Balanced ball game between Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint Germain expected

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Vélodrome (67394 seats)

The two squads are revelling in a quality season so far and games like this one could be deciding. Get ready for Olympique Marseille - Paris Saint Germain!

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (14) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (59) in Ligue 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Marseille at their home stadium (Stade Vélodrome) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Happy days for Olympique in their previous game, a fixture away at Toulouse (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. The attacker Ünder won the honour of being "man of the match" for Olympique Marseille with the rating of 8.05/10. Ünder scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Clermont with a 2-0 scoreline.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Olympique Marseille as they have a new game in only three days, a Coupe de France match thankfully also at home. Annecy are visiting.

The Olympique fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Olympique Marseille have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paris Saint Germain collect 25 points from their 12 away matches in the Ligue 1. 8 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

PSG won their last game, 4-3 versus Lille played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Lille was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Late drama in the previous game, when Messi scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Lille. Attacker Mbappé got a player rating of 9.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Mbappé scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).

The fixture before that was the Champions League-duel against Bayern München, a home defeat (0-1).

Take note that 10 of this side's 13 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Paris Saint Germain are regular goalscorers on their travels. Paris Saint Germain are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played before this season: Paris Saint Germain - Olympique Marseille 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique two wins, one draw and Paris Saint Germain seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 10 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
15 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
13 goals
Paris Saint GermainL. Messi
L. Messi
11 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Olympique Marseille Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
16 7 1 Won W 1 8 18
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
4 3 1 Lost L 3 3 3
48 23 4 Scored S 9 29 59
22 13 4 Conceded C 8 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
83% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 79%
54% 58% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 75% 67%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 42% 38%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 25%
58% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 42% 54%
33% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 42%
8% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 8%
 
5.8 6.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.8 5.6
4.3 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.9 3.1
1.9 1.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14.7 15.8 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 15.5 15.7
5.2 5.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 7 7.1
38% 35% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 35% 35%
 
12 10.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.2 11.5
4.1 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.2 4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille 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.
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (14) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris Saint Germain have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most clean sheets (10) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (29) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (59) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+36) 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 Paris Saint Germain 24 18 3 3 59 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 12 8 1 3 29 10 36 57
2 Olympique Marseille 24 16 4 4 48 22 12 7 2 3 23 13 12 9 2 1 25 9 26 52
3 Monaco 24 15 5 4 53 31 12 7 2 3 29 19 12 8 3 1 24 12 22 50
4 Lens 24 14 7 3 38 19 12 11 0 1 25 9 12 3 7 2 13 10 19 49
5 Rennes 24 13 4 7 44 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 11 2 4 5 14 18 16 43
6 Lille 24 12 5 7 43 31 12 7 3 2 23 17 12 5 2 5 20 14 12 41
7 Lorient 24 11 6 7 38 35 12 6 3 3 19 14 12 5 3 4 19 21 3 39
8 Nice 24 10 8 6 30 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 12 5 4 3 14 11 9 38
9 Olympique Lyonnais 24 10 5 9 36 27 12 6 3 3 19 10 12 4 2 6 17 17 9 35
10 Reims 24 7 13 4 30 26 11 5 4 2 18 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 4 34
11 Toulouse 24 9 5 10 41 42 13 6 4 3 25 20 11 3 1 7 16 22 -1 32
12 Clermont 24 8 6 10 24 33 12 4 2 6 10 20 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 30
13 Nantes 24 6 10 8 25 29 11 4 5 2 13 11 13 2 5 6 12 18 -4 28
14 Montpellier 24 8 2 14 35 45 12 4 1 7 16 21 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 26
15 Strasbourg 24 4 9 11 29 42 13 2 6 5 16 21 11 2 3 6 13 21 -13 21
16 Brest 24 4 8 12 25 40 12 2 5 5 13 20 12 2 3 7 12 20 -15 20
17 Troyes 24 4 7 13 33 53 12 1 7 4 12 18 12 3 0 9 21 35 -20 19
18 Auxerre 24 4 6 14 21 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 12 1 2 9 10 28 -27 18
19 Ajaccio 24 5 3 16 18 45 11 2 1 8 7 18 13 3 2 8 11 27 -27 18
20 Angers SCO 24 2 4 18 20 50 12 1 2 9 13 25 12 1 2 9 7 25 -30 10

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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.