Bordeaux will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Olympique Marseille.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Coupe de France game only four days ago.
Bordeaux form and stats
Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Bordeaux are 4-2-4 (wins-draw-losses). Bordeaux are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade Matmut-Atlantique, having lost their two previous games here.
A strong away win for Bordeaux against Nantes the last match, as Jimmy Briand were on target. Heartbreak before that as Bordeaux lost 2-3 at Pau's place.
There will be little rest for Bordeaux after this match as they are travelling to Brest for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
Bordeaux have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Bordeaux are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Olympique Marseille as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Olympique Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Olympique Marseille had fun at their own home (Stade Matmut-Atlantique) last time out, beating Strasbourg 3-1. B. Sarr, D. Payet and B. Kamara scored. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Angers SCO in the Ligue 1.
The schedule is very tough for Olympique Marseille now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Saint-Étienne is waiting in only three days.
Olympique Marseille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Olympique Marseille have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Olympique Marseille - Bordeaux 3-1. Bordeaux-Olympique Marseille H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bordeaux one win, Olympique Marseille four wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Benedetto 7 goals |   J. Briand 6 goals |  D. Payet 6 goals |
Bordeaux missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Bordeaux | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 24 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 86% |
| 76% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 76% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 5% |
| 52% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 52% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 5.8 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 225 | 120 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 122 | 300 |
| 83 | 49 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 42 | 92 |
| 36% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 31% | 33% |
- Bordeaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 43 | 55 |
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Lille | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 | Reims | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Nantes | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 29 |
| 12 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | Monaco | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | Dijon | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 17 | Metz | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 13 |