Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Olympique Marseille welcomes Nîmes

Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Vélodrome (67394 seats)

Olympique Marseille perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Nîmes can look both up and down from their 10th position.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille are steadily winning games and points here at Stade Vélodrome. 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

In their previous game, the manager R. Garcia led his Olympique Marseille to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Bordeaux. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Vélodrome. In the match before that, Olympique Marseille hosted Angers SCO and drew the game 2-2.

The Olympique Marseille fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 matches. Olympique Marseille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Vélodrome, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Nîmes playing as the away team this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on B. Blaquart, the Nîmes manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Nîmes won their last game, 3-1 versus Rennes played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Caen.

Nîmes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 15 games. Nîmes have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nîmes - Olympique Marseille 3-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Olympique Marseille 1 win, 1 draw and Nîmes 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

F. Thauvin
13 goals / 6 assists
M. Balotelli
7 goals
A. Bobichon
6 goals / 1 assists

Olympique Marseille missing players

Nîmes missing players

Olympique Marseille Nîmes
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
47 27 Scored 21 46
42 11 Conceded 29 45
97% 93% Over 0.5 100% 94%
84% 80% Over 1.5 87% 77%
55% 40% Over 2.5 67% 55%
35% 33% Over 3.5 33% 35%
13% 7% Over 4.5 20% 16%
52% 33% Both teams to score 47% 48%
35% 60% Clean Sheet 13% 26%
16% 13% Failed To Score 40% 32%
Key stats this season:
  • Nîmes hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nîmes is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 30 26 3 1 89 18 16 15 1 0 55 8 14 11 2 1 34 10 71 81
2 Lille 31 18 7 6 49 27 15 9 4 2 26 10 16 9 3 4 23 17 22 61
3 Olympique Lyonnais 31 16 8 7 52 38 16 10 3 3 30 16 15 6 5 4 22 22 14 56
4 Saint-Étienne 31 14 8 9 45 37 15 10 2 3 26 13 16 4 6 6 19 24 8 50
5 Olympique Marseille 31 14 6 11 47 42 15 9 4 2 27 11 16 5 2 9 20 31 5 48
6 Nice 31 13 8 10 23 29 15 8 3 4 13 12 16 5 5 6 10 17 -6 47
7 Reims 31 11 14 6 32 32 16 7 7 2 18 12 15 4 7 4 14 20 0 47
8 Montpellier 31 11 12 8 42 35 15 6 6 3 24 15 16 5 6 5 18 20 7 45
9 Strasbourg 31 10 13 8 51 37 15 6 6 3 26 16 16 4 7 5 25 21 14 43
10 Nîmes 31 12 7 12 46 45 16 7 5 4 25 16 15 5 2 8 21 29 1 43
11 Rennes 31 11 9 11 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 14 16 4 5 7 22 29 0 42
12 Bordeaux 31 9 11 11 30 31 16 7 6 3 22 16 15 2 5 8 8 15 -1 38
13 Angers SCO 31 8 14 9 38 38 16 5 7 4 21 18 15 3 7 5 17 20 0 38
14 Toulouse 31 8 11 12 29 44 16 4 7 5 16 19 15 4 4 7 13 25 -15 35
15 Nantes 30 8 7 15 33 39 14 5 4 5 24 18 16 3 3 10 9 21 -6 31
16 Amiens SC 31 8 7 16 26 45 16 6 3 7 18 21 15 2 4 9 8 24 -19 31
17 Monaco 31 7 10 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 15 26 15 4 5 6 16 20 -15 31
18 Dijon 31 6 6 19 24 48 15 3 3 9 11 25 16 3 3 10 13 23 -24 24
19 Caen 31 4 11 16 24 46 15 2 5 8 12 23 16 2 6 8 12 23 -22 23
20 Guingamp 31 5 8 18 20 54 16 3 5 8 13 22 15 2 3 10 7 32 -34 23

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