Olympique Marseille supporters put their faith in manager J. Sampaoli Moya to deliver victory against Lorient

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Olympique Marseille supporters in this Orange Vélodrome clash with Lorient, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 1 table.

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lorient have the most points from losing position (19) in Ligue 1

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Olympique Marseille's stadium, Orange Vélodrome, has a grass surface. Lorient have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lorient when playing on grass; 14 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses from 42 matches. They have scored 52 goals in these games and conceded 57.

It's quite the trip for Lorient when visiting Olympique as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

8-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Olympique Marseille so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Orange Vélodrome after three straight home wins.

Olympique travelled for their previous game, a trip to Montpellier that ended 3-3. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dijon.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Lucas Perrin was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Montpellier after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

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 15 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost three.

Olympique have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Orange Vélodrome with 25 goals in 16 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Lorient form and stats

Lorient have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-6-9 (16 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Lorient are travelling again after losing away to Lens in their previous match (1-4). Before that, Lorient secured a home win against Brest with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Lorient have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, two draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Lorient when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. As for defending, Lorient rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lorient - Olympique 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique Marseille six wins, three draws and Lorient one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LorientT. Moffi
T. Moffi
9 goals
Olympique MarseilleF. Thauvin
F. Thauvin
8 goals
LorientY. Wissa
Y. Wissa
7 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Marseille Lorient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
13 8 4 Won W 0 1 8
10 4 0 Drew D 1 6 8
9 4 1 Lost L 3 9 16
43 25 12 Scored S 3 15 38
39 18 5 Conceded C 12 31 58
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
78% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
44% 44% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 53%
28% 31% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 44% 41%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 22%
59% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 59%
25% 12% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
22% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.9
9 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.7 11.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.8 11.2
3.3 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.6
41% 41% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lorient have the most points from losing position (19) in Ligue 1
  • 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 32 20 9 3 53 19 16 9 5 2 25 10 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 69
2 PSG 32 21 3 8 71 23 16 10 1 5 35 11 16 11 2 3 36 12 48 66
3 Monaco 32 20 5 7 67 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 15 9 0 6 28 21 29 65
4 Olympique Lyonnais 32 18 10 4 63 31 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 7 1 29 15 32 64
5 Lens 32 14 10 8 51 44 16 6 6 4 26 22 16 8 4 4 25 22 7 52
6 Olympique Marseille 32 13 10 9 43 39 16 8 4 4 25 18 16 5 6 5 18 21 4 49
7 Rennes 32 13 9 10 40 35 16 7 3 6 18 19 16 6 6 4 22 16 5 48
8 Montpellier 32 12 10 10 52 53 17 7 3 7 33 33 15 5 7 3 19 20 -1 46
9 Nice 32 12 7 13 41 42 16 5 3 8 19 25 16 7 4 5 22 17 -1 43
10 Metz 32 11 9 12 36 38 16 5 4 7 17 19 16 6 5 5 19 19 -2 42
11 Angers SCO 32 11 8 13 34 47 15 5 3 7 16 21 17 6 5 6 18 26 -13 41
12 Reims 32 9 13 10 38 38 15 4 7 4 14 15 17 5 6 6 24 23 0 40
13 Saint-Etienne 32 10 9 13 36 47 16 4 6 6 18 26 16 6 3 7 18 21 -11 39
14 Strasbourg 32 10 6 16 41 50 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 2 8 24 27 -9 36
15 Bordeaux 32 10 6 16 35 45 16 5 4 7 15 18 16 5 2 9 20 27 -10 36
16 Brest 32 10 6 16 44 55 16 8 3 5 30 26 16 2 3 11 14 29 -11 36
17 Lorient 32 8 8 16 38 58 16 7 2 7 23 27 16 1 6 9 15 31 -20 32
18 Nimes 32 8 6 18 31 59 16 3 3 10 17 31 16 5 3 8 14 28 -28 30
19 Nantes 32 5 13 14 32 49 16 2 8 6 16 25 16 3 5 8 16 24 -17 28
20 Dijon 32 2 9 21 20 56 16 0 6 10 5 22 16 2 3 11 15 34 -36 15

Olympique Marseille:
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 32 20 9 3 53 19 16 9 5 2 25 10 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 69
2 PSG 32 21 3 8 71 23 16 10 1 5 35 11 16 11 2 3 36 12 48 66
3 Monaco 32 20 5 7 67 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 15 9 0 6 28 21 29 65
4 Olympique Lyonnais 32 18 10 4 63 31 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 7 1 29 15 32 64
5 Lens 32 14 10 8 51 44 16 6 6 4 26 22 16 8 4 4 25 22 7 52
6 Olympique Marseille 32 13 10 9 43 39 16 8 4 4 25 18 16 5 6 5 18 21 4 49
7 Rennes 32 13 9 10 40 35 16 7 3 6 18 19 16 6 6 4 22 16 5 48
8 Montpellier 32 12 10 10 52 53 17 7 3 7 33 33 15 5 7 3 19 20 -1 46
9 Nice 32 12 7 13 41 42 16 5 3 8 19 25 16 7 4 5 22 17 -1 43
10 Metz 32 11 9 12 36 38 16 5 4 7 17 19 16 6 5 5 19 19 -2 42
11 Angers SCO 32 11 8 13 34 47 15 5 3 7 16 21 17 6 5 6 18 26 -13 41
12 Reims 32 9 13 10 38 38 15 4 7 4 14 15 17 5 6 6 24 23 0 40
13 Saint-Etienne 32 10 9 13 36 47 16 4 6 6 18 26 16 6 3 7 18 21 -11 39
14 Strasbourg 32 10 6 16 41 50 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 2 8 24 27 -9 36
15 Bordeaux 32 10 6 16 35 45 16 5 4 7 15 18 16 5 2 9 20 27 -10 36
16 Brest 32 10 6 16 44 55 16 8 3 5 30 26 16 2 3 11 14 29 -11 36
17 Lorient 32 8 8 16 38 58 16 7 2 7 23 27 16 1 6 9 15 31 -20 32
18 Nimes 32 8 6 18 31 59 16 3 3 10 17 31 16 5 3 8 14 28 -28 30
19 Nantes 32 5 13 14 32 49 16 2 8 6 16 25 16 3 5 8 16 24 -17 28
20 Dijon 32 2 9 21 20 56 16 0 6 10 5 22 16 2 3 11 15 34 -36 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.