Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Orange Velodrome clash with Nîmes, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 1 table.
The visiting Nîmes played their last game only three days ago, a Coupe de la Ligue match.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Orange Velodrome as Olympique Marseille have scored 14 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Rennes game Olympique Marseille has been unbeatable here at Orange Velodrome producing five straight wins.
The home team returns to Orange Velodrome after sharing the points with Metz (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Olympique Marseille won a home game hosting Bordeaux (3-1).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Marseille home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
Olympique Marseille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Orange Velodrome with 14 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Olympique Marseille have conceded only 8 goals.
Nîmes form and stats
Nîmes have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-4-5 (9 played). Nîmes are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Toulouse fixture. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Nîmes's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The attacking players of Nîmes have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 299 minutes.
The manager B. Blaquart was unhappy after their last game, a Coupe de la Ligue match played at their home ground Stade des Costières. Nîmes suffered a 1-2 loss to Saint-Étienne (placed 11th). A loss against Nantes was the result prior to that, in a Ligue 1 home game.
You'll want to know how Nîmes managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nîmes as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. The Nîmes manager B. Blaquart has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Marseille-Nîmes H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Olympique Marseille 2 wins, Nîmes 1 win, 1 draw. 3 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
D. Benedetto
6 goals
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D. Payet
5 goals
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N. Radonjić
4 goals
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| Olympique Marseille | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 88% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 59% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 33% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 24% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 53% |
| 5.6 | 6.9 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 267 | 154 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 90 | 220 |
| 80 | 41 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 22 | 61 |
| 32% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 20% |
- Nîmes has the the worst goal difference (-14) away
- 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 have yet to win a game away.
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille have scored more than double the goals of Nîmes.
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Olympique Marseille is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 30 | 42 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Lille | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Rennes | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Nantes | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Reims | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 9 | Monaco | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Nice | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Brest | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Metz | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 12 |