The Olympique Marseille & Lens managers Tudor and Haise are both afraid of and looking forward to this important game in the top regions of the Ligue 1 standings.
- Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
These teams have little in common geographically as Lens have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade Vélodrome. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
Olympique Marseille faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paris Saint Germain (0-1). Olympique Marseille's goalkeeper López was extremely busy against Paris Saint Germain, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
Before that, a fine away win at Sporting CP. A Champions League game. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympique Marseille as they are travelling to their away game against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League. That match is four days after this one.
The Olympique Marseille fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches.
Lens form and stats
1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lens in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Lens go into this game after a win, the home game against Montpellier that ended 1-0. Saïd came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Montpellier last time out, making the manager Haise feel like a tactical genius. Danso, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Danso hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Lille before that.We have checked recent matches where Lens have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 6 league matches in a row with this club have had at most two goals.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Olympique Marseille won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Lens got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 6 goals |   A. Sánchez Sánchez 4 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Lens missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 55% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 27% |
| 6 | 7.7 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.6 | 16 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.6 | 14.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 29% | 35% |
| 12.9 | 9.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.4 | 10.1 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Lens have scored away.
- Olympique Marseille have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 29 |
| 2 | Lorient | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Lens | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 6 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Lille | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Clermont | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Troyes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Nice | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Nantes | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Reims | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 20 | Brest | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
