In the match of the 31st round of the French championship Marseille will play with Lens at home. This meeting is considered to be the centre of the round. Both teams are contenders for places in the European Cup and are not far from each other. Lens is in sixth place, just two points behind Nice and four points ahead of Rennes.

Marseille are in eighth position, one point behind Rennes and tied on points with Lyon. Both teams are in tight groups, so positions can change with each round. And both teams lack stability. Lens beat Clermont (1-0) last round, but before that lost to Metz (1-2), drew with Le Havre (1-1), and lost to Lille (1-2) with Nice (1-3). Lens have a great squad, good organisation, and have managed to lose a lot of points in recent weeks when they should have been winning. But Marseille can't be called a perfect competition killer either. It squeezed through to the semi-finals of the Europa League after getting past Benfica. But in the championship after that it drew twice with a score of 2:2 - with Toulouse and Nice. Marseille have very good performers in attack, but catastrophically lack stability and reliability in defence. Because of this, the Provençals have to compensate for all the missed points with desperate attacking actions.

In the first round Lens defeated Marseille with a score of 1:0. But at that moment, the "blood-golden" gained a good form. Now they have more problems. At the same time, both teams have good players in attack, so we can expect a more productive game.