Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nice & Olympique Marseille face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
Little time to rest for the hosting team, as they featured in a Ligue 1 match only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Allianz Riviera. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Olympique Marseille have had more rest.
Nice form and stats
Nice was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Coupe de France.Nice have played 12 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Nice's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Clermont. Lemina (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Lemina dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 45 successful passes (of 49 total).
This is expected to be a close game, with Nice perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nice as a small favourite), we find five games. Nice has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nice as they are travelling to their away game against Olympique Lyonnais in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.
The Nice fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Nice have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the 16th finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Ligue 1.
The supporters enjoyed Olympique Marseille's previous fixture versus Angers SCO, a 5-2 win played at home. The attacker Milik got a match rating of 9.32 in that game. Milik scored three goals and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, the Olympique Marseille manager Moya faced defeat when travelling to Olympique Lyonnais and losing 1-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Marseille playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Olympique Marseille wins, four draws and one defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Metz.
Olympique Marseille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Olympique Marseille as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: Nice won two, Olympique Marseille were winners in seven and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gouiri 10 goals |   D. Payet 8 goals |  C. Ünder 7 goals |
Nice missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Nice | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.2 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 35% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 11.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 32 | 56 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Nice | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Rennes | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 6 | Monaco | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Lens | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Nantes | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Lille | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Clermont | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 24 |
| 16 | Troyes | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 21 |
| 17 | Lorient | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -18 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 20 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 34 | -24 | 20 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -22 | 18 |
