Marseille vs PSG Prediction: Visitors to maintain their perfect start

The rearranged Le Classique contest between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain comes our way on Monday (19:00 BST) as the two sides collide at Stade Velodrome in Ligue 1. Defending champions PSG have won all four of their fixtures to date, while the hosts have won two and lost two.

Below you will find my Marseille vs PSG predictions, accompanied by the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Marseille are heading into this Le Classique clash without winger Hamed Traore, who missed the midweek trip to Real Madrid in the Uefa Champions League with a thigh injury. This will likely mean that Juventus loanee Timothy Weah will continue in attack.

Nayef Aguerd also stayed behind in Marseille after sustaining a head injury on his debut against Lorient, and the defender is also considered a doubt to feature on Monday night.

Fellow centre-back CJ Egan-Riley is back available after missing last weekend through suspension, so he is set to return to the matchday squad. Geoffrey Kondogbia and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg are expected to play as a double pivot for the hosts.

Football Odds

PSG are once again without the services of two of their main attacking stars in Ousmane Dembele (calf) and Desire Doue (thigh). This means we should expect to see a front three of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Goncalo Ramos and Bradley Barcola.

Influential midfielder Joao Neves is also set to miss out after limping off in Wednesday's Champions League fixture against Atalanta.

Lucas Beraldo has been dealing with an ankle sprain but it remains to be seen if Monday's game will be too soon for him to be considered for selection.

Marseille vs PSG Odds

Marseille have won their two home matches in the league to date, and they are 16/5 to inflict a first defeat of the season upon their opponents.

PSG are 4/5 (implied probability of 55.6%) to come away with the three points, having won all four league games to date this term, while they have beaten the hosts in each of the past five meetings.

The draw is available at 11/4.

PSG have kept Marseille at bay in four of the last five contests between the two teams and they are 2/1 to keep a clean sheet on Monday, while Both teams to score - No is priced at 11/8.

PSG and over 1.5 goals @ 21/20

PSG have started the new season just as you would have expected after a historic campaign in 2024/25. Les Parisiens have a perfect record in all competitions thus far and that momentum is already setting them up nicely in all competitions they are involved in.

Marseille will try and spoil the party as the home side, and Stade Velodrome is where they have been having the most joy in the early weeks of the new term. However, PSG are a super force in comparison to those around them in Ligue 1.

Luis Enrique has the best squad available and it shows. And while his team is filled with individual quality, it is the collective effort that makes them such a dangerous outfit.

Marseille have not won a league match against PSG since 2020, and it is hard to see their fortune changing given the team Les Parisiens have right now. Even with some key players out injured, the visitors are still thriving which is only highlighting their impressive squad depth.

I am confident PSG's perfect record in the top flight continues here, and to improve the odds I have added over 1.5 goals, which has struck in each of their previous three outings across all competitions.

Bradley Barcola anytime goalscorer @ 11/8

This man has been in great form in Ligue 1 in recent weeks, striking three times across the last two matches against Toulouse and Lens. I thought his scoring would translate onto the Champions League stage in midweek but it wasn't to be - yet I'm confident he can maintain it at a domestic level.

With Dembele and Doue still missing, the young Frenchman is pretty much guaranteed a spot in the final third, and he looks to be benefitting from this regular game time.

In six career appearances against Marseille, the attacker has scored once against them. In his current mood, I think a second could be on the cards on Monday.

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