Olympique Marseille visit Nantes and Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau loaded with hope and confidence, but the host team is no pushover. More news on the match here!
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nantes and Olympique Marseille.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nantes form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Nantes have to build on here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the Ligue 1.
Nantes manager A. Kombouare and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Lille (placed 13th) in the Ligue 1. Defender Andrei Girotto got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Girotto won 2 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Paris Saint Germain.There will be little rest for Nantes after this match as they are travelling to Lorient for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.
The Nantes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The Olympique goalkeeper Pau Lopez Sabata is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 354 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Olympique Marseille won their last game, 1-0 versus Troyes played at home. Dimitri Payet got a match rating of 8.84 in that game, top player of the team. Payet served one assist, hit eight key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
It was a Europa League defeat before that one as the away game against Galatasaray wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brest in just three days.
The visiting Olympique Marseille have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nantes four wins, three draws and Olympique Marseille three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Blas 7 goals |   D. Payet 6 goals |  R. Kolo Muani 4 goals |
Nantes missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Nantes | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 36% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 21% |
| 60% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 14.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 11.2 | 13 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | 38% |
| 11.7 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantes 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Rennes | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Nice | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Lens | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Angers SCO | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Monaco | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Nantes | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Brest | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Lille | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Reims | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Lorient | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 13 |
| 17 | Troyes | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Clermont | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 19 | Metz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 12 |