The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Olympique Marseille leading Nîmes by 20 points. Match preview to follow:
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nîmes has the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 1
Olympique have less rest than Nîmes in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super Cup game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Paris Saint Germain, so at least Olympique Marseille are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Olympique Marseille are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Olympique are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Paris Saint Germain. Before that, Olympique played out a Ligue 1 draw 0-0 when visiting Dijon.
Olympique are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Olympique as they have a new game in only four days, a Ligue 1 match thankfully also at home. Lens are visiting.
A decent goal production from Olympique in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Olympique's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nîmes form and stats
Nîmes, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 1, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-2-5 (9 played). Recent form does not give Nîmes much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Olympique Marseille will be a tough nut to crack.
Nîmes have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 239 minutes ago. M. Ahlinvi was the goal scorer.
The manager J. Arpinon was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade des Costières. Nîmes suffered a 0-1 loss to Lille (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, the Nîmes manager J. Arpinon faced defeat when travelling to Strasbourg and losing 0-5.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nîmes played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
The attacking power of Nîmes when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Nîmes have conceded 17 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nîmes - Olympique 0-2 earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Olympique Marseille won five, Nîmes won one and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Thauvin 6 goals |  D. Payet 3 goals |  D. Benedetto 3 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
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| Olympique Marseille | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 95% |
| 76% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 74% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 65% | 88% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 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 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9.6 | 11.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | 9.7 |
| 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 42% | 40% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 24% |
- All of Olympique Marseille's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nîmes has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the the worst goal difference (-26) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nîmes is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- 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 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nîmes have scored 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 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 39 |
| 3 | Lille | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Monaco | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Rennes | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Lens | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Brest | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Metz | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | Nice | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 21 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Dijon | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -26 | 12 |