Ligue 1 prediction and preview: Olympique Lyonnais modest favorites to beat Olympique Marseille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium (59186 seats)

The Ligue 1 season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique Marseille promises to be an interesting one.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Only two Ligue 1 home games for Olympique Lyonnais so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Olympique, who played 0-0 against Nîmes. That match was also played at this venue (Groupama Stadium). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Montpellier.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Olympique have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost one.

Olympique Lyonnais has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille are yet to lose a point on their Ligue 1 travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Olympique delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Metz (placed 16th) in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lille.

Olympique are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

Olympique Marseille have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

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

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Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 2 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 4 0 Scored S 4 4 6
3 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 6
50% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 80%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 20%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 20%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 20%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 60%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 20%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 6 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
80 39 0 Total Shots T S 13 13 53
21 10 0 Shots on Target S O 7 7 13
24% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 57% 46%
Olympique Lyonnais Last season Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 13   Played P   14 28
11 5   Won W   8 16
7 4   Drew D   4 8
10 4   Lost L   2 4
42 17   Scored S   20 41
27 7   Conceded C   15 29
93% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 86%
68% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 75%
46% 23%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 46%
21% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 29%
11% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 7%
43% 23%   BTTS BTTS   43% 54%
32% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 39%
32% 46%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
4 2   Red cards R C   0 3
 
354 166   Total Shots T S   161 379
137 66   Shots on Target S O   52 114
31% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 36%

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

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.