Marseille experienced a serious recession this season and after a successful start in the championship failed not only their performances in the European arena, but even in the French Cup. In this championship, the Proven?als started with a victory over Auxerre (2:0), but already at the next stage they could not cope with Canet Roussillon (1:2) from the third league. A series of failures did not allow the southerners to compete for medals. Moreover, they threw the team out of the top five. This could deprive the team of the right to the Europa League next year. After 34 rounds, the “white-blue” assets have 15 victories and 10 peaceful outcomes, which brought 55 points and the sixth position. The distance to the fifth “Lance” is only one point. In the last four duels hosts drew once with Montpellier (3:3) and won victory in three matches, namely over Dijon (2:0), Lorient (3:2) and Reims (3:1). Today Amavi and Sakai, whose thigh is injured, will not be able to enter the field.
The season is not going well for New Orleans. Many games did not know the taste of victories. Guests are slipping into the very bottom of the tournament table. In the middle of the season, the Pelicans had a prolonged series of failures, but in the last meetings the game began to improve, which brought several confident victories over Orlando and the Clippers. In their last meeting the Pelicans lost to Denver.
