Bordeaux vs Marseille preview - Marseille look to close on leaders

Posted Saturday, April 11, 2015 by PA

Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi has backed his side to bounce back from last week's defeat to Paris St Germain and re-state their Ligue 1 title intentions at Bordeaux on Sunday.

PSG's come-from-behind success left Marseille five points off the leaders but with an immediate chance to narrow the gap again as top two PSG and Lyon are both without a league game this weekend.

Batshuayi, who is pushing for a starting place in the absence through suspension of Andre Ayew, told his club's official website: "We found it very hard after the game last week.

"But this is a very important game and a win would do us a lot of good. Losing (against PSG) was a handicap but we must finish as high as possible in the table."

Sixth-placed Bordeaux still harbour hopes of a top-four finish and they stayed in the hunt last week with a 2-1 win over Lens in which Nicolas Maurice-Belay came off the bench to score a late winner.

And the home side will also be boosted by an extraordinary record against Marseille at the Stade Chaban Delmas, having avoided defeat in all of their 19 meetings.

Bordeaux captain Lamine Sane told his club's official website: "We can still get fourth place. We've set ourselves goals and now we need to go out there and make it happen.

"Since January we've been fighting hard to catch up with the leaders and now we're back up there near the top. We need to keep fighting and keep our good run going."