Marseille slump to fourth straight defeat as crisis deepens
Marseille sit 17th on 3 points after a 1-2 loss to PSG, their 4L run leaving them -1 on goal difference.
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Marseille lost again. The 1-2 defeat to PSG on Sunday 20 September was their fourth consecutive loss in Ligue 1, and it dropped them to 17th in the table with 3 points from 5 matches.
The numbers are unforgiving. 1 win, 0 draws, 4 defeats. 7 goals scored, 8 conceded, a goal difference of -1. The form line reads WLLLL — a single victory followed by four straight losses. Only one of those four defeats came at home; the away record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses is where the season has gone wrong.
Amine Gouiri has done his part. The Marseille forward has 4 goals, level at the top of the scoring charts with Kamory Doumbia of Brest, Ferrán Torres of PSG, Lassine Sinayoko of Paris FC and Paris Brunner of Monaco. Four goals from one player, and still 3 points from 5 games. That is the problem in one line.
What does the schedule offer now? A trip to Troyes on Sunday 11 October, matchday 6. Not a gift. Troyes will look at the table and see a side shipping goals and losing games.
The wider picture is no kinder. Monaco lead on 13 points with a goal difference of +5. Olympique Lyon have 11, Paris FC have 11, Lille and Stade Rennais both have 10. PSG, the reigning champions, sit 6th on 8. And Marseille are below all of them, 17th, level on points with nobody of note.
Four defeats in a row is not a blip. It is a pattern, and the next fixture will not wait.