International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Olympique Marseille and Porto are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Taça De Portugal. That game was also an away game, at Fabril Barreiro. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Porto have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Olympique Marseille are 1-2-1 (wins-draw-losses). 0W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Olympique Marseille.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Steve Mandanda not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.
It's back home for Olympique, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Strasbourg away with the result 1-0. Morgan Sanson found the net in that victory. Heartbreak before that as Olympique lost 0-3 at Porto's place.
Manager L. Pina Cabral Villas-Boas felt very clever after Morgan Sanson scored the winning goal against Strasbourg, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Olympique Marseille, as the Ligue 1 home game vs Nantes is only three days away.
Olympique Marseille has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, Olympique have conceded 5 goals.
Porto form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Porto are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primeira Liga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss). When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Porto, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Fabril Barreiro in the Taça De Portugal last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Portimonense in the Primeira Liga.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Porto manager S. Marceneiro Conceição as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Santa Clara.
Porto are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (9 goals from 3 away games). Porto struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Porto - Olympique 3-0 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between the teams: Olympique won zero, Porto won two and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Relvas de Oliveira 4 goals |   F. Thauvin 3 goals |  D. Ćaleta-Car 2 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Porto missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Scored | S | 22 | 56 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 211 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 131 | 327 | ||
| 75 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 126 | ||
| 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Porto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Lille | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Brest | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Nantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Reims | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Lorient | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Nimes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 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 | Sporting CP | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Benfica | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Porto | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Nacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Tondela | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Boavista | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Farense | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |