Olympique Marseille vs Nantes pre-match info: Away team in for a back-breaking job at Orange Vélodrome

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

A quick look at the Ligue 1 table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Read our Olympique Marseille - Nantes guide!

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

Nantes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Olympique Marseille nor Nantes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Olympique Marseille have to build on here at Orange Vélodrome in the Ligue 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Olympique after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The supporters are hoping that Olympique Marseille will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Paris Saint Germain (placed 1st). Defender Ćaleta-Car got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Ćaleta-Car scored one goal and won 2 of 2 duels.

Olympique are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Reims awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. Olympique Marseille's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nantes form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Nantes have produced an overall stat of 4-5-7 so far.

Nantes played 1-1 against Angers SCO in their previous match. Cyprien got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Cyprien hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 49 successful passes (of 56 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Brest.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bordeaux in just four days.

Nantes have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nantes - Olympique 0-1 was the story when this pair of sides previously met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Olympique Marseille wins - draws - Nantes wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NantesR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
12 goals
Olympique MarseilleD. Payet
D. Payet
10 goals
OlympiqueC. Ünder
C. Ünder
9 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Marseille Nantes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
17 7 1 Won W 0 4 13
8 5 2 Drew D 1 5 8
7 4 2 Lost L 4 7 11
52 26 7 Scored S 3 16 41
31 17 7 Conceded C 8 20 35
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 66%
41% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 34%
25% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 28%
19% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
53% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 50%
38% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 25%
19% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 31%
 
5.8 6.2 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.4 5.2
4.1 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.2
1.6 1.2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13 14.6 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.2 11.4
4.3 4.2 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 4
38% 38% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 33% 32%
 
8.8 8.6 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.2 11.4
3.2 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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 Paris Saint Germain 32 23 5 4 72 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 16 8 4 4 31 21 42 74
2 Olympique Marseille 32 17 8 7 52 31 16 7 5 4 26 17 16 10 3 3 26 14 21 59
3 Rennes 32 17 5 10 69 34 16 11 1 4 41 13 16 6 4 6 28 21 35 56
4 Nice 32 16 7 9 42 28 16 8 4 4 21 16 16 8 3 5 21 12 14 54
5 Strasbourg 32 14 11 7 53 34 16 9 4 3 30 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 19 53
6 Monaco 32 15 8 9 50 34 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 53
7 Lens 32 14 8 10 50 41 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 9 50
8 Olympique Lyonnais 32 13 11 8 50 41 17 9 5 3 34 21 15 4 6 5 16 20 9 49
9 Lille 32 12 12 8 40 38 16 6 7 3 20 18 16 6 5 5 20 20 2 48
10 Nantes 32 13 8 11 41 35 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 47
11 Montpellier 32 12 6 14 44 44 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 42
12 Brest 32 10 9 13 40 47 15 5 4 6 22 23 17 5 5 7 18 24 -7 39
13 Reims 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 37
14 Angers SCO 32 8 10 14 36 46 16 6 2 8 17 19 16 2 8 6 19 27 -10 34
15 Troyes 32 8 9 15 30 45 16 4 7 5 15 15 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 33
16 Lorient 32 7 10 15 32 52 15 5 5 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -20 31
17 Saint-Étienne 32 7 9 16 35 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 15 3 3 9 13 30 -27 30
18 Clermont 32 7 8 17 32 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 16 4 3 9 15 33 -29 29
19 Bordeaux 32 5 11 16 42 77 16 3 5 8 23 30 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 26
20 Metz 32 4 12 16 29 58 16 1 7 8 17 28 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 24

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  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 32 23 5 4 72 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 16 8 4 4 31 21 42 74
2 Olympique Marseille 32 17 8 7 52 31 16 7 5 4 26 17 16 10 3 3 26 14 21 59
3 Rennes 32 17 5 10 69 34 16 11 1 4 41 13 16 6 4 6 28 21 35 56
4 Nice 32 16 7 9 42 28 16 8 4 4 21 16 16 8 3 5 21 12 14 54
5 Strasbourg 32 14 11 7 53 34 16 9 4 3 30 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 19 53
6 Monaco 32 15 8 9 50 34 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 16 53
7 Lens 32 14 8 10 50 41 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 9 50
8 Olympique Lyonnais 32 13 11 8 50 41 17 9 5 3 34 21 15 4 6 5 16 20 9 49
9 Lille 32 12 12 8 40 38 16 6 7 3 20 18 16 6 5 5 20 20 2 48
10 Nantes 32 13 8 11 41 35 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 6 47
11 Montpellier 32 12 6 14 44 44 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 24 0 42
12 Brest 32 10 9 13 40 47 15 5 4 6 22 23 17 5 5 7 18 24 -7 39
13 Reims 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 4 6 5 20 16 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 37
14 Angers SCO 32 8 10 14 36 46 16 6 2 8 17 19 16 2 8 6 19 27 -10 34
15 Troyes 32 8 9 15 30 45 16 4 7 5 15 15 16 4 2 10 15 30 -15 33
16 Lorient 32 7 10 15 32 52 15 5 5 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -20 31
17 Saint-Étienne 32 7 9 16 35 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 15 3 3 9 13 30 -27 30
18 Clermont 32 7 8 17 32 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 16 4 3 9 15 33 -29 29
19 Bordeaux 32 5 11 16 42 77 16 3 5 8 23 30 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 26
20 Metz 32 4 12 16 29 58 16 1 7 8 17 28 16 3 5 8 12 30 -29 24

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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.