There's seemingly a noteworthy gulf in quality between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Olympique Marseille leading Ajaccio by 19 points.
- Olympique Marseille have not yet lost a game.
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (5) in Ligue 1
The hosts Olympique saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Stade Vélodrome. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ajaccio have had more rest.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The overall Ligue 1 results at home this season for Olympique Marseille are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Olympique Marseille's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at their home, finishing 4-1 vs Sporting CP. The home team hope to to continue in that form. The attacking player Harit was declared "man of the match" for Olympique Marseille with a rating of 8.41/10. Harit scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 33 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Angers SCO with a 3-0 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Olympique Marseille after this match as they are travelling to Sporting CP for a Champions League game in only four days.
Olympique have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ajaccio form and stats
Playing away, Ajaccio have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Clermont with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Coutadeur got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, top player of the team. Coutadeur hit one key pass and had 74 successful passes (of 83 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Brest at their stadium, the result 1-0.The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ajaccio struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Marseille have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Ajaccio.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sánchez Sánchez 4 goals |  L. Suárez 3 goals |  N. Varela Tavares 3 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Ajaccio missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Ajaccio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 2.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.3 | 16.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.2 | 10 |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 31% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 21% |
| 12.3 | 10.2 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.8 | 10.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5 | 4.3 |
- Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (5) in Ligue 1
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 1
- Ajaccio have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Ajaccio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Olympique Marseille have not yet lost a game.
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympique Marseille have scored in all their matches so far.
- Olympique Marseille have scored more than double the goals of Ajaccio.
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Lorient | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Monaco | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Rennes | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Clermont | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Troyes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Nice | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Auxerre | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 15 | Angers SCO | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Nantes | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Reims | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Brest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
