Betting preview: Lille vs Olympique Marseille should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

Excitement is likely at Stade Pierre-Mauroy when Lille face Olympique Marseille in what looks to be a super match. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (24) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lille form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 17 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy for Lille. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In general it's been a long time since Lille tasted defeat here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 233 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cabella was the last player to find the net.

Lille drew their last game, 0-0 away at Monaco (placed 4th). Cabella (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.84/10. Cabella hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 36 successful passes (of 39 total).

Heartbreak before that as Lille lost 0-1 at Reims's place.

The Lille manager Fonseca has got the team scoring with 36 from 17 home games in the league. 23 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Olympique Marseille collect 39 points from their 17 away matches in the Ligue 1. 12 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

The supporters enjoyed Olympique's previous game versus Angers SCO (placed 20th), a 3-1 win played at home. Attacker Sánchez got a player rating of 8.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Sánchez scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lens's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Marseille playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 5 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Olympique are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 17 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The latest reported scoreline featuring both these teams is the Olympique Marseille - Lille 2-1 played not long ago this season. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Lille won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Olympique Marseille managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
21 goals
Olympique MarseilleA. Sánchez Sánchez
A. Sánchez Sánchez
14 goals
LilleR. Cabella
R. Cabella
7 goals

Lille missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lille Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
17 11 2 Won W 2 12 22
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
9 2 1 Lost L 2 2 6
60 36 7 Scored S 5 31 65
41 23 11 Conceded C 5 13 35
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
74% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 83%
51% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 60%
29% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 29%
17% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 11%
60% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 63%
29% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 47% 29%
20% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 11%
 
5.7 5.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.7
3.6 3.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 4.1
2.1 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14.9 15.6 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 13.4 15
5.6 6.2 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 5.1
31% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 38% 37%
 
8.5 7.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.6 11.7
3.3 3.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.1 4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (24) in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

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