National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Olympique Marseille or Montpellier that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Last season, Olympique Marseille's Coupe de France journey ended in the 16th finals.4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Olympique Marseille so far this season.
Olympique are returning here after visiting Lens and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Bakambu and Payet scored the goal(s). Payet, a forward, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.01 (out of 10). Payet scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).
In the match before that, Olympique Marseille hosted Lille and drew the Ligue 1 game 1-1.Olympique Marseille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Orange Vélodrome with 17 goals in 11 league matches.
Montpellier form and stats
Montpellier's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Wahi and Mavididi (2) scored in Montpellier's previous match, the home game against Monaco that ended 3-2. Mavididi got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, top player of the team. Mavididi scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Troyes.Montpellier has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. Montpellier have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Olympique won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Montpellier managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  D. Payet 8 goals |   S. Mavididi 8 goals |  C. Ünder 6 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 15.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Nice | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Monaco | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Lens | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Lille | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Lorient | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -24 | 15 |
