Champions League match preview: Olympique Marseille versus Tottenham Hotspur

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 01.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

Tottenham Hotspur have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Olympique Marseille. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Last season, Olympique Marseille's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.

The total Ligue 1 results at home this season for Olympique Marseille are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.

Olympique Marseille shared the glory with Strasbourg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Opportunity lost for Olympique in the Strasbourg match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The striker Payet edged out all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Payet hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.

The Olympique Marseille fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Tottenham Hotspur's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 8th finals against Dinamo Zagreb.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.

Two away matches in a row for Tottenham Hotspur, whose coach Conte could celebrate last time after the win against AFC Bournemouth. An amazing comeback from Spurs last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Bentancur scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Bentancur came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against AFC Bournemouth last time out, making the manager Conte feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Højbjerg was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Højbjerg served one assist, hit two key passes and had 78 successful passes (of 86 total).

Preceding that, 1-1 at home hosting Sporting CP in the Champions League.

Tottenham Hotspur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Spurs have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Tottenham Hotspur - Olympique Marseille 2-0. Richarlison loves to play against Olympique Marseille and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
10 goals
Olympique MarseilleA. Sánchez Sánchez
A. Sánchez Sánchez
4 goals
Olympique MarseilleL. Suárez
L. Suárez
3 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Olympique Marseille Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
11 7   Won W   5 15
4 1   Drew D   3 5
10 5   Lost L   3 5
38 23   Scored S   17 50
28 15   Conceded C   13 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
84% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 80%
48% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 48%
20% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 32%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 24%
44% 54%   BTTS BTTS   45% 52%
24% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 36%
32% 31%   Failed to Score F T   27% 16%
 
5.1 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.5
3.9 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.3
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.5 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 14.5
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.4
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%
 
10.9 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.4 12.2
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 8
2 Sporting CP 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 7
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 7
4 Olympique Marseille 5 2 0 3 7 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 6
  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 13 11 2 0 36 8 6 5 1 0 14 7 7 6 1 0 22 1 28 35
2 Lens 13 9 3 1 22 8 7 7 0 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 6 3 14 30
3 Lorient 12 8 3 1 23 16 5 4 1 0 10 5 7 4 2 1 13 11 7 27
4 Rennes 12 7 3 2 25 12 6 5 0 1 16 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 13 24
5 Olympique Marseille 13 7 3 3 22 11 7 4 1 2 11 7 6 3 2 1 11 4 11 24
6 Lille 12 7 1 4 25 21 6 4 0 2 13 14 6 3 1 2 12 7 4 22
7 Monaco 12 6 3 3 23 18 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 4 1 1 12 6 5 21
8 Olympique Lyonnais 12 5 2 5 21 16 6 4 1 1 14 5 6 1 1 4 7 11 5 17
9 Clermont 12 5 2 5 16 19 6 3 0 3 7 12 6 2 2 2 9 7 -3 17
10 Toulouse 13 4 4 5 19 23 7 3 3 1 13 12 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 16
11 Troyes 13 3 4 6 24 28 6 1 4 1 9 10 7 2 0 5 15 18 -4 13
12 Nice 12 3 4 5 11 15 6 1 2 3 5 9 6 2 2 2 6 6 -4 13
13 Montpellier 12 4 0 8 22 24 7 3 0 4 10 12 5 1 0 4 12 12 -2 12
14 Reims 12 2 6 4 14 20 6 1 3 2 6 10 6 1 3 2 8 10 -6 12
15 Nantes 12 2 5 5 14 20 5 2 2 1 8 6 7 0 3 4 6 14 -6 11
16 Strasbourg 13 1 7 5 14 21 7 0 4 3 6 12 6 1 3 2 8 9 -7 10
17 Brest 12 2 3 7 14 26 5 0 2 3 3 12 7 2 1 4 11 14 -12 9
18 Auxerre 12 2 3 7 12 25 6 1 3 2 6 9 6 1 0 5 6 16 -13 9
19 Ajaccio 12 2 2 8 8 19 6 0 1 5 2 11 6 2 1 3 6 8 -11 8
20 Angers SCO 12 2 2 8 14 29 7 1 1 5 8 16 5 1 1 3 6 13 -15 8
  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 12 9 2 1 37 11 6 6 0 0 27 6 6 3 2 1 10 5 26 29
2 Arsenal 11 9 1 1 25 11 5 5 0 0 14 7 6 4 1 1 11 4 14 28
3 Tottenham Hotspur 13 8 2 3 26 16 6 5 0 1 16 6 7 3 2 2 10 10 10 26
4 Newcastle United 13 6 6 1 24 10 7 4 3 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 8 5 14 24
5 Chelsea 12 6 3 3 17 15 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 3 1 3 7 10 2 21
6 Manchester United 11 6 2 3 16 16 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 3 1 2 8 12 0 20
7 Fulham 13 5 4 4 22 22 7 3 3 1 13 11 6 2 1 3 9 11 0 19
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 5 3 4 19 15 6 3 2 1 10 4 6 2 1 3 9 11 4 18
9 Liverpool 12 4 4 4 23 15 7 4 2 1 18 7 5 0 2 3 5 8 8 16
10 Crystal Palace 12 4 4 4 13 16 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 0 3 2 3 8 -3 16
11 Brentford 13 3 6 4 19 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 6 0 3 3 6 15 -3 15
12 Everton 13 3 5 5 11 12 6 2 2 2 6 4 7 1 3 3 5 8 -1 14
13 West Ham United 12 4 2 6 11 12 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -1 14
14 AFC Bournemouth 13 3 4 6 12 28 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 1 2 3 6 20 -16 13
15 Leeds United 12 3 3 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 7 13 -4 12
16 Aston Villa 13 3 3 7 11 20 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 0 2 5 3 15 -9 12
17 Southampton 13 3 3 7 11 20 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 2 0 5 4 12 -9 12
18 Leicester City 13 3 2 8 21 25 7 2 2 3 9 6 6 1 0 5 12 19 -4 11
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 2 4 7 6 19 6 2 2 2 3 8 7 0 2 5 3 11 -13 10
20 Nottingham Forest 12 2 3 7 8 23 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 0 2 4 1 14 -15 9

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.