Olympique Marseille favourites for feisty fight facing Brest

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

6th position in the Ligue 1 table for Olympique Marseille so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 13th-placed Brest visits Orange Vélodrome.

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 1. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rennes, was also a home game here at Orange Vélodrome. The away team is better rested.

It's quite the trip for Brest when visiting Olympique as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

Olympique's previous game was a Ligue 1 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Rennes (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Canet Roussillon in the Coupe de France.

Manager J. Sampaoli Moya felt very clever after Michaël Cuisance scored the winning goal against Rennes, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 81st minute.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, four draws and three defeats.

Olympique has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. On the other hand, Olympique have conceded 17 goals.

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Brest form and stats

Brest have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-3-9 (14 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Coupe de France home defeat versus Paris Saint Germain with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Before that, Brest secured a home win against Dijon with the score 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Brest have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were zero victories, three draws and nine defeats.

The attacking power of Brest when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Brest have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Brest - Olympique Marseille 2-3 earlier this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Olympique won five, Brest won one and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
8 goals
OlympiqueF. Thauvin
F. Thauvin
7 goals
BrestI. Cardona
I. Cardona
7 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Brest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Marseille Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
11 6 3 Won W 0 2 10
9 4 2 Drew D 2 3 4
8 4 0 Lost L 3 9 14
35 20 9 Scored S 3 13 42
32 17 5 Conceded C 9 25 50
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 96%
75% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 86%
39% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 57% 71%
25% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 46%
7% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 25%
61% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 61%
25% 7% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 18%
21% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 43% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.3 1.6
8 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.2 11.1 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 10.7 11.9
3.1 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.1 4
40% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Lille 28 18 8 2 49 17 15 9 5 1 24 8 13 9 3 1 25 9 32 62
2 Paris Saint Germain 28 19 3 6 62 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 14 9 2 3 28 9 45 60
3 Olympique Lyonnais 28 17 8 3 56 25 14 9 3 2 29 12 14 8 5 1 27 13 31 59
4 Monaco 28 17 4 7 56 38 14 9 4 1 32 17 14 8 0 6 24 21 18 55
5 Lens 28 12 8 8 42 39 13 5 4 4 19 18 15 7 4 4 23 21 3 44
6 Olympique Marseille 28 11 9 8 35 32 14 6 4 4 20 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 3 42
7 Metz 28 11 8 9 33 27 14 5 4 5 16 14 14 6 4 4 17 13 6 41
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 44 47 15 6 2 7 27 29 13 5 5 3 17 18 -3 40
9 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 33 42 13 5 2 6 15 19 15 6 4 5 18 23 -9 39
10 Rennes 28 10 8 10 33 32 14 5 3 6 16 19 14 5 5 4 17 13 1 38
11 Nice 28 10 5 13 35 40 14 4 2 8 16 25 14 6 3 5 19 15 -5 35
12 Reims 28 8 10 10 34 35 13 4 5 4 11 12 15 4 5 6 23 23 -1 34
13 Brest 28 10 4 14 42 50 14 8 1 5 29 25 14 2 3 9 13 25 -8 34
14 Strasbourg 28 9 6 13 36 41 14 4 4 6 15 17 14 5 2 7 21 24 -5 33
15 Bordeaux 28 9 6 13 28 34 15 5 4 6 13 15 13 4 2 7 15 19 -6 33
16 Saint-Etienne 28 7 9 12 29 42 14 3 6 5 14 21 14 4 3 7 15 21 -13 30
17 Lorient 28 7 6 15 34 52 14 6 1 7 21 26 14 1 5 8 13 26 -18 27
18 Nimes 28 7 4 17 27 54 14 3 2 9 16 28 14 4 2 8 11 26 -27 25
19 Nantes 28 4 12 12 28 44 14 2 7 5 14 22 14 2 5 7 14 22 -16 24
20 Dijon 28 2 9 17 19 47 14 0 6 8 4 18 14 2 3 9 15 29 -28 15

Olympique Marseille:
Brest:
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 Lille 28 18 8 2 49 17 15 9 5 1 24 8 13 9 3 1 25 9 32 62
2 Paris Saint Germain 28 19 3 6 62 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 14 9 2 3 28 9 45 60
3 Olympique Lyonnais 28 17 8 3 56 25 14 9 3 2 29 12 14 8 5 1 27 13 31 59
4 Monaco 28 17 4 7 56 38 14 9 4 1 32 17 14 8 0 6 24 21 18 55
5 Lens 28 12 8 8 42 39 13 5 4 4 19 18 15 7 4 4 23 21 3 44
6 Olympique Marseille 28 11 9 8 35 32 14 6 4 4 20 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 3 42
7 Metz 28 11 8 9 33 27 14 5 4 5 16 14 14 6 4 4 17 13 6 41
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 44 47 15 6 2 7 27 29 13 5 5 3 17 18 -3 40
9 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 33 42 13 5 2 6 15 19 15 6 4 5 18 23 -9 39
10 Rennes 28 10 8 10 33 32 14 5 3 6 16 19 14 5 5 4 17 13 1 38
11 Nice 28 10 5 13 35 40 14 4 2 8 16 25 14 6 3 5 19 15 -5 35
12 Reims 28 8 10 10 34 35 13 4 5 4 11 12 15 4 5 6 23 23 -1 34
13 Brest 28 10 4 14 42 50 14 8 1 5 29 25 14 2 3 9 13 25 -8 34
14 Strasbourg 28 9 6 13 36 41 14 4 4 6 15 17 14 5 2 7 21 24 -5 33
15 Bordeaux 28 9 6 13 28 34 15 5 4 6 13 15 13 4 2 7 15 19 -6 33
16 Saint-Etienne 28 7 9 12 29 42 14 3 6 5 14 21 14 4 3 7 15 21 -13 30
17 Lorient 28 7 6 15 34 52 14 6 1 7 21 26 14 1 5 8 13 26 -18 27
18 Nimes 28 7 4 17 27 54 14 3 2 9 16 28 14 4 2 8 11 26 -27 25
19 Nantes 28 4 12 12 28 44 14 2 7 5 14 22 14 2 5 7 14 22 -16 24
20 Dijon 28 2 9 17 19 47 14 0 6 8 4 18 14 2 3 9 15 29 -28 15

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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.