Ligue 1 information and pre-match guide: Olympique Marseille moderate front runner to top Rennes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

This has all the signs of quite the interesting meeting at Orange Vélodrome in the Ligue 1. Olympique Marseille is in 4th place and host Rennes in 11th place. Learn more about the fixture here!

Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Europa League fixture only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lokomotiv Moskva.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rennes, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Olympique Marseille's two home games in the Ligue 1 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Orange Vélodrome.

Olympique shared the glory with Lokomotiv Moskva in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The striker Cengiz Ünder was announced as "man of the match" for Olympique with a rating of 8.05/10. Ünder scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Monaco with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique Marseille handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, five draws and three defeats.

There will be little rest for Olympique after this match as they are travelling to Angers SCO for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.

At Orange Vélodrome, Olympique Marseille has the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Rennes form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Ligue 1 for Rennes with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Rennes have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 212 minutes ago. M. Terrier was the goal scorer.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Reims with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Baptiste Santamaria was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.0. Santamaria had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Angers SCO's place.

Rennes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

A new game in only three days for Rennes, the Ligue 1 home match versus Clermont. Busy days.

Rennes have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Olympique victories, four draws and two Rennes wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleD. Payet
D. Payet
3 goals
Olympique MarseilleC. Ünder
C. Ünder
3 goals
Olympique MarseilleC. Dieng
C. Dieng
2 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Rennes missing players

Olympique Marseille Rennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
10 5 0 Scored S 0 1 3
5 3 0 Conceded C 2 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 40%
 
5.2 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 6 5
4.2 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 5.2
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 9.8
5.2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.6
48% 62% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 23%
Olympique Marseille Last season Rennes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
16 10   Won W   7 16
12 5   Drew D   6 10
10 4   Lost L   6 12
54 32   Scored S   26 52
47 23   Conceded C   19 40
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
79% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
45% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
32% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
63% 74%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
21% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 26%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
4.6 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5.2
5.1 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.3
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
9 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
10.2 12   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 13.2
3.6 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
39% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 34%

  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 5 5 0 0 16 5 2 2 0 0 8 2 3 3 0 0 8 3 11 15
2 Angers SCO 5 3 2 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 4 2 7 11
3 Nice 4 3 1 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 10 10
4 Olympique Marseille 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 10
5 Lens 5 2 3 0 10 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 9
6 Clermont 5 2 2 1 9 9 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 5 7 0 8
7 Olympique Lyonnais 5 2 2 1 8 8 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 8
8 Lorient 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 4 6 0 8
9 Montpellier 5 2 1 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 7
10 Reims 5 1 3 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 6
11 Rennes 5 1 2 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 5
12 Lille 5 1 2 2 7 11 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 0 2 1 5 6 -4 5
13 Troyes 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 -2 4
14 Nantes 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
15 Strasbourg 5 1 1 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
16 Monaco 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -4 4
17 Brest 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 3
18 Metz 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 3
19 Saint-Etienne 5 0 3 2 5 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 3
20 Bordeaux 5 0 2 3 5 12 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 -7 2

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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.