Olympique Marseille host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs game. Qarabağ will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Tofik Bakhramov before the return leg in 7 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Qarabağ have to travel 4700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they played a Ligue 1 fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Metz.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille have collected 20 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-5-2.
Olympique are returning here after visiting Metz and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Bakambu and Milik scored the goal(s). The striker Payet was announced as "man of the match" for Olympique Marseille with the rating of 7.62/10. Payet hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Clermont in only three days. This game is also played here at Orange Vélodrome.
A decent goal production from Olympique in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. Olympique Marseille have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Qarabağ form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kairat, Ashdod, Basel, Aberdeen, AEL and Omonia Nicosia in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa Conference League.Playing away, Qarabağ have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Neftci with the score of 2-1.Qarabağ are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Payet 8 goals |  C. Ünder 7 goals |   F. Ozobić 7 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Qarabağ missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Qarabağ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 27 | 52 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 7 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.4 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Nice | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 5 | Rennes | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 6 | Monaco | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Lens | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Lille | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 12 | Brest | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Reims | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 27 |
| 15 | Clermont | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 24 |
| 16 | Troyes | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 21 |
| 17 | Lorient | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Metz | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 20 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 37 | -25 | 20 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qarabağ | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Qabala | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Zira | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Neftci | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Sabah | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Kesl FK | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 7 | Sumqayt | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 13 |
| 8 | Sebail | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 11 |
