Betting guide: Olympique Marseille favourite to beat Montpellier at Stade Vélodrome

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Fri 24.May
Match begins: 19:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Vélodrome (67394 seats)

Olympique Marseille and Montpellier are both riding high in the Ligue 1 with their 6th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

When playing at home, Olympique Marseille have managed 10 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 18 games. The Olympique Marseille manager R. Garcia might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Olympique Marseille are returning here after visiting Toulouse in a Ligue 1 game and winning with a 5-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Olympique Lyonnais with the scoreline 0-3.

A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 18 matches. Olympique Marseille have only conceded 17 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montpellier form and stats

As the visiting team Montpellier have produced an overall stat of 7-6-5 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Montpellier, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Montpellier's last game was the home draw against Nantes (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Saint-Étienne with the score of 1-0.

Montpellier are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Montpellier have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Montpellier - Olympique Marseille 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Olympique Marseille won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Montpellier has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

F. Thauvin
15 goals / 8 assists
A. Delort
14 goals / 7 assists
G. Laborde
11 goals / 4 assists

Olympique Marseille missing players

Montpellier missing players

Olympique Marseille Montpellier
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played 4 18 37
17 10 1 Won 1 7 15
7 4 0 Drew 1 6 14
13 4 3 Lost 2 5 8
59 30 3 Scored 4 22 53
52 17 7 Conceded 8 21 41
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 75% 89% 92%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 50% 67% 76%
59% 50% 50% Over 2.5 50% 44% 46%
35% 28% 0% Over 3.5 50% 22% 24%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 50% 11% 11%
57% 39% 25% BTTS 50% 56% 57%
30% 50% 25% Clean Sheets 50% 28% 32%
16% 17% 50% Failed To Score 25% 28% 19%
 
5.9 6 5.2 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3.7 4.3
3.9 3.4 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 7 5.4 4.6
2.2 2.3 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 1.7 1.6
7 4 2 Red Cards 1 4 4

Olympique Marseille
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-03-19 L1 PSG 3 - 1 Olympique Marseille
30-03-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 2 - 2 Angers SCO
05-04-19 L1 Bordeaux 2 - 0 Olympique Marseille
13-04-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 2 - 1 Nîmes
20-04-19 L1 Guingamp 1 - 3 Olympique Marseille
28-04-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 2 Nantes
03-05-19 L1 Strasbourg 1 - 1 Olympique Marseille
12-05-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 0 - 3 Olympique Lyonnais
18-05-19 L1 Toulouse 2 - 5 Olympique Marseille
24-05-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:05 Montpellier
Montpellier
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-03-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 2 Montpellier
03-04-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 0 Guingamp
07-04-19 L1 Nice 1 - 0 Montpellier
14-04-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 1 Toulouse
20-04-19 L1 Strasbourg 1 - 3 Montpellier
30-04-19 L1 Montpellier 3 - 2 PSG
05-05-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 1 Amiens SC
10-05-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 0 - 1 Montpellier
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 1 Nantes
24-05-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:05 Montpellier

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 37 29 4 4 104 32 19 17 2 0 63 10 18 12 2 4 41 22 72 91
2 Lille 37 22 9 6 67 30 19 13 4 2 42 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 37 75
3 Olympique Lyonnais 37 20 9 8 67 45 19 12 4 3 38 19 18 8 5 5 29 26 22 69
4 Saint-Étienne 37 19 8 10 58 40 19 13 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 24 26 18 65
5 Montpellier 37 15 14 8 53 41 19 8 8 3 31 20 18 7 6 5 22 21 12 59
6 Olympique Marseille 37 17 7 13 59 52 18 10 4 4 30 17 19 7 3 9 29 35 7 58
7 Nîmes 37 15 8 14 55 55 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 3 10 27 38 0 53
8 Nice 37 14 11 12 28 35 18 9 4 5 17 14 19 5 7 7 11 21 -7 53
9 Reims 37 12 16 9 36 41 18 7 7 4 18 17 19 5 9 5 18 24 -5 52
10 Rennes 37 12 13 12 52 51 18 7 7 4 24 17 19 5 6 8 28 34 1 49
11 Nantes 37 13 9 15 48 47 18 9 4 5 35 23 19 4 5 10 13 24 1 48
12 Strasbourg 37 10 16 11 57 48 19 6 8 5 31 25 18 4 8 6 26 23 9 46
13 Angers SCO 37 10 15 12 43 48 18 5 8 5 23 21 19 5 7 7 20 27 -5 45
14 Bordeaux 37 9 11 17 33 42 19 7 6 6 24 21 18 2 5 11 9 21 -9 38
15 Toulouse 37 8 14 15 34 55 19 4 9 6 20 26 18 4 5 9 14 29 -21 38
16 Monaco 37 8 12 17 38 55 19 4 6 9 19 29 18 4 6 8 19 26 -17 36
17 Amiens SC 37 8 11 18 29 51 18 6 5 7 18 21 19 2 6 11 11 30 -22 35
18 Caen 37 7 12 18 29 53 18 4 5 9 16 26 19 3 7 9 13 27 -24 33
19 Dijon 37 8 7 22 29 59 18 5 4 9 16 28 19 3 3 13 13 31 -30 31
20 Guingamp 37 5 12 20 27 66 19 3 7 9 16 27 18 2 5 11 11 39 -39 27

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