou scored two late goals as RC Strasbourg fought back from two goals down to hold 10-man Olympique de Marseille to a 2-2 draw at the Orange ...

He duly stepped up to send Sels the wrong way for his 10th of the campaign (76'). Ruslan Malinovskyi fired a shot high at the other end (19') before Balerdi was sent off for fouling Diallo as the last man following a long ball over the top (29'). Sanson then went for goal himself, but his header was blocked by Sead Kolasinac, then a subsequent volley by Balerdi, and the chance went begging (10').

91'. MARSEILLE ARE SAVED! Aholou had a chance to score the third goal from a low cross into the box, but the home keeper saved his team's goal with a one-handed ...

The venue for this match between Marseille and Strasbourg will be the Velodrome Stadium, a sports venue that hosts Olympique de Marseille's home matches. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and lineups for this Marseille vs Strasbourg match for the Ligue 1 2023 on VAVEL US. We are just under an hour away from the start of this match that will close the 27th round of Ligue 1 between Marseille and Strasbourg, two teams that live very different realities in the French league and will seek victory for their different objectives. The Blue and Whites come into this match with a defeat in the 26th matchday hosted by Stade Brestois by 1-0. Both Marseille and Strasbourg players are already at the Stade Velodrome for the matchday 27 fixture. In two rebounds, Strasbourg had the first goal of the match. For this match, the home team will only have one absentee: A. The players are ready. Final stretch of the match. The home side are saved. Strasbourg's cross-shot is deflected for a corner by the home goalkeeper. The visiting player is encouraged with a powerful shot that hits the net on the outside.

Round 27 of the French Football League will be concluded as Ligue 1 second-placers Marseille (17-4-5) will be hosting 17th-placers Strasbourg (4-10-12) at ...

A 3-5-2-1 line-up will be utilized by Antonetti here, with Diallo and Gameiro leading in the front. This means that their wins over Montpellier and Angers in February are all they have to boast about in the past month. Bellegarde, Maxime Le Marchand, and Ismael Doukoure are absent from the team in this match. Back them up to make light work against the struggling visitors. Eric Bailly should return to the defense with Sead Kolasinac and Chancel Mbemba. Marseille lost 3-0 to PSG in their last match in February, as well as a defeat to Annecy FC in a penalty shootout that saw their exit in the Coupe de France. Manager Frederic Antonetti will be challenged to make better of his team’s performance this season. Antonetti will likely want to increase his team stats of 11 total shots and 3.7 corners per game. Strasbourg, meanwhile, is in the relegation zone, along with Ajaccio, Troyes, and Angers. Worth noting though is that they have performed better away from home than they have at the Velodrome, tallying a 7-2-4 record where they got 23 points of their 55 points. Their last match-up ended with a 2-2 draw way back in October. Losing just thrice this year, OM hopes to have a two-win streak.

Strasbourg have rocketed down the league table after a terrible run of form in 2023. They are now one point adrift of Auxerre in 16th and come into this game ...

Last time out, the club lost at home to Brest, which means their wins over Montpellier and Angers in February is all they have to boast about in the past month. Marseille are looking to stay in second this weekend in Ligue 1 with the club set to welcome Strasbourg to the Orange Velodrome where the away side are sitting 17th and still in the relegation zone. They are now one point adrift of Auxerre in 16th and come into this game with a better goals difference.

Olympique de Marseille is going head to head with Strasbourg starting on 12 Mar 2023 at 19:45 UTC at Orange Velodrome stadium, Marseille city, France.

While a draw is very unlikely to happen (19.6%), experts believe that Ol. Of course, PSG would have to suffer a monumental collapse in order to surrender top spot in the standings, but Igor Tudor’s men remain in the title race with 12 games remaining this season. Strasbourg head to the Stade Velodrome sitting outside the relegation zone on goal difference, while second-placed Marseille find themselves eight points behind Paris Saint-Germain. Currently, Olympique de Marseille rank 2nd, while Strasbourg hold 17th position Olympique de Marseille played against Strasbourg in 1 matches this season. Corrections Policy

Match ends, Marseille 2, Strasbourg 2. Second Half ends, Marseille 2, Strasbourg 2. Foul by Habib Diallo (Strasbourg). Pau López (Marseille) wins a fr.

Habib Diallo (Strasbourg) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Morgan Sanson (Strasbourg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Sanjin Prcic (Strasbourg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Jean-Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Habib Diallo (Strasbourg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Chancel Mbemba (Marseille) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation. Habib Diallo (Strasbourg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Jean-Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner. Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Jean-Eudes Aholou (Strasbourg) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Marseille 1, Strasbourg 0. Marseille 2, Strasbourg 0.