Struggling Nîmes will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympique Marseille in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Nîmes form and stats
6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Nîmes have to build on here at Stade des Costières in the Ligue 1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade des Costières after three straight home wins.
Nîmes lost their last game at Rennes (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Nîmes had a home game versus Angers SCO which ended with a victory 1-0.
Paul Bernardoni had a busy but productive day in the Rennes match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Nîmes have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Ligue 1, on their Ligue 1 travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Paris Saint Germain game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympique Marseille has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Olympique Marseille failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Nantes (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Lille with the score of 2-1.
Olympique Marseille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Olympique Marseille have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Olympique Marseille - Nîmes 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Nîmes won one game, one match ended with a draw and Olympique Marseille has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneTop Goalscorers
  D. Payet 8 goals | D. Benedetto 8 goals |   R. Philippoteaux 5 goals |
Nîmes missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Nîmes | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 36 |
| 39 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 77% | 85% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | 73% |
| 50% | 31% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 38% | 42% |
| 31% | 15% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 42% | 31% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 50% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 54% | 42% |
| 38% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 31% | 23% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 327 | 191 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 148 | 355 |
| 100 | 61 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 48 | 106 |
| 26% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | 34% |
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille has the most clean sheets (7) away
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 47 | 65 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 52 |
| 3 | Rennes | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
| 4 | Lille | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Monaco | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 39 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 37 |
| 8 | Reims | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 37 |
| 10 | Nice | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 37 |
| 11 | Nantes | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 35 |
| 13 | Brest | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 33 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 29 |
| 16 | Metz | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 28 |
| 17 | Dijon | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -13 | 27 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 22 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -33 | 13 |