Struggling Lorient will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympique Marseille in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Olympiakos Piraeus. 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Olympique Marseille have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Lorient form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Lorient so far this season.
A strong away win for Lorient against Reims the last match, as Yoane Wissa, Igoboras Moffi Teremas and Pierre-Yves Hamel were on target. Before that, Lorient drew at home versus Olympique Lyonnais.
The Lorient manager C. Pélissier has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille are happy with their away performances in the Ligue 1 so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Olympique Marseille are travelling again after losing away to Olympiakos Piraeus in their previous match (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Bordeaux.
Late heartbreak for Olympique Marseille in the Olympiakos Piraeus match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
A quick return to home after this game, as Olympique are hosting Manchester City in the Champions League only three days away.
Olympique has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. 3 goals have been conceded by Olympique in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Lorient wins - draws - Olympique Marseille wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Wissa 4 goals | P. Hamel 3 goals |   F. Thauvin 3 goals |
Lorient missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Lorient | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 59 | 19 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 15 | 59 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 55% | 55% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 59% |
- All of Lorient's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lorient has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Ligue 1
- Lorient has the most points from losing position (6) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympique Marseille have not yet lost a game away.
- Olympique Marseille have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | Lille | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | PSG | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | Rennes | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Nice | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Lens | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Monaco | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Saint-Etienne | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Brest | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Metz | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Nantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Nimes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Lorient | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
| 19 | Reims | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 20 | Dijon | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |