Open game expected at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau: Nantes vs Olympique Marseille preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (38285 seats)

Game week two of the Ligue 1 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Nantes - Olympique Marseille preview:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Olympique Marseille have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes lost their last game at Lille after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Montpellier that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nantes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nantes as a small favourite), we find eight games. Nantes has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.

Last season, Nantes's league statistics were 13 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 48. Playing at home last season Nantes managed 9-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 24 conceded.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

The manager André Villas-Boas was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau. Olympique Marseille suffered a 0-2 loss to Reims. Before that, Olympique Marseille secured a home win against Montpellier with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Olympique Marseille in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Olympique Marseille, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Olympique Marseille performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 29/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Nantes-Olympique Marseille H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nantes 4 wins, Olympique Marseille 4 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Andrei Girotto
1 goals

Nantes missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Nantes Olympique Marseille
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 100%
 
11 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 5
5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 3
4 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Nantes Last season Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
13 9   Won   7 18
9 4   Drew   3 7
16 6   Lost   9 13
48 35   Scored   29 60
48 24   Conceded   35 52
95% 95%   Over 0.5   100% 97%
68% 79%   Over 1.5   89% 84%
45% 58%   Over 2.5   68% 58%
24% 42%   Over 3.5   42% 34%
18% 32%   Over 4.5   21% 13%
50% 58%   BTTS   74% 55%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets   11% 32%
34% 16%   Failed To Score   16% 16%
 
4.8 5.9   Corners For (avg)   5.8 5.9
4.6 4   Corners Against (avg)   4.3 4.1
2 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.1 2.2
6 1   Red Cards   3 8
Key stats last season:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nantes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Nantes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-05-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Nantes
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 1 Nantes
24-05-19 L1 Nantes 0 - 1 Strasbourg
26-07-19 CF Brest 1 - 0 Nantes
11-08-19 L1 Lille 2 - 1 Nantes
17-08-19 L1 Nantes 15:30 Olympique Marseille
24-08-19 L1 Amiens SC 18:00 Nantes
31-08-19 L1 Nantes 18:00 Montpellier
14-09-19 L1 Nantes - Reims
21-09-19 L1 Strasbourg - Nantes
Olympique Marseille
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-05-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 0 Montpellier
11-07-19 CF Accrington Stanley 2 - 1 Olympique Marseille
14-07-19 CF Rangers 4 - 0 Olympique Marseille
19-07-19 CF Olympique Marseille 2 - 1 Bordeaux
10-08-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 0 - 2 Reims
17-08-19 L1 Nantes 15:30 Olympique Marseille
28-08-19 L1 Nice 19:00 Olympique Marseille
01-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:00 Saint-Etienne
14-09-19 L1 Monaco - Olympique Marseille
21-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille - Montpellier

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 PSG 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Reims 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Lille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Rennes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Metz 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Strasbourg 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
18 Olympique Marseille 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Monaco 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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