Olympique Marseille have travelled here for an absorbing fight versus the home side Monaco. Read up on the match with this in-depth Ligue 1 preview!
Monaco 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.
Monaco form and stats
Two Ligue 1 home games so far for Monaco, who are yet to win here at Stade Louis II.. Only 1 point so far.
Monaco enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Troyes's place. The match ended 2-1 with Sofiane Diop (2) scoring. Sofiane Diop (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.64/10. Diop scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Monaco played out a Champions League draw 2-2 when visiting Shakhtar Donetsk (after extra-time).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Monaco have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Monaco at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.
Olympique won their last game, 3-1 versus Saint-Etienne played at home. The attacker Cengiz Ünder got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. Ünder scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda was absolutely vital in the Olympique victory against Saint-Etienne, making six saves.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Bordeaux.We have checked recent matches where Olympique have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.
Olympique Marseille have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Monaco won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Olympique Marseille have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  D. Payet 3 goals |  C. Ünder 3 goals |   S. Diop 2 goals |
Monaco missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Monaco | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.8 | 9 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 11 | 6.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 22 | 15.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 5.3 |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| Monaco | Last season | Olympique Marseille | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 76 | 43 | Scored | S | 22 | 54 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 79% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 79% | ||
| 71% | 84% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 45% | ||
| 37% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 53% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 63% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 21% | ||
| 13% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 21% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 8 | 9 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 46% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Clermont | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Nice | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Lens | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Lorient | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Rennes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Lille | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Nantes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Monaco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Metz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Reims | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Brest | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Troyes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 41 | 83 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 58 | 82 |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 78 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 38 | 76 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 60 |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 58 |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 57 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 27 | -2 | 54 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | -3 | 52 |
| 10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | -4 | 47 |
| 11 | Saint-Etienne | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | -12 | 46 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 35 | -14 | 45 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -18 | 44 |
| 14 | Reims | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 29 | -8 | 42 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | -9 | 42 |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 39 | -18 | 42 |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 66 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 33 | -16 | 41 |
| 18 | Nantes | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | -8 | 40 |
| 19 | Nimes | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 32 | -31 | 35 |
| 20 | Dijon | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -48 | 21 |