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Lorient vs Marseille Prediction, 5/8/2022 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/5/2022

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Game: Lorient vs Marseille

Date: Sunday, May 8, 2022

Location: Stade du Moustoir in Lorient, France

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Lorient (+272) Marseille (-109)

Stade du Moustoir is the venue where Armand Lauriente and Lorient (8-10-17, 16th in Ligue 1) will play Marseille (19-8-8, 2nd in Ligue 1) on Sunday. The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Paul Nardi for Lorient and Pau Lopez for Marseille. Lorient are at +272 while the Olympians are at -109. The total opens at 2.75.

Lorient took the field against Reims in their last matchup and ended up losing by a score of 2-1. In regard to passing, they had a 82.5% received passes rate by completing 390 out of their 473 targeted passes in their last game. Lorient attempted 11 dribbles in this game and completed 6 of the attempts for a rate of 54.5%.

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In relation to shooting accuracy, Lorient wrapped this game up at a 40.0% clip by putting 8 shots on target out of 20 total shots. Lorient sports an average of 0.94 g/90 (33 goals in total) and are sitting with 19 assists in all contests this year.

Armand Lauriente is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Lorient. He has 12 assists while accumulating 7 yellow card cautions in his career. Lauriente has started 54 outings so far in his career and scores 0.22 G/90. The forward representing France has earned 13 goals scored in 5,290 mins.

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Someone else who should impact this match is Terem Moffi, the forward hailing from Nigeria. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 6 times during his pro soccer career while scoring 27 goals. Moffi has played 5,170 mins in 63 starts and has been handed 3 yellow card warnings. He is averaging 0.47 goals per 90 mins for his pro soccer career.

The man defending the goal for Lorient is Paul Nardi. Nardi (78-55-70 record during his soccer career) has recorded 47 shutouts, which leaves him with a 23.2% clean sheet percentage. The goalie from France has faced 691 shots sent his way in 203 career starting assignments. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.32 (268 goals surrendered) and he has a save percentage of 71.8%. Nardi has defended the goal for 18,251 minutes and has accumulated 497 stops during his career.

For their last outing, Marseille took a defeat with a final score of 3-0 against Lyon. Marseille ended the game with a 44.4% successful dribble rate by converting 4 of the 9 dribbles they tried. They finished the match by converting 500 of the 580 pass attempts earning a percentage of 86.2%. Marseille converted 2 shots on goal out of 9 shots attempted which gave them a 22.2% rate in their last outing. With 54 goals and 35 assists in all competitions, Marseille has an average of 1.54 goals and 1.00 assist per 90.

Dimitri Payet will be someone to watch for Marseille. He is currently averaging 0.26 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 443 outings thus far in his career. The forward from France has totaled 37,928 minutes while scoring 110 goals. He has 59 yellow card cautions during his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 130 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Gerson, the midfielder representing Brazil. He has scored 15 goals in his career while assisting on a goal 16 times. Gerson has earned himself a total of 30 yellow card warnings in 12,806 professional minutes played (148 career starts). His goals per 90 min average in his pro soccer career is 0.11.

Pau Lopez will be residing in front of the goal for Marseille. Lopez has accumulated 45 clean sheets while seeing 705 shots attempted against him in 16,178 mins throughout his career. He has a save percentage of 68.8% and his clean sheet rate is currently at 25.3%. He has allowed 1.37 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 76-38-65. So far in his career, Lopez has allowed 246 goals and has 483 saves in 178 starts.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lorient (+272)

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