A total of eight sets of fixtures are done and both Nice and Olympique Marseille are at the right end of the league table. Bring it on!
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille have yet to win a game away.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Nice form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nice at their home stadium (Allianz Riviera) is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
Nice are confident in defense, having played 273 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Nice, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Metz away with the result 1-0. Boudaoui found the net in that victory. Dante was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.32 out of 10. The defender Dante hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that, Nice drew at home versus Brest.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nice here at Allianz Riviera in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). As for guarding their own goal, Nice have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Playing away, Olympique Marseille have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Olympique Marseille are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Impressive finishing from Sarr and Aubameyang secured the home win 3-0 against Le Havre in their previous game. That victory felt nice as this club had gone four league rounds without winning. Attacker Aubameyang got a player rating of 8.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Aubameyang scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
Preceding that, 2-2 at home against Brighton & Hove Albion in the Europa League. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Olympique Marseille have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. The Olympique manager Gattuso has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Nice won three games, one match ended in a draw and Olympique Marseille have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Moffi 3 goals |   I. Sarr 3 goals |  G. Laborde 2 goals |
Nice missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Nice | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 50% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 15.5 | 16.1 |
| 5.1 | 3.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 22% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 30% |
| 8.6 | 7.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- All of Olympique Marseille's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nice have not yet lost a game.
- Nice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most clean sheets (5) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Ligue 1
- Nice is in the best form (4-2-0) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympique Marseille have yet to win a game away.
- Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Nice | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Reims | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Lille | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Rennes | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Nantes | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Metz | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Lens | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Lorient | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Clermont | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
