National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Olympique Marseille or Strasbourg that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Olympique Marseille nor Strasbourg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 32nd finals.24 points is a decent return from 11 Ligue 1 games here at Orange Vélodrome for Olympique Marseille. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Olympique Marseille tasted defeat here at Orange Vélodrome, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games. Olympique Marseille has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the PSG defeat 94 days ago.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Yohann Pele not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Olympique Marseille drew their last game, also a home match. Angers SCO was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the game before, an away victory in the Coupe de France match versus Granville with a 3-0 scoreline.
Olympique Marseille are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Bordeaux awaits in four days.
Olympique Marseille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Orange Vélodrome with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Olympique Marseille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Orange Vélodrome in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Strasbourg form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Strasbourg have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 3-1-7 (11 played).
Two travels in a row for Strasbourg, whose manager T. Laurey could celebrate last time after the Ligue 1 win against Monaco. Preceding that game was the away Coupe de France victory against Angouleme with the score of 5-1.
A new game in only three days for Strasbourg, the Ligue 1 home match versus Lille. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Strasbourg as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Strasbourg have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 5 - 0 (Olympique Marseille wins - draws - Strasbourg wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
L. Ajorque
8 goals
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D. Benedetto
7 goals
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D. Payet
6 goals
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Olympique Marseille missing players
Strasbourg missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 40% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 355 | 184 | Total Shots | T S | 146 | 285 | ||
| 115 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 99 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 36 | 49 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Rennes | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Nantes | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Lille | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 10 | Reims | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Monaco | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 26 |
| 16 | Metz | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Dijon | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 12 |