The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Olympique Marseille leading Reims by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 1
- Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Olympique Marseille are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses). Olympique are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
In their previous game, the manager L. Pina Cabral Villas-Boas led his Olympique to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Rennes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Orange Vélodrome. Ahead of that match, Olympique won a home game hosting Monaco (2-1).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Olympique matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
The manager L. Pina Cabral Villas-Boas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Angers SCO in only four days.
Olympique have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Orange Vélodrome with 10 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Olympique have conceded 7 goals.
Reims form and stats
There's been little loot from Reims's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Ligue 1. Reims only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Reims are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Reims won their last game, 3-2 versus Nantes played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Brest wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Guion when Mathieu Cafaro scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Reims playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Reims manager D. Guion as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bordeaux.
The travelling fans enjoy Reims's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. For Reims, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Marseille-Reims H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olympique Marseille three wins, Reims four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Dia 9 goals |   F. Thauvin 5 goals |  D. Benedetto 3 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Reims missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Reims | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 73% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 67% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 40% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 62% | 83% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 53% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 13% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8.7 | 10.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 53% | 50% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 35% |
- All of Olympique Marseille's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 1
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reims haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Lille | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | PSG | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Rennes | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Lens | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Monaco | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Brest | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Nice | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Metz | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Saint-Etienne | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Nantes | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Reims | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Lorient | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Nimes | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -18 | 11 |
| 20 | Dijon | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 9 |