Ligue 1 Predictions, Round 18

SCORES

Raphaël: 113

Luke: 104

Bastien: 138

Guest leaderboard:

Alex Barker: 7

Julien Laurens: 7

Game of the week: Olympique de Marseille v RC Lens, Saturday 20:05 (UK)

Lens and Marseille are an image of contrast. The former rarely blow teams away but they are incredibly consistent, having won all of their last 10 games in all competitions. It is the form of champions, and so their position at the top of the table is entirely logical at this point of the season. Marseille, however, can blow teams away, and they sometimes do.

They netted five against SCO Angers in one of their best performances of the season, whilst they put nine past Bayeux just days earlier. But they are also capable of losing 2-0 at home against FC Nantes, as they did earlier this month. Which version of OM will turn up? That is the question and it is that which will perhaps determine the victor of this match. 

Raphael’s Ligue 1 predictions

• Auxerre 1-3 PSG
• Rennes 2-1 Lorient
• Le Havre 0-1 Monaco
• Marseille 2-2 Lens
• Nantes 2-1 Nice
• Brest 2-1 Toulouse
• Paris FC 2-0 Angers
• Metz 2-3 Lyon
• Lille 3-1 Strasbourg

Luke’s predictions

• Auxerre 1-2 PSG
• Rennes 2-0 Lorient
• Le Havre 1-1 Monaco
• Marseille 2-2 Lens
• Nantes 0-1 Nice
• Brest 1-1 Toulouse
• Paris FC 2-1 Angers
• Metz 0-2 Lyon
• Lille 2-3 Strasbourg

Bastien’s predictions

• Auxerre 0-1 PSG
• Rennes 2-1 Lorient
• Le Havre 1-0 Monaco
• Marseille 1-3 Lens
• Nantes 1-2 Nice
• Brest 0-2 Toulouse
• Metz 0-2 Lyon 
• Paris FC 0-0 Angers
• Lille 0-3 Strasbourg