Marseille would be hoping to pile up the pressure on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 and Paris Saint-Germain when they travel to Stadium Municipal this Saturday to take on Alain Casanova’s side in the Week 18 of 2012/2013 Ligue 1 campaign
A win on Saturday would push the Rhone giants to second in the league, at least for a day, as both PSG and Lyon will play their games on Sunday. And coach, Elie Baup is eying nothing but a victory on the road keeping in mind the poor form of their weekend's
opponents.
Toulouse have been struggling lately after getting to a great start in the Ligue 1. With 23 points on the table, Les Pitchouns are 12th in the league after 17 games and the Marseille game hasn’t come at the right time for Alain Casanova’s side,
who would have liked an easier opponent for this game.
TFC coach, Alain Casanova would be hoping to get something out of Saturday’s game and has urged his players to play with confidence and determination in order to get a positive result. The coach wants to pick maximum points at home before the winter break
and Toulouse are expected to provide a stern test to Olympique de Marseille at the weekend.
“Against opponents of this quality, you have to be more precise with the final ball. We're not on a good run, but we've got two home matches to come before the break, we have to try and pick up some points."
Marseille coach, Elie Baup has asked his side to be more consistent in order to get back to the summit. The boss is unhappy with the way Les Phoceens played in their previous game and wants to see a better performance from the title hopefuls this time around.
The 57-year-old added that surprisingly, Marseille have performed better away from home and the coach has urged his side to continue their fine run on the road with another three points at the weekend.
"We're reactive rather than pro-active. We drop points at home and pick them up away. We had a lot of chances again, but couldn't put them away. We're alternating defeats at home with wins away. It's difficult, because we can't win successive games. Each
time we get ourselves into a situation where we need to get a result away from home."
Team News
Toulouse FC
Etienne Didot has returned after serving his one match suspension and could be drafted straight back into the starting eleven.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Moussa-Sissoko-c26938 is also a major doubt for the clash against the Rhone giants.
Olympique de Marseille
Kabore is available for selection once more after serving a one-match ban.
The good news for Les Phoceens is the return of their star player, Andre-Pierre Gignac, who played for few minutes in the previous game against SC Bastia. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international hasn’t started a league game since fracturing his foot in Game Week 9, and
whether the player will start on Saturday is yet to be seen.
Benoit Cheyrou has returned to full fitness but Diawara is still some time away from the first team action.
Prediction
If we look at the recent slump in Toulouse's form, things aren’t looking good for the hosts. In addition to that, the return of Andre-Pierre Gignac is a huge bonus for Marseille, and expect the visitors to win this game, but not without some toil.
Final Predicted Score: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127
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