Ligue 1 match prediction: Little separates Nice and Olympique Marseille in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

Nice confront Olympique Marseille for prestige and triumph.

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligue 1

The hosts Nice saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Allianz Riviera. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Olympique Marseille have had more rest.

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Nice form and stats

A Ligue 1 draw at home so far for Nice. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Nice's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at home, finishing 2-0 versus Maccabi Tel Aviv. The home side hope to to build on that result. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league games. Midfield player Ramsey got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Ramsey hit nine key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 59 successful passes (of 70 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Clermont in the Ligue 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nice as they are travelling to their away game against Lille in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nice at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

One match played away so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Marseille and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 12 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 19 games.

Impressive finishing from Mbemba secured the home win 2-1 against Nantes in their previous game. Midfielder Clauss was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Clauss hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-1 draw at Brest's stadium before that.

After this away game Olympique Marseille return home for a Ligue 1 game against Clermont. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Olympique Marseille have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Nice victories, one draw and seven Olympique Marseille wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleL. Suárez
L. Suárez
2 goals
Olympique MarseilleN. Tavares
N. Tavares
2 goals
NiceA. Delort
A. Delort
1 goals

Nice missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 7
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 12.3
3.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 5
20% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 47%
 
7 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 15.3
3.3 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Ligue 1
Nice Last season Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
20 10   Won W   12 21
7 4   Drew D   3 8
11 5   Lost L   4 9
52 27   Scored S   30 63
36 21   Conceded C   16 38
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
63% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 76%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 45%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
39% 53%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
37% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 39%
34% 26%   Failed to Score F T   16% 21%
 
5.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.7
4.4 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.1
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
6 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.7 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.9
4 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.3
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 39%
 
11.3 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 8.7
3.9 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 3.1

  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 3 3 0 0 17 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 9
2 Lens 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Olympique Lyonnais 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
5 Clermont 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -2 6
6 Toulouse 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
7 Brest 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
8 Lorient 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Rennes 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
11 Monaco 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
12 Lille 3 1 1 1 6 9 2 1 0 1 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
13 Montpellier 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 3
14 Strasbourg 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Nantes 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
16 Nice 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
18 Ajaccio 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
19 Reims 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
20 Troyes 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 7 -7 0
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 PSG 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

Nice:
Olympique Marseille:
Table
  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 3 3 0 0 17 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 9
2 Lens 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Olympique Lyonnais 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
5 Clermont 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -2 6
6 Toulouse 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
7 Brest 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
8 Lorient 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Rennes 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
11 Monaco 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
12 Lille 3 1 1 1 6 9 2 1 0 1 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
13 Montpellier 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 3
14 Strasbourg 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Nantes 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
16 Nice 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
18 Ajaccio 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
19 Reims 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
20 Troyes 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 7 -7 0

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