Soccer fixture preview: Home fans with big expectations before Olympique Marseille - Montpellier

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

Olympique Marseille are enjoying their 2nd, while Montpellier are dragging their feet 15 points behind in the league table. Will they cut the gap?

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

The hosts Olympique Marseille saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Orange Vélodrome. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Montpellier have had more rest.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Marseille at their home stadium (Orange Vélodrome) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Olympique Marseille's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 vs PAOK. The home side are looking to build on that result. The attacking player Payet won the honour of being "man of the match" for Olympique with a rating of 8.73/10. Payet scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Saint-Etienne with a 4-2 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympique Marseille as they are travelling to their away game against PAOK in the Europa Conference League. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Olympique in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Montpellier form and stats

Playing away, Montpellier have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Montpellier might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Brest proved too strong as Montpellier slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de la Mosson.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bordeaux at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The visiting Montpellier have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. Montpellier have conceded 22 goals in these games. More than 50 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Montpellier - Olympique 2-3. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Olympique Marseille won four games, five matches ended in a draw and Montpellier managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleD. Payet
D. Payet
10 goals
Olympique MarseilleC. Ünder
C. Ünder
8 goals
MontpellierS. Mavididi
S. Mavididi
8 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Marseille Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 14 30
16 6 0 Won W 1 5 12
8 5 2 Drew D 0 2 5
6 4 2 Lost L 4 7 13
49 24 5 Scored S 3 19 44
29 17 7 Conceded C 10 22 42
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
73% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 73%
40% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 47%
27% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 43% 40%
20% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 20%
53% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 50%
37% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 30%
20% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 21% 23%
 
6.1 6.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.9 4.7
4 3.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.7
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 2 6 8
 
13.4 14.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8 11.3
4.4 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 4.1
37% 38% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 46% 36%
 
8.8 8.7 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 20 19.6 16.1
3.1 3.6 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.3 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Montpellier have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 30 21 5 4 64 28 15 14 1 0 39 8 15 7 4 4 25 20 36 68
2 Olympique Marseille 30 16 8 6 49 29 15 6 5 4 24 17 15 10 3 2 25 12 20 56
3 Rennes 30 16 5 9 64 29 15 11 1 3 39 10 15 5 4 6 25 19 35 53
4 Strasbourg 30 14 9 7 51 32 15 9 3 3 29 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 19 51
5 Nice 30 15 7 8 40 24 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 51
6 Monaco 30 13 8 9 45 31 15 8 4 3 29 13 15 5 4 6 16 18 14 47
7 Lille 30 12 11 7 38 35 15 6 7 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 47
8 Nantes 30 13 6 11 39 33 15 9 2 4 24 14 15 4 4 7 15 19 6 45
9 Olympique Lyonnais 30 12 10 8 43 39 16 8 5 3 28 20 14 4 5 5 15 19 4 45
10 Lens 30 12 8 10 45 40 15 7 5 3 26 16 15 5 3 7 19 24 5 44
11 Montpellier 30 12 5 13 44 42 16 7 3 6 25 20 14 5 2 7 19 22 2 41
12 Brest 30 10 8 12 38 44 14 5 3 6 21 22 16 5 5 6 17 22 -6 38
13 Reims 30 8 12 10 32 32 14 4 6 4 18 13 16 4 6 6 14 19 0 36
14 Angers SCO 30 8 8 14 34 44 15 6 1 8 16 18 15 2 7 6 18 26 -10 32
15 Troyes 30 8 8 14 28 42 15 4 6 5 14 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -14 32
16 Lorient 30 6 10 14 25 48 14 4 5 5 11 14 16 2 5 9 14 34 -23 28
17 Clermont 30 7 7 16 30 54 15 3 5 7 16 22 15 4 2 9 14 32 -24 28
18 Saint-Etienne 30 6 9 15 31 55 16 3 6 7 20 31 14 3 3 8 11 24 -24 27
19 Metz 30 4 11 15 27 54 15 1 6 8 16 27 15 3 5 7 11 27 -27 23
20 Bordeaux 30 4 11 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 15 2 6 7 18 41 -32 23

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Montpellier:
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 PSG 30 21 5 4 64 28 15 14 1 0 39 8 15 7 4 4 25 20 36 68
2 Olympique Marseille 30 16 8 6 49 29 15 6 5 4 24 17 15 10 3 2 25 12 20 56
3 Rennes 30 16 5 9 64 29 15 11 1 3 39 10 15 5 4 6 25 19 35 53
4 Strasbourg 30 14 9 7 51 32 15 9 3 3 29 13 15 5 6 4 22 19 19 51
5 Nice 30 15 7 8 40 24 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 8 3 4 21 9 16 51
6 Monaco 30 13 8 9 45 31 15 8 4 3 29 13 15 5 4 6 16 18 14 47
7 Lille 30 12 11 7 38 35 15 6 7 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 19 3 47
8 Nantes 30 13 6 11 39 33 15 9 2 4 24 14 15 4 4 7 15 19 6 45
9 Olympique Lyonnais 30 12 10 8 43 39 16 8 5 3 28 20 14 4 5 5 15 19 4 45
10 Lens 30 12 8 10 45 40 15 7 5 3 26 16 15 5 3 7 19 24 5 44
11 Montpellier 30 12 5 13 44 42 16 7 3 6 25 20 14 5 2 7 19 22 2 41
12 Brest 30 10 8 12 38 44 14 5 3 6 21 22 16 5 5 6 17 22 -6 38
13 Reims 30 8 12 10 32 32 14 4 6 4 18 13 16 4 6 6 14 19 0 36
14 Angers SCO 30 8 8 14 34 44 15 6 1 8 16 18 15 2 7 6 18 26 -10 32
15 Troyes 30 8 8 14 28 42 15 4 6 5 14 14 15 4 2 9 14 28 -14 32
16 Lorient 30 6 10 14 25 48 14 4 5 5 11 14 16 2 5 9 14 34 -23 28
17 Clermont 30 7 7 16 30 54 15 3 5 7 16 22 15 4 2 9 14 32 -24 28
18 Saint-Etienne 30 6 9 15 31 55 16 3 6 7 20 31 14 3 3 8 11 24 -24 27
19 Metz 30 4 11 15 27 54 15 1 6 8 16 27 15 3 5 7 11 27 -27 23
20 Bordeaux 30 4 11 15 38 70 15 2 5 8 20 29 15 2 6 7 18 41 -32 23

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