International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Olympique Marseille and Olympiakos Piraeus are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Olympique Marseille nor Olympiakos Piraeus as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Marseille at their home stadium (Orange Vélodrome) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. 0W-0D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Olympique Marseille. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Orange Vélodrome.
Olympique's last game was hosting Nantes and winning 3-1. Preceding that match was the home Champions League game against Porto that was lost 0-2.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Olympique have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
The manager L. Pina Cabral Villas-Boas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nimes in only three days.
A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Olympique's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The seven points Olympiakos Piraeus have gathered from their first three away trips in the Super League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Total Champions League statistics for Olympiakos Piraeus: 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Things are running smoothly for Olympiakos who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against PAOK. Olympiakos are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 25 in a row without losing.
Olympiakos Piraeus play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Aris. A loss against Manchester City was the result prior to that, in a Champions League home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympiakos Piraeus playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Olympiakos Piraeus win, one draw and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Olympiakos, the Super League home match versus Volos NFC. Busy days.
Olympiakos are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Olympiakos as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Olympiakos Piraeus - Olympique 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Olympique, zero draws and two wins for Olympiakos Piraeus. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 5 goals |   F. Thauvin 4 goals |  G. Masouras 3 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 44% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Porto | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 0 |
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Lille | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Rennes | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Lens | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Metz | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Brest | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Nimes | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Reims | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Lorient | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| 20 | Dijon | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -15 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Aris | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | PAOK | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Atromitos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | PAS Giannina | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | OFI | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Larissa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Apollon Smirnis | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
| 14 | Lamia | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |