Betting tips for Marseille vs Bastia - 20.05.2017

While Marseille try to hold fifth place in the search for a return to Europe that can tune the club to the investment that their new owners intend to make during the summer market, Bastia tries to flee their luck and get enough points to Drop down places. The team guided by Rui Almeida needs a victory to be able to dream of total tranquility, although the trip to the Liguilha can already know very well to a group that feels like they condemned a few weeks ago. But the European perspective and the pressure that is felt in Marseille to achieve it could be a severe setback to the aspirations of Corsica as a whole.

Marseille benefited from the arrival of the new owners soon in the winter market and, with a set of reinforcements that help Rudi Garcia to impose a new way of playing the team, finally came back to the French lawns a shadow of that powerful team that arrived To dominate the local football and even to threaten to obtain it in Europe. However, there is still a long way to go between the current state of the team and the desired ability to fight for the title. The first step was given to return Marseille to the first half of the table, the second step could be strengthened with the qualification for a European competition. From now on, the requirement will certainly grow, pulling more by the players who are already in the club (and by what should arrive), by their coach and by a whole structure that seems already somewhat forgetful of this ability to reach the glory. In this last meeting, depending only on themselves to secure the fifth place, Marseille seeks a victory. Simple. Rekik and Sertic are injured and should be absent.


Ligue 1 The Bastia's trek to this final day has been suffered, due to bad planning of the season, a few players, coaches changes and finally a besieged leadership and a group of club supporters who , By their attitudes, ended up undermining strongly the ambitions of the same. Despite all this, Bastia still has a small hope of not going down, the result of victories in Dijon and, at home, against Rennes and Lorient, which allows him to travel to Marseille with this need to score and be able to take fruit from it same. The situation, even by the context of his opponent, stronger, is not at all easy for the set of Rui Almeida. In the midst of all this situation, the Portuguese coach revealed character and belief in the possibility of a miracle. If you can, you may have taken a very safe step here to see your value increase in the coaching bag in France. But the risk was enormous. After a great year at the Red Star and a second season of disappointment, joining the Bastia descent may leave a bad image about a worker looking for his place in football.



In the first lap, Marseille went to Bastia to win by two goals to one.

Clear favor for the home team, hoping to secure fifth place, although at the expense of Bastia's Ligue 2 crash.

Marseille vs Bastia Prediction: X/1 5.00

Marseille vs Bastia  betting tip: Under 2.5 Goals @ 2.00