Ligue 1 match preview: Lorient believed to be the weaker party when Olympique Marseille pays a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

Olympique Marseille go to Lorient and Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir brimming with optimism, but the hosts is not a walk in the park. More information on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (18) in Ligue 1

Lorient and Olympique Marseille should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lorient form and stats

Lorient have collected 24 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 7-3-4.

Lorient lost their last game at Lille (placed 5th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The first loss after going unbeaten through three league matches. Bris was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.0 out of 10. The defender Bris won 5 of 6 duels.

1-1 away at Nice before that.

The Lorient fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. Lorient have conceded 15 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 35 points collected from 14 Ligue 1 games. 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Olympique are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Olympique Marseille's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Montpellier that finished 1-1. Rongier, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Rongier won 7 of 12 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Reims.

It's not easy to score on Olympique Marseille as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 7 most recent meetings featuring these sides have all finished as Olympique Marseille victories. Another one?

Olympique Marseille - Lorient 3-1 was the outcome when these two participants previously met, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleA. Sánchez Sánchez
A. Sánchez Sánchez
12 goals
Olympique MarseilleN. Varela Tavares
N. Varela Tavares
6 goals

Lorient missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
12 7 2 Won W 5 11 18
8 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
9 4 1 Lost L 0 1 5
42 21 7 Scored S 12 28 54
40 15 6 Conceded C 4 10 29
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 83%
62% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 55%
34% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 28%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 14%
66% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 43% 59%
24% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 50% 31%
21% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
4 3.7 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 5.4
5.4 5 9 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.9 4.4
1.1 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.3 12.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 13.2 14.3
4.4 5.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.9 5.1
33% 28% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 41% 37%
 
15.5 13.7 19 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.6 12.6
4.9 4.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Olympique Marseille have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points (35) away in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Marseille have the most points from losing position (18) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 29 21 3 5 68 29 15 11 2 2 34 18 14 10 1 3 34 11 39 66
2 Lens 29 17 9 3 48 21 14 12 1 1 29 10 15 5 8 2 19 11 27 60
3 Olympique Marseille 29 18 6 5 54 29 15 7 4 4 26 19 14 11 2 1 28 10 25 60
4 Monaco 29 17 6 6 61 40 15 8 2 5 33 26 14 9 4 1 28 14 21 57
5 Lille 29 15 7 7 54 37 15 9 4 2 31 22 14 6 3 5 23 15 17 52
6 Rennes 29 15 5 9 47 30 15 11 0 4 30 12 14 4 5 5 17 18 17 50
7 Reims 29 11 13 5 39 28 14 7 4 3 23 15 15 4 9 2 16 13 11 46
8 Nice 29 11 12 6 38 26 14 5 6 3 18 12 15 6 6 3 20 14 12 45
9 Olympique Lyonnais 29 12 8 9 44 32 14 6 5 3 20 11 15 6 3 6 24 21 12 44
10 Lorient 29 12 8 9 42 40 14 7 3 4 21 15 15 5 5 5 21 25 2 44
11 Montpellier 29 11 4 14 45 48 15 6 2 7 24 23 14 5 2 7 21 25 -3 37
12 Clermont 29 10 7 12 29 41 15 5 3 7 13 26 14 5 4 5 16 15 -12 37
13 Toulouse 29 10 5 14 44 51 15 6 4 5 25 23 14 4 1 9 19 28 -7 35
14 Nantes 29 6 12 11 30 40 14 4 6 4 15 17 15 2 6 7 15 23 -10 30
15 Brest 29 6 9 14 33 47 14 3 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 16 24 -14 27
16 Strasbourg 29 5 11 13 37 50 15 3 6 6 18 22 14 2 5 7 19 28 -13 26
17 Auxerre 29 6 8 15 24 51 14 4 5 5 12 20 15 2 3 10 12 31 -27 26
18 Troyes 29 4 9 16 38 62 14 1 9 4 16 22 15 3 0 12 22 40 -24 21
19 Ajaccio 29 6 3 20 21 52 14 3 1 10 9 22 15 3 2 10 12 30 -31 21
20 Angers SCO 29 2 5 22 22 64 15 1 3 11 15 31 14 1 2 11 7 33 -42 11

Olympique Marseille:
Table
  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 29 21 3 5 68 29 15 11 2 2 34 18 14 10 1 3 34 11 39 66
2 Lens 29 17 9 3 48 21 14 12 1 1 29 10 15 5 8 2 19 11 27 60
3 Olympique Marseille 29 18 6 5 54 29 15 7 4 4 26 19 14 11 2 1 28 10 25 60
4 Monaco 29 17 6 6 61 40 15 8 2 5 33 26 14 9 4 1 28 14 21 57
5 Lille 29 15 7 7 54 37 15 9 4 2 31 22 14 6 3 5 23 15 17 52
6 Rennes 29 15 5 9 47 30 15 11 0 4 30 12 14 4 5 5 17 18 17 50
7 Reims 29 11 13 5 39 28 14 7 4 3 23 15 15 4 9 2 16 13 11 46
8 Nice 29 11 12 6 38 26 14 5 6 3 18 12 15 6 6 3 20 14 12 45
9 Olympique Lyonnais 29 12 8 9 44 32 14 6 5 3 20 11 15 6 3 6 24 21 12 44
10 Lorient 29 12 8 9 42 40 14 7 3 4 21 15 15 5 5 5 21 25 2 44
11 Montpellier 29 11 4 14 45 48 15 6 2 7 24 23 14 5 2 7 21 25 -3 37
12 Clermont 29 10 7 12 29 41 15 5 3 7 13 26 14 5 4 5 16 15 -12 37
13 Toulouse 29 10 5 14 44 51 15 6 4 5 25 23 14 4 1 9 19 28 -7 35
14 Nantes 29 6 12 11 30 40 14 4 6 4 15 17 15 2 6 7 15 23 -10 30
15 Brest 29 6 9 14 33 47 14 3 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 16 24 -14 27
16 Strasbourg 29 5 11 13 37 50 15 3 6 6 18 22 14 2 5 7 19 28 -13 26
17 Auxerre 29 6 8 15 24 51 14 4 5 5 12 20 15 2 3 10 12 31 -27 26
18 Troyes 29 4 9 16 38 62 14 1 9 4 16 22 15 3 0 12 22 40 -24 21
19 Ajaccio 29 6 3 20 21 52 14 3 1 10 9 22 15 3 2 10 12 30 -31 21
20 Angers SCO 29 2 5 22 22 64 15 1 3 11 15 31 14 1 2 11 7 33 -42 11

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.