There is optimism in Olympique Marseille so far this season, with their 2nd position in the Ligue 1 table and welcoming Montpellier (who are in 11th).
- Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (17) in Ligue 1
- Montpellier is in the best form (5-1-0) 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.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.
Happy days for Olympique Marseille in their previous game, a fixture away at Reims (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Sánchez, a natural forward, was the declared top player for the side in that match, receiving a rating of 9.24 (out of 10). Sánchez scored two goals, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
In the match before that, Olympique hosted Strasbourg and drew the game 2-2.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Marseille home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Olympique Marseille fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 14 league matches. Olympique have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Montpellier form and stats
Playing away, Montpellier have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Montpellier are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Montpellier won their last game, 2-1 versus Clermont played at home. Montpellier goalie Lecomte was high and low in the Clermont game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. The attacker Wahi got a match rating of 8.35 in that game. Wahi scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that result Montpellier won their away game at Ajaccio. The scoreline was 1-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Montpellier played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 2 times.
Montpellier are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Montpellier have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Marseille have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without losing (5-3-0) when facing Montpellier.Montpellier - Olympique Marseille 1-2 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sánchez Sánchez 12 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
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| Olympique Marseille | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 18 | 7 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 53 | 25 | 16 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 44 |
| 28 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 89% |
| 57% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 46% | 61% |
| 29% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 31% | 21% |
| 57% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 54% |
| 32% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 23% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 14.3 | 15.4 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 43% | 37% |
| 12.7 | 11.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 12.3 | 13.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
- Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Montpellier is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (17) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 40 | 66 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 59 |
| 3 | Lens | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 57 |
| 4 | Monaco | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 54 |
| 5 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 50 |
| 6 | Lille | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 | Lorient | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 44 |
| 9 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Clermont | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Nantes | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | Brest | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -16 | 24 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -28 | 23 |
| 18 | Troyes | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 39 | -23 | 21 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -30 | 21 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -42 | 10 |
