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Bottom-placed Saint-Malo desperately need points as fourth-placed Marseille visit in Feminine Division 1 Round 8 on Friday evening.
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Saint-Malo host Marseille on Friday evening in a Feminine Division 1 Round 8 clash that carries vastly different stakes for each side. Saint-Malo sit rock-bottom on three points, level with Lens and staring down the barrel of an immediate return to the second tier. Marseille, by contrast, occupy fourth place on 12 points and remain in the hunt for a play-off semi-final spot.
One win in six league outings tells the story. That solitary victory - a 1-0 home success against Montpellier back in September - remains their only highlight. Since then, Saint-Malo have lost four straight, scoring just three goals while conceding eight. Their most recent outing, a 3-1 defeat at Toulouse, underlined their fragility away from home, though their home record is scarcely better at one win from three.
Marseille bounced back from a 5-0 hammering at Lyon with a gritty 1-0 victory over Nantes last time out, courtesy of Jenny Perret's goal. That result snapped a run of three draws and a defeat. At home Marseille are formidable - three wins and a draw from four matches, conceding just three goals. Away, however, they have struggled, winless in three with an average of 2.7 goals conceded per trip.
Marseille's away vulnerability gives Saint-Malo a sliver of hope, but the hosts' chronic inability to score - blanked in three of six matches - makes it hard to see them capitalising. Marseille's defensive solidity and superior squad depth should prove decisive, though Saint-Malo's desperation could make this tighter than the table suggests.
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