Premier League Centre 728x90 Marseille vs Arsenal Prediction and Betting Tips By Andrew Clark

Arsenal get their Champions League campaign underway against Marseille tonight and we have free football tips for their match.

Arsenal cruised into the knock-out stages thanks to a 5-0 aggregate win over Fenerbache and have a great record in France, going unbeaten in their last ten matches, winning six including the last five. In the latest betting odds for the match Arsenal are 8/5, the draw is 12/5 at Bet365 and Marseille are 11/5 with Winner. Marseille have not won in their last two matches, drawing 1-1 in Toulouse and prior to that getting beat 2-1 at home to Monaco and they don’t have the best of records against English teams. They have only won one of their last ten meetings with Premier League opposition and have only scored seven goals in 14 games against English opposition, never scoring more than once in a match. Marseille lost their last three Champions League matches last season and have only won one of their last four at home, and scored one goal in that time (vs Inter Milan). That run includes a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal. The stats all point to an Arsenal win here, possibly without Marseille getting on the scoresheet but the Gunners have only kept two clean sheets in their last 24 Champions League matches away from home. That makes the both teams to score bet an uncertainty but since their loss to Aston Villa Arsenal have kept three clean sheets in the last five matches. Both teams to score is 4/5, and both teams not to score is 11/10. For a first goalscorer bet Oliver Giroud is hard to ignore at 6/1, he has been on fire this season and already has five goals to his name this season, scoring the first goal on four of those occasions. Taking into account Betfred are double delight/hat-trick heaven on this match he is a must bet, if he scores first then again in the match you will get paid at double the odds, a hat-trick gets you treble odds. For a second bet it’s very simple, Arsenal have a great record against French opposition and are a fantastic price to win at 8/5. You can also get better odds by backing Giroud to score in an Arsenal win at 7/2. Arsenal v Marseille Betting Tips Arsenal to win – 8/5 Giroud to score – 6/1 Giroud to score and Arsenal to win – 7/2