Football betting preview: Olympique Marseille vs Paris Saint Germain

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 22.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

The Olympique Marseille & Paris Saint Germain managers L. Pina Cabral Villas-Boas and T. Tuchel are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille have performed here at Orange Vélodrome this season with 8 wins from 14 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.

Olympique Marseille drew their last game, also a home match. Amiens SC (placed 19th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Before that match, a win away at Nîmes.

Opportunity lost for Olympique Marseille in the Amiens SC match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Olympique Marseille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Orange Vélodrome with 21 goals in 14 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paris Saint Germain, who have the most scored goals (75) in Ligue 1, collect 31 points from their 13 away matches in the Ligue 1. 10 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Paris Saint Germain who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dijon. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dijon game have they lost an away game, meaning Paris Saint Germain has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Paris Saint Germain play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Olympique Lyonnais (placed 7th). Before that, Paris Saint Germain secured a home win against Dijon with the score 4-0.

As mentioned above, Paris Saint Germain was the only team on the pitch versus Olympique Lyonnais in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Kylian Mbappé's lethal finishing against Olympique Lyonnais. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Paris Saint Germain are regular goalscorers on their travels. 13 goals have been conceded by Paris Saint Germain in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Paris Saint Germain - Olympique Marseille 4-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Olympique Marseille won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Paris Saint Germain has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
18 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
12 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
12 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Marseille Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 13 27
16 8 1 Won W 2 10 22
8 4 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
41 21 3 Scored S 7 31 75
29 14 4 Conceded C 3 13 24
86% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 89%
46% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 69% 70%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 52%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 23% 30%
54% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 44%
39% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 52%
21% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
5.4 6.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 6.5 6.7
4 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.3 3.6
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.9
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
379 218 37 Total Shots T S 47 230 461
114 62 8 Shots on Target S O 18 99 201
36% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 31% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most points (31) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (31) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (75)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+18) away
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+51)
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paris Saint Germain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris Saint Germain 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 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 27 14 5 8 33 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 9 47
4 Lille 27 14 4 9 34 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 7 46
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 27 11 7 9 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 16 40
8 Montpellier 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 10 2 2 26 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 6 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 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
13 Bordeaux 27 9 9 9 39 33 13 4 5 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 36
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-Étienne 27 8 5 14 28 44 13 4 5 4 14 17 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 29
18 Nîmes 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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  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 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 27 14 5 8 33 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 9 47
4 Lille 27 14 4 9 34 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 7 46
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 27 11 7 9 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 16 40
8 Montpellier 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 10 2 2 26 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 6 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 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
13 Bordeaux 27 9 9 9 39 33 13 4 5 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 36
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-Étienne 27 8 5 14 28 44 13 4 5 4 14 17 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 29
18 Nîmes 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.