Ligue 1 preview: Can Olympique Marseille edge out victory against Strasbourg?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome (67000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Olympique Marseille supporters in this Orange Vélodrome clash with Strasbourg, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 1 table.

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Olympique can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 1. Strasbourg are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

9-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Olympique Marseille so far this season. Olympique has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Orange Vélodrome. We remember; it was Olympique Lyonnais.

Ahead of that match, Olympique Marseille won a home game hosting Lorient (3-2).

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 nine wins, four draws and three defeats.

A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 17 league matches. On the other hand, Olympique have conceded 20 goals.

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Strasbourg form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Strasbourg playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Nimes.

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

Strasbourg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Strasbourg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Strasbourg - Olympique Marseille 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique six wins, four draws and Strasbourg zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
13 goals
OlympiqueF. Thauvin
F. Thauvin
8 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
8 goals

Olympique Marseille missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Marseille Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
15 9 4 Won W 1 6 10
10 4 0 Drew D 1 3 7
9 4 2 Lost L 3 8 17
49 28 12 Scored S 4 25 43
42 20 8 Conceded C 11 28 53
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 76%
47% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 53%
32% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 35% 32%
12% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 18%
62% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 47%
24% 12% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 26%
21% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 24% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.5
9 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.9 11.8 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.1 10.9
3.4 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3 3
42% 42% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 49% 42%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strasbourg 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 Paris Saint Germain 34 23 3 8 77 26 17 11 1 5 38 13 17 12 2 3 39 13 51 72
2 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
3 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
4 Olympique Lyonnais 33 19 10 4 65 32 16 10 3 3 34 16 17 9 7 1 31 16 33 67
5 Lens 34 15 11 8 54 46 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 8 5 4 26 23 8 56
6 Olympique Marseille 34 15 10 9 49 42 17 9 4 4 28 20 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 55
7 Rennes 34 15 9 10 48 36 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 25 16 12 54
8 Montpellier 34 12 11 11 54 57 17 7 3 7 33 33 17 5 8 4 21 24 -3 47
9 Nice 34 13 7 14 44 45 17 6 3 8 22 26 17 7 4 6 22 19 -1 46
10 Metz 34 11 10 13 37 41 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 6 6 5 19 19 -4 43
11 Reims 34 9 14 11 39 41 17 4 8 5 15 18 17 5 6 6 24 23 -2 41
12 Angers SCO 34 11 8 15 34 51 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 5 6 18 26 -17 41
13 Brest 34 11 7 16 47 57 17 8 4 5 31 27 17 3 3 11 16 30 -10 40
14 Saint-Etienne 34 10 9 15 39 52 17 4 6 7 19 28 17 6 3 8 20 24 -13 39
15 Strasbourg 34 10 7 17 43 53 17 4 4 9 18 25 17 6 3 8 25 28 -10 37
16 Bordeaux 34 10 6 18 36 52 17 5 4 8 15 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -16 36
17 Lorient 34 9 8 17 44 62 17 8 2 7 27 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -18 35
18 Nantes 34 6 13 15 35 52 17 2 8 7 17 27 17 4 5 8 18 25 -17 31
19 Nimes 34 8 7 19 33 62 17 3 4 10 18 32 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 31
20 Dijon 34 3 9 22 23 61 17 1 6 10 7 22 17 2 3 12 16 39 -38 18

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Table
  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 34 23 3 8 77 26 17 11 1 5 38 13 17 12 2 3 39 13 51 72
2 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
3 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
4 Olympique Lyonnais 33 19 10 4 65 32 16 10 3 3 34 16 17 9 7 1 31 16 33 67
5 Lens 34 15 11 8 54 46 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 8 5 4 26 23 8 56
6 Olympique Marseille 34 15 10 9 49 42 17 9 4 4 28 20 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 55
7 Rennes 34 15 9 10 48 36 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 25 16 12 54
8 Montpellier 34 12 11 11 54 57 17 7 3 7 33 33 17 5 8 4 21 24 -3 47
9 Nice 34 13 7 14 44 45 17 6 3 8 22 26 17 7 4 6 22 19 -1 46
10 Metz 34 11 10 13 37 41 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 6 6 5 19 19 -4 43
11 Reims 34 9 14 11 39 41 17 4 8 5 15 18 17 5 6 6 24 23 -2 41
12 Angers SCO 34 11 8 15 34 51 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 5 6 18 26 -17 41
13 Brest 34 11 7 16 47 57 17 8 4 5 31 27 17 3 3 11 16 30 -10 40
14 Saint-Etienne 34 10 9 15 39 52 17 4 6 7 19 28 17 6 3 8 20 24 -13 39
15 Strasbourg 34 10 7 17 43 53 17 4 4 9 18 25 17 6 3 8 25 28 -10 37
16 Bordeaux 34 10 6 18 36 52 17 5 4 8 15 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -16 36
17 Lorient 34 9 8 17 44 62 17 8 2 7 27 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -18 35
18 Nantes 34 6 13 15 35 52 17 2 8 7 17 27 17 4 5 8 18 25 -17 31
19 Nimes 34 8 7 19 33 62 17 3 4 10 18 32 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 31
20 Dijon 34 3 9 22 23 61 17 1 6 10 7 22 17 2 3 12 16 39 -38 18

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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.