Whilst their recent form against Angers is surprisingly poor, the extra quality in the Marseille squad should see them return to winning ways, so we are backing them for a comfortable 2-0 victory on Friday evening.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Marseille win with a probability of 65.39%. A draw had a probability of 21.7% and a win for Angers had a probability of 12.94%.
The most likely scoreline for a Marseille win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.72%) and 2-1 (9.23%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.01%), while for an Angers win it was 0-1 (5.44%). The actual scoreline of 5-2 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Marseille would win this match.
