Olympique Marseille favourites for feisty fight facing Rennes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 29.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67394 seats)

Olympique Marseille have performed better than Rennes so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Rennes could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 1 game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Nantes, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rennes.

It's quite the trip for Rennes when visiting Olympique Marseille as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Olympique Marseille have played 3 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Olympique Marseille manager André Villas-Boas and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Dijon (placed 20th) in the Ligue 1. In the match before that, Olympique Marseille hosted Montpellier and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Olympique Marseille have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Olympique Marseille have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Olympique Marseille's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rennes form and stats

Playing away, Rennes, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Ligue 1, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 1 this season.

Rennes play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Nantes (placed 4th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Lille.

We have checked recent matches where Rennes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W3-D1-L1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rennes manager J. Stéphan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Lazio.

The attacking power of Rennes when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Rennes are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Olympique Marseille won 3 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Rennes has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

D. Benedetto
4 goals
D. Payet
2 goals
V. Germain
2 goals / 1 assists

Olympique Marseille missing players

Rennes missing players

Olympique Marseille Rennes
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 4 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
8 2 1 Scored S 0 3 7
7 3 3 Conceded C 1 1 5
71% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 86%
57% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 57%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
43% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 43%
43% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 29%
 
5.4 8.3 10 Corners For (avg) C F 4 2.2 3.6
5 3.3 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 4.2 5.4
2.9 3.3 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.3
2 2 2 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • Olympique Marseille have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympique Marseille have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rennes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Rennes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Olympique Marseille
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
28-08-19 L1 Nice 1 - 2 Olympique Marseille
01-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 0 Saint-Étienne
15-09-19 L1 Monaco 3 - 4 Olympique Marseille
21-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 1 Montpellier
24-09-19 L1 Dijon 0 - 0 Olympique Marseille
29-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:00 Rennes
04-10-19 L1 Amiens SC 18:45 Olympique Marseille
20-10-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:00 Strasbourg
27-10-19 L1 PSG 20:00 Olympique Marseille
29-10-19 Co Monaco - Olympique Marseille
Rennes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-09-19 L1 Rennes 1 - 2 Nice
14-09-19 L1 Brest 0 - 0 Rennes
19-09-19 EL Rennes 1 - 1 Celtic
22-09-19 L1 Rennes 1 - 1 Lille
25-09-19 L1 Nantes 1 - 0 Rennes
29-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:00 Rennes
03-10-19 EL Lazio 19:00 Rennes
06-10-19 L1 Rennes 15:00 Reims
20-10-19 L1 Monaco 15:00 Rennes
24-10-19 EL Rennes 19:00 CFR Cluj

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 7 5 0 2 12 4 4 3 0 1 8 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 8 15
2 Angers SCO 7 5 0 2 15 10 4 4 0 0 12 2 3 1 0 2 3 8 5 15
3 Lille 7 4 1 2 10 6 4 4 0 0 9 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 13
4 Nantes 7 4 1 2 7 5 4 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 13
5 Bordeaux 7 3 3 1 12 8 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 12
6 Olympique Marseille 7 3 3 1 8 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 12
7 Nice 7 4 0 3 11 11 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 6 7 0 12
8 Reims 7 3 2 2 6 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 4 2 4 11
9 Rennes 7 3 2 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 11
10 Montpellier 7 3 2 2 6 5 4 3 0 1 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 11
11 Olympique Lyonnais 7 2 3 2 14 7 3 1 1 1 7 2 4 1 2 1 7 5 7 9
12 Nîmes 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 0 2 2 2 6 -1 8
13 Brest 7 1 5 1 7 9 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 3 6 -2 8
14 Toulouse 7 2 2 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 0 2 2 3 8 -4 8
15 Amiens SC 7 2 1 4 8 12 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 0 2 3 5 -4 7
16 Metz 7 2 1 4 6 10 3 1 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 -4 7
17 Strasbourg 7 1 3 3 5 9 4 1 2 1 5 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 -4 6
18 Monaco 7 1 3 3 10 15 4 1 1 2 8 10 3 0 2 1 2 5 -5 6
19 Saint-Étienne 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 1 0 3 3 9 -7 5
20 Dijon 7 0 2 5 2 9 4 0 2 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 5 -7 2

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