The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Olympique Marseille leading Toulouse by 30 points. Match preview to follow:
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
24 points is a decent return from 11 Ligue 1 games here at Orange Vélodrome for Olympique Marseille. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. The Olympique Marseille fans aren't used to losing here at Orange Vélodrome and will expect new points from this game. Olympique Marseille has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. Olympique Marseille has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Paris Saint Germain defeat 103 days ago.
Olympique Marseille are confident in defense, having played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Olympique Marseille against Saint-Étienne the last match, as Dimitri Payet and Nemanja Radonjić were on target. Preceding that game was the away draw at Bordeaux that finished 0-0.
Olympique Marseille are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew zero and lost one.
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 Olympique Lyonnais in only four days.
A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Olympique Marseille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Orange Vélodrome in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Toulouse form and stats
Toulouse, who have the most conceded goals (48) in Ligue 1, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-4-8 (12 played). Toulouse are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Lille fixture. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
The attacking players of Toulouse have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 339 minutes.
The manager D. Zanko was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade Paul Lignon. Toulouse suffered a 0-1 loss to Strasbourg (placed 9th). Before that, Toulouse travelled to Amiens SC and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
You'll want to know how Toulouse managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Toulouse as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. The Toulouse manager D. Zanko has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Toulouse - Olympique Marseille 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Olympique Marseille won six games, three matches ended with a draw and Toulouse has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  D. Payet 7 goals |  D. Benedetto 7 goals |  N. Radonjić 5 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Toulouse missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Toulouse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 32 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | 48 |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 74% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 78% |
| 39% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 22% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 35% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 48% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 48% |
| 43% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 43% |
| 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 321 | 178 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 123 | 259 |
| 97 | 50 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 42 | 86 |
| 33% | 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 24% | 24% |
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Toulouse has the most conceded goals (28) away
- Toulouse has the most conceded goals (48)
- Toulouse has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Toulouse has the most conceded goals in the second half (28)
- Toulouse has the the worst goal difference (-18) away
- Toulouse has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- Toulouse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Toulouse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toulouse have yet to win a game away.
- Toulouse is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 44 | 58 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 |
| 3 | Rennes | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Lille | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 33 |
| 7 | Reims | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Nice | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Monaco | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Nantes | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 31 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | Brest | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 20 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 13 |