The Lille & Olympique Marseille managers C. Galtier and L. Pina Cabral Villas-Boas are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coupe de France. That game was also an away game, at Olympique Lyonnais. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It's quite the trip for Olympique Marseille when visiting Lille as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Lille form and stats
Lille are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Lille are confident in defense, having played 258 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Lille enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Angers SCO's place. The match ended 2-0 with Renato Sanches and Victor Osimhen scoring. Before that, Lille had a home game versus Rennes which ended with a victory 1-0.
A decent goal production from Lille in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. Lille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
6-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Marseille, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Ligue 1, in their Ligue 1 matches away. Things are running smoothly for Olympique Marseille who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Paris Saint Germain.
450 minutes! That's how long the Olympique Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Olympique Marseille, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Olympique Lyonnais (placed 9th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Toulouse in the Ligue 1.
Olympique Marseille find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Olympique Marseille have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Olympique Marseille - Lille 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Lille victories, two draws and six Olympique Marseille wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Osimhen 12 goals |   D. Payet 8 goals |  D. Benedetto 7 goals |
Lille missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Lille | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 25 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 38% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 38% | 58% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 58% | 46% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 289 | 154 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 143 | 334 |
| 109 | 58 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 47 | 100 |
| 27% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 33% |
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille has the most clean sheets (7) away
- Olympique Marseille has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- 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 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Rennes | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | Monaco | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 33 |
| 10 | Reims | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Nice | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Brest | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 21 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |