[meatman]

Lille v Marseille
Well both of these teams were in midweek UEFA action and both were knocked out of the competition. No doubt that a win would be ideal for both who must now concentrate on the ligue and national cup. But I think there can be only 1 winner here and that’s Lille. They are definitely one of the more form teams in the division and have won 9/14 at home this season. Amazingly they have kept 8 consecutive clean sheets at home and in front of their own fans have conceded just 4 goals all campaign. Its simple in that you don’t argue against them at Le Metropole and I doubt Marseille will threaten their defence much. The visitors have struggled enough for goals in recent weeks and will be pretty tired after their midweek UEFA trip to St Petersburg. The south coast team also miss key captain and goalkeeper Fabien Barthez who was injured in last weekends match against Les Verts. Lille’s price is a shade over even money and I’ll take it nicely. I would have preferred the -0.25 AH but there is an easy 0-0 cover for this match anyway. If Lille don’t win then 0-0 is the most likely result that prevents them from doing so. The cover price is so high that I’ll even have 2 units profit if it does end goalless.

Bet
Lille 2.07 Betdaaq 5/10
CS 0-0 8.0 Betdaq 1/10 (Cover)