Can Olympique Marseille beat Nice in Orange Vélodrome clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Olympique Marseille fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Nice.

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille have collected 15 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-3-4. With Olympique having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager N. Larguet.

Olympique manager N. Larguet and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Bordeaux (placed 11th) in the Ligue 1. In the game before, an away victory in the Coupe de France match versus Auxerre with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique Marseille handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and three defeats.

There will be little rest for Olympique Marseille after this match as they are travelling to Nantes for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.

Olympique are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Olympique have conceded 14 goals.

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Nice form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Nice have produced an overall stat of 5-3-4 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Nice have lost on their last two travels.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Nice, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus PSG (placed 2nd). Prior to that result Nice won their away game at Nimes in the Coupe de France. The scoreline was 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Nice have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, five draws and seven defeats.

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

Nice have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Nice as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique six wins, one draw and Nice three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleF. Thauvin
F. Thauvin
7 goals
NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
7 goals
OlympiqueD. Benedetto
D. Benedetto
4 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Nice missing players

Olympique Marseille Nice
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 6 12 24
9 4 1 Won W 1 5 8
7 3 0 Drew D 3 3 5
7 4 2 Lost L 2 4 11
29 15 4 Scored S 5 15 28
26 14 5 Conceded C 6 11 33
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 92%
74% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 79%
43% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 58%
26% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
61% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 50%
26% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 29%
22% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.1
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 11.4 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.9 10
3.2 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.2
40% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 25 16 7 2 42 15 13 8 4 1 21 7 12 8 3 1 21 8 27 55
2 PSG 25 17 3 5 57 15 13 10 1 2 34 6 12 7 2 3 23 9 42 54
3 Olympique Lyonnais 25 15 7 3 51 22 13 8 3 2 28 12 12 7 4 1 23 10 29 52
4 Monaco 25 15 4 6 52 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 12 7 0 5 22 20 15 49
5 Rennes 24 10 8 6 31 26 13 5 3 5 15 17 11 5 5 1 16 9 5 38
6 Lens 25 10 7 8 35 34 12 4 4 4 17 17 13 6 3 4 18 17 1 37
7 Metz 25 9 8 8 29 24 13 5 4 4 16 13 12 4 4 4 13 11 5 35
8 Montpellier 25 10 5 10 41 45 13 5 1 7 24 27 12 5 4 3 17 18 -4 35
9 Angers SCO 25 10 4 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 13 5 3 5 17 23 -10 34
10 Olympique Marseille 22 9 6 7 29 26 11 4 3 4 15 14 11 5 3 3 14 12 3 33
11 Bordeaux 24 9 5 10 27 29 12 5 3 4 12 12 12 4 2 6 15 17 -2 32
12 Brest 25 9 4 12 37 44 12 7 1 4 24 21 13 2 3 8 13 23 -7 31
13 Reims 25 7 8 10 31 33 12 4 4 4 11 12 13 3 4 6 20 21 -2 29
14 Nice 24 8 5 11 28 33 12 3 2 7 13 22 12 5 3 4 15 11 -5 29
15 Saint-Etienne 25 7 8 10 25 36 12 3 5 4 11 17 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 29
16 Strasbourg 25 8 4 13 34 40 12 3 3 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 28
17 Lorient 24 6 5 13 30 45 12 5 1 6 18 21 12 1 4 7 12 24 -15 23
18 Nantes 25 4 10 11 25 40 12 2 6 4 12 19 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 22
19 Nimes 24 5 3 16 22 51 11 1 1 9 12 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -29 18
20 Dijon 25 2 9 14 17 38 13 0 6 7 4 14 12 2 3 7 13 24 -21 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.