Ligue 1 preview: Can Olympique Marseille edge out victory against Montpellier?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67394 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Ligue 1 so far, with Olympique Marseille placed 4th and Montpellier sitting in the 11th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Only two Ligue 1 home games for Olympique Marseille so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Happy days for Olympique Marseille in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Monaco (placed 19th) that ended with a 4-3 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Saint-Etienne in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique Marseille handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D3-L1.

The manager André Villas-Boas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dijon in only three days.

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

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Montpellier form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Montpellier have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Montpellier won their last game, 2-1 versus Nice played at home. Prior to that match, the Montpellier manager M. Der Zakarian faced defeat when travelling to Nantes and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Montpellier have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W1-D4-L3.

A quick return to home after this game, as Montpellier are hosting Nîmes in the Ligue 1 only four days away.

1 goal so far away for Montpellier, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 3 - 3 (Olympique Marseille wins - draws - Montpellier wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Benedetto
4 goals
D. Payet
2 goals
A. Delort
2 goals / 1 assists

Olympique Marseille missing players

Montpellier missing players

Olympique Marseille Montpellier
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs top Away Total
5 2 2 Played 1 2 5
3 1 1 Won 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
1 1 1 Lost 1 1 2
7 1 1 Scored 0 1 4
6 2 2 Conceded 1 2 4
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 50% Over 1.5 0% 50% 40%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 50% Failed to Score 100% 50% 40%
 
4 5 5 Corners For (avg) 2 3.5 6
5.2 4.5 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.5 2.6
2.6 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.5 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Montpellier have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Montpellier have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Montpellier have yet to win a game away.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympique Marseille have won significantly more corners at home than away.
Olympique Marseille Last season Montpellier
Total Home   Statistics   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
18 11   Won   7 15
7 4   Drew   6 14
13 4   Lost   6 9
60 31   Scored   22 53
52 17   Conceded   22 42
97% 95%   Over 0.5   89% 92%
84% 79%   Over 1.5   63% 74%
58% 47%   Over 2.5   42% 45%
34% 26%   Over 3.5   21% 24%
13% 5%   Over 4.5   11% 11%
55% 37%   BTTS   53% 55%
32% 53%   Clean Sheets   26% 32%
16% 16%   Failed to Score   32% 21%
 
5.9 6.1   Corners For (avg)   4.2 4.5
4.1 3.9   Corners Against (avg)   5.5 4.7
2.2 2.3   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.6 1.6
8 5   Red Cards   4 4

Olympique Marseille
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 0 - 2 Reims
17-08-19 L1 Nantes 0 - 0 Olympique Marseille
28-08-19 L1 Nice 1 - 2 Olympique Marseille
01-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 0 Saint-Etienne
15-09-19 L1 Monaco 3 - 4 Olympique Marseille
21-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 15:30 Montpellier
24-09-19 L1 Dijon 17:00 Olympique Marseille
29-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:00 Rennes
04-10-19 L1 Amiens SC 18:45 Olympique Marseille
19-10-19 L1 Olympique Marseille - Strasbourg
Montpellier
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 L1 Montpellier 0 - 1 Rennes
17-08-19 L1 Bordeaux 1 - 1 Montpellier
27-08-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais
31-08-19 L1 Nantes 1 - 0 Montpellier
14-09-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 1 Nice
21-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 15:30 Montpellier
25-09-19 L1 Montpellier 17:00 Nîmes
29-09-19 L1 Strasbourg 13:00 Montpellier
05-10-19 L1 Montpellier 18:00 Monaco
19-10-19 L1 Reims - Montpellier

  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 5 4 0 1 11 2 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 9 12
2 Rennes 5 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 10
3 Nantes 5 3 1 1 5 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 10
4 Olympique Marseille 5 3 1 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 10
5 Lille 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 9
6 Nice 5 3 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 9
7 Angers SCO 5 3 0 2 9 9 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 9
8 Olympique Lyonnais 5 2 2 1 12 4 2 1 1 0 7 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 8 8
9 Bordeaux 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 8
10 Reims 5 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 7
11 Montpellier 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7
12 Saint-Étienne 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 7
13 Toulouse 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 3 8 -2 7
14 Brest 5 1 3 1 3 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -2 6
15 Nîmes 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 -1 5
16 Amiens SC 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 4
17 Metz 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 6 -4 4
18 Strasbourg 5 0 3 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 -3 3
19 Monaco 5 0 2 3 7 14 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 2 5 -7 2
20 Dijon 5 0 1 4 1 7 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 1

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