Can Olympique Marseille defeat Reims in Orange Vélodrome clash?

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

Nothing but a win will be enough for the Olympique Marseille fans in this Orange Vélodrome duel with Reims, having a healthy lead on the away team in the Ligue 1 standings.

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 1

It's no vacation for neither Olympique nor Reims as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Olympique Marseille have to build on here at Orange Vélodrome in the Ligue 1.

Olympique's last game was hosting Cannet Rocheville and winning 4-1. Milik was absolutely essential when Olympique beat Cannet Rocheville 4-1, scoring three goals. Midfielder Guendouzi was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Guendouzi signed up for three assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 69 successful passes (of 74 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Strasbourg.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Olympique's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Olympique have conceded 9 goals.

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Reims form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Reims have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.

Reims play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Reims Sainte-Anne. Adeline came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Reims Sainte-Anne last time out, making the manager García Junyent feel like a tactical genius.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Saint-Etienne in the Ligue 1.

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 five games. Results were one away win, two draws and two home wins.

The visiting Reims have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Reims in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Olympique wins - draws - Reims wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReimsH. Ekitike
H. Ekitike
7 goals
Olympique MarseilleD. Payet
D. Payet
6 goals
Olympique MarseilleC. Dieng
C. Dieng
4 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Reims missing players

Olympique Marseille Reims
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 5 Played P 3 9 18
9 4 3 Won W 1 2 5
5 3 2 Drew D 1 4 7
3 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
25 15 10 Scored S 2 10 21
14 9 4 Conceded C 2 11 21
82% 78% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 83%
65% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 78%
35% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 39%
29% 44% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 17%
18% 22% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
41% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 56%
53% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 22% 33%
24% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 22% 28%
 
5.1 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.4 5.2
4.6 4.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.4 4.9
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.9 14.3 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4.7 8.7 10.9
4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.1 3.8
37% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 30%
 
9.8 10.7 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 12.6 10.8
3.1 4 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Marseille have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Marseille have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Marseille have the most clean sheets (9) in Ligue 1

  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 18 14 3 1 38 16 9 8 1 0 21 6 9 6 2 1 17 10 22 45
2 Olympique Marseille 17 9 5 3 25 14 9 4 3 2 15 9 8 5 2 1 10 5 11 32
3 Rennes 18 9 4 5 33 16 10 6 1 3 19 8 8 3 3 2 14 8 17 31
4 Nice 18 9 4 5 27 16 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 6 1 2 15 5 11 30
5 Montpellier 18 8 4 6 29 23 9 5 2 2 15 9 9 3 2 4 14 14 6 28
6 Lens 18 7 6 5 32 26 9 4 4 1 18 9 9 3 2 4 14 17 6 27
7 Strasbourg 18 7 5 6 34 24 10 5 2 3 23 12 8 2 3 3 11 12 10 26
8 Monaco 18 7 5 6 27 22 9 4 3 2 17 10 9 3 2 4 10 12 5 26
9 Angers SCO 18 6 7 5 25 23 9 4 1 4 12 12 9 2 6 1 13 11 2 25
10 Nantes 18 7 4 7 24 23 9 5 1 3 14 10 9 2 3 4 10 13 1 25
11 Lille 18 6 7 5 23 24 9 4 4 1 11 10 9 2 3 4 12 14 -1 25
12 Brest 18 6 6 6 25 27 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 3 3 3 12 14 -2 24
13 Olympique Lyonnais 17 6 6 5 25 25 8 4 3 1 16 10 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 23
14 Reims 18 5 7 6 21 21 9 3 3 3 11 10 9 2 4 3 10 11 0 22
15 Bordeaux 18 3 8 7 28 40 9 1 4 4 13 17 9 2 4 3 15 23 -12 17
16 Clermont 18 4 5 9 20 32 8 2 3 3 10 11 10 2 2 6 10 21 -12 17
17 Troyes 18 4 4 10 17 27 9 2 3 4 10 11 9 2 1 6 7 16 -10 16
18 Metz 18 3 6 9 22 38 9 1 4 4 14 19 9 2 2 5 8 19 -16 15
19 Lorient 18 3 6 9 14 30 8 3 2 3 7 8 10 0 4 6 7 22 -16 15
20 Saint-Etienne 18 2 6 10 17 39 9 1 4 4 10 20 9 1 2 6 7 19 -22 12

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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.