Monaco manager N. Kovač looking for three points in Olympique Marseille showdown

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II. (18523 seats)

Monaco and Olympique Marseille are both riding high in the Ligue 1 with their 4th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Monaco has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
  • Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Marseille have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 1.

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Monaco form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Louis II. for Monaco. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

It's back home for Monaco, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Montpellier away with the result 3-2. Wissam Ben Yedder (2) and Kevin Volland found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Angers SCO.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Monaco handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and six defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 10 games), Monaco's attacking play is working. Monaco have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Olympique Marseille have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far.

Home advantage was not enough for Olympique Marseille in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 1-match, hosting Lens, 0-1. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Nimes.

Olympique are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of five matches.

Olympique find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Olympique Marseille are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Olympique Marseille - Monaco 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Monaco won five, Olympique Marseille won three and two draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoK. Volland
K. Volland
10 goals
MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
9 goals
Olympique MarseilleF. Thauvin
F. Thauvin
6 goals

Monaco missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Monaco Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 3 9 19
11 6 1 Won W 1 5 9
3 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
6 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
39 23 3 Scored S 3 11 26
29 13 2 Conceded C 3 7 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 74%
80% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 42%
40% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 21%
25% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
65% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 63%
25% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 56% 26%
10% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.8 3
5 4 0 Red cards R C 4 4 4
 
12.6 12.9 4 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.9 9.5
4.3 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.7 3.4
45% 52% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 46% 41%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Monaco's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Monaco has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
  • Monaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Marseille have scored away.
  • Monaco 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 PSG 20 13 3 4 44 11 10 7 1 2 25 5 10 6 2 2 19 6 33 42
2 Lille 20 12 6 2 35 15 11 7 3 1 20 7 9 5 3 1 15 8 20 42
3 Olympique Lyonnais 20 11 7 2 39 19 10 6 3 1 22 9 10 5 4 1 17 10 20 40
4 Monaco 20 11 3 6 39 29 10 6 3 1 23 13 10 5 0 5 16 16 10 36
5 Rennes 20 10 6 4 30 22 10 5 2 3 14 13 10 5 4 1 16 9 8 36
6 Olympique Marseille 19 9 5 5 26 19 10 4 3 3 15 12 9 5 2 2 11 7 7 32
7 Lens 20 9 4 7 30 29 9 4 2 3 15 14 11 5 2 4 15 15 1 31
8 Angers SCO 20 9 3 8 25 31 10 4 1 5 9 13 10 5 2 3 16 18 -6 30
9 Bordeaux 20 8 5 7 23 21 10 4 3 3 10 8 10 4 2 4 13 13 2 29
10 Metz 20 7 7 6 21 18 10 4 3 3 12 10 10 3 4 3 9 8 3 28
11 Montpellier 20 8 4 8 33 35 11 4 1 6 19 23 9 4 3 2 14 12 -2 28
12 Brest 20 8 2 10 31 36 10 6 1 3 20 16 10 2 1 7 11 20 -5 26
13 Strasbourg 20 7 2 11 29 32 10 3 2 5 12 14 10 4 0 6 17 18 -3 23
14 Nice 19 6 5 8 22 28 10 2 2 6 10 21 9 4 3 2 12 7 -6 23
15 Reims 20 5 6 9 28 31 9 3 2 4 9 11 11 2 4 5 19 20 -3 21
16 Saint-Etienne 20 4 7 9 20 30 9 2 4 3 9 11 11 2 3 6 11 19 -10 19
17 Nantes 20 3 9 8 20 32 10 2 6 2 11 15 10 1 3 6 9 17 -12 18
18 Nimes 20 4 3 13 16 41 10 1 1 8 9 23 10 3 2 5 7 18 -25 15
19 Dijon 19 2 8 9 12 26 10 0 5 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 14
20 Lorient 19 3 3 13 20 38 9 2 1 6 11 17 10 1 2 7 9 21 -18 12

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.