Olympique Marseille vs Brest pre-match info: Guests in for a demanding job at Stade Vélodrome

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Vélodrome (67394 seats)

Here's another exciting match in the Ligue 1. Olympique Marseille is in the 6th spot from playing two fixtures. They host Brest who are placed 2nd from two games.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille have only played one Ligue 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

The home team returns to Stade Vélodrome after drawing with Metz (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Olympique Marseille manager Toral lay sleepless for hours after the game against Metz. The match ended a draw, but Olympique Marseille hit the posts three times. Sarr (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Sarr hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).

A home win before that one, as predicted. The team were huge favourites against Panathinaikos (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) and won 2-1.

Olympique Marseille has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Brest form and stats

Only one away game in the Ligue 1 so far for Brest and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 9 losses from 19 travels.

Brest play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Le Havre (placed 14th). Goalkeeper Bizot was absolutely vital in the Brest victory against Le Havre, making six saves. Castillo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.75. Castillo scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Lens.

It's early days yet, but Brest has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

BrestR. Del Castillo
R. Del Castillo
3 goals
Olympique MarseilleV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
2 goals
OlympiqueA. Ounahi
A. Ounahi
1 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Brest missing players

Olympique Marseille Brest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 0 2 5
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9.5 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.5
7 10 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.5
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 12.5
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6.5
44% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 38%
 
10.5 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 13
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 5
Olympique Marseille Last season Brest
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
22 10   Won W   4 11
7 4   Drew D   6 11
9 5   Lost L   9 16
67 35   Scored S   20 44
40 24   Conceded C   28 54
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
61% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
26% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 26%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
63% 79%   BTTS BTTS   63% 61%
26% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
13% 11%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
5.5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
4.1 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.1
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
4 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.8 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 11.6
5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%
 
11.6 11   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 13.1
3.9 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 6
2 Brest 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Rennes 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
4 Montpellier 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
5 Lille 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Olympique Marseille 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Reims 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Strasbourg 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
10 Nice 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Lorient 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 PSG 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Lens 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Metz 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Nantes 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Olympique Lyonnais 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Clermont 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 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 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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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.