Football preview: Home fans have high hopes when Olympique Marseille receive Le Havre

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Vélodrome (67394 seats)

No shortage of good and bad for these squads so far this season, occupying positions near the center of the Ligue 1 table. Here's the Olympique Marseille - Le Havre latest:

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Le Havre have not yet lost a game away.

The hosts Olympique Marseille saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Stade Vélodrome. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Le Havre have had more rest.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille have collected seven points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Stade Vélodrome, a promising start.

Olympique's last match was a Europa League fixture played at neutral ground. It ended neutral at full time as well, a draw 2-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion. Defender Mbemba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Mbemba scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Olympique Marseille lost 2-3 at Monaco's place.

The Olympique Marseille fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively Olympique have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses).

Le Havre failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs LOSC Lille (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-2. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Clermont.

The visiting Le Havre have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. Le Havre have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches featuring these teams have all finished as Olympique victories. Another one?

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
4 goals
Olympique MarseilleV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
2 goals
Olympique MarseilleI. Sarr
I. Sarr
2 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Le Havre missing players

Olympique Marseille Le Havre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 1 Drew D 1 3 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
9 4 0 Scored S 2 4 10
11 1 0 Conceded C 2 4 9
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 86%
86% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 71%
43% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
29% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
29% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
6.3 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 1.7 3.1
5.3 7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.4
2 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.4 17.7 24 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.7 10.7
4.9 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.3 3.3
26% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 57% 43%
 
12 13 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 19.7 15
4.7 4.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.7 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Le Havre have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Le Havre have not yet lost a game away.
  • Le Havre have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Le Havre have yet to win a game away.
  • Olympique Marseille have not yet lost a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 7 4 2 1 18 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 7 8 14
2 Brest 7 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 14
3 Reims 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 13
4 Nice 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 13
5 Paris Saint Germain 7 3 3 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 8 12
6 Rennes 7 2 5 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 12 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 11
7 LOSC Lille 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 1 11
8 Strasbourg 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 -2 10
9 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 12 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 9
10 Le Havre 7 2 3 2 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
11 Toulouse 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 9
12 Olympique Marseille 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 -2 9
13 Nantes 7 2 2 3 12 14 4 1 2 1 10 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
14 Metz 7 2 2 3 7 13 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 2 0 2 3 8 -6 8
15 Lens 7 2 1 4 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 7
16 Lorient 7 1 3 3 10 15 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 6
17 Clermont 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 2
18 Olympique Lyonnais 7 0 2 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 0 1 3 1 5 -10 2

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.