Three points for the home side is expected from this game if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Olympique Marseille club members are confident that the difference between 5th and Troyes's 17th spot in the table will show on the playing field.
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Troyes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Little time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Europa League fixture only three days earlier. That game was an away game at Galatasaray, so at least Olympique Marseille are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Marseille at their home stadium (Orange Vélodrome) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Olympique Marseille have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Steve Mandanda not having conceded a league goal in 264 minutes.
Olympique lost their last game at Galatasaray after a 2-4 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for Olympique Marseille, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Galatasaray. Fun stuff to watch! Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Arkadiusz Milik for missing a penalty kick versus Galatasaray in the 68th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Arkadiusz Milik, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Milik scored two goals.
In the match before that, Olympique hosted Metz and drew the Ligue 1 game 0-0.There will be little rest for Olympique Marseille after this match as they are travelling to Nantes for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Olympique Marseille in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Troyes form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Troyes so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Troyes are looking to quickly end their 230 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.
Troyes failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Saint-Etienne (placed 19th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Giulian Biancone was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10.
Prior to that match, the Troyes manager L. Batlles faced defeat when travelling to Lens and losing 0-4.A quick return to home after this game, as Troyes are hosting Lorient in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Troyes as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Troyes have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Olympique victories, two draws and one Troyes win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Payet 6 goals |  C. Ünder 4 goals |  C. Dieng 3 goals |
Olympique Marseille missing players
Troyes missing players
| Olympique Marseille | Troyes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 13 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 77% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 38% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 38% | 57% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 23% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 46% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 31% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 5 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 14.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 45% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 22% |
| 10.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 16.3 | 14.1 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
- All of Troyes's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Troyes have scored away.
- Troyes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Troyes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Nice | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Rennes | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Lens | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Angers SCO | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Monaco | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Nantes | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Lille | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Brest | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Lorient | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Reims | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Troyes | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 18 | Clermont | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Metz | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 9 |