Football tips: Olympique Marseille vs Nice - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 26.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

Olympique Marseille and Nice are both riding high in the Ligue 1 with their 2nd and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 14 Ligue 1 games here at Orange Vélodrome for Olympique Marseille. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Olympique, who played 2-2 against Amiens SC. That match was also played at this venue (Orange Vélodrome). A strong away win before that one, visiting Nimes and winning 3-2.

A disappointing finish for Olympique in their match versus Amiens SC as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

A decent goal production from Olympique in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Olympique Marseille have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Nice form and stats

There's been little loot from Nice's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Ligue 1. Nice only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

Nice go into this game after a win, the home game against Monaco that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bordeaux.

The end of the last match, against Monaco, was very satisfying as Kasper Dolberg scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Nice have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Nice have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nice - Olympique 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique Marseille 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

OlympiqueD. Benedetto
D. Benedetto
11 goals
NiceK. Dolberg
K. Dolberg
11 goals
Olympique MarseilleD. Payet
D. Payet
9 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Nice missing players

Olympique Marseille Nice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 2 13 28
16 8 1 Won W 1 3 11
8 4 1 Drew D 1 4 8
4 2 1 Lost L 0 6 9
41 21 3 Scored S 3 13 41
29 14 4 Conceded C 2 18 38
86% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 89%
46% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 61%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 25%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
54% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 79%
39% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 14%
21% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 11%
 
5.4 6.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.3 4.7
4 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.3 5.8
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.1
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
379 218 37 Total Shots T S 14 134 338
114 62 8 Shots on Target S O 8 51 128
36% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
  • Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • 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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Etienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nimes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

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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.