The biggest rivalry in France: PSG gives Olympique Marseille a hostile welcome

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 27.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

The managers T. Tuchel and André Villas-Boas are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.

This match is considered the biggest rivalry in French soccer and is called Le Classique. It is also considered the most violent of the French football rivalries, with the fans frequently clashing despite a massive amount of security. The two cities Paris and Marseille are the two largest in France and the tensions between them go far beyond sport with history, culture, north vs south and social issues all part of the mix. This should be a great game!

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!

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PSG form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, PSG, who have the most scored goals (21) in Ligue 1, have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

A good away victory last time out for PSG, who won 5-0 against Club Brugge. In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Nice.

As mentioned above, PSG "killed" Club Brugge in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Kylian Mbappé was absolutely essential when PSG beat Club Brugge 5-0, scoring 3 goals.

PSG can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. PSG have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Marseille in their Ligue 1 matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Olympique Marseille's previous game versus Strasbourg (placed 20th), a Ligue 1 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Olympique Marseille manager André Villas-Boas faced defeat when travelling to Amiens SC and losing 1-3.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Olympique Marseille's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won 1 of these as expected, 1 of them by at least two goals. Olympique Marseille managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Coupe de la Ligue trip to Monaco.

Olympique Marseille find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Olympique Marseille have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 8 wins for PSG, 2 draws and 0 wins for Olympique Marseille. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleD. Benedetto
D. Benedetto
5 goals
PSGÁ. Di María
Á. Di María
4 goals / 2 assists
PSGNeymar
Neymar
4 goals

PSG missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

PSG Olympique Marseille
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
21 12 4 Scored S 0 7 12
5 2 2 Conceded C 0 7 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 60% 80%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 70%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 30%
30% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 50%
70% 80% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 40%
10% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 30%
 
7.8 6.2 6 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4 5.7
2.7 3.2 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.6 4.9
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympique Marseille have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PSG have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PSG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • PSG have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • PSG haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

PSG
All Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France International Champions Cup Super Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 L1 Bordeaux 0 - 1 PSG
01-10-19 CL Galatasaray 0 - 1 PSG
05-10-19 L1 PSG 4 - 0 Angers SCO
18-10-19 L1 Nice 1 - 4 PSG
22-10-19 CL Club Brugge 0 - 5 PSG
27-10-19 L1 PSG 21:00 Olympique Marseille
01-11-19 L1 Dijon 20:45 PSG
06-11-19 CL PSG 21:00 Club Brugge
09-11-19 L1 Brest 17:30 PSG
23-11-19 L1 PSG 20:00 Lille
Olympique Marseille
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League
All Home Away Away vs top
21-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 1 Montpellier
24-09-19 L1 Dijon 0 - 0 Olympique Marseille
29-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 1 Rennes
04-10-19 L1 Amiens SC 3 - 1 Olympique Marseille
20-10-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 2 - 0 Strasbourg
27-10-19 L1 PSG 21:00 Olympique Marseille
30-10-19 Co Monaco 21:05 Olympique Marseille
02-11-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 17:30 Lille
10-11-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 21:00 Olympique Lyonnais
23-11-19 L1 Toulouse 20:00 Olympique Marseille

  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 10 8 0 2 21 5 5 4 0 1 12 2 5 4 0 1 9 3 16 24
2 Nantes 10 6 1 3 9 6 5 4 1 0 4 0 5 2 0 3 5 6 3 19
3 Reims 10 5 2 3 9 4 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 5 2 5 17
4 Olympique Marseille 10 4 4 2 12 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 1 16
5 Angers SCO 10 5 1 4 16 16 6 4 1 1 13 4 4 1 0 3 3 12 0 16
6 Bordeaux 10 4 3 3 15 11 5 1 2 2 5 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 4 15
7 Lille 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 4 1 0 11 4 5 0 2 3 3 7 3 15
8 Montpellier 10 4 2 4 9 8 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 14
9 Brest 10 3 5 2 11 13 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 1 2 2 5 10 -2 14
10 Saint-Étienne 10 4 2 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 3 0 3 5 9 -4 14
11 Nice 10 4 1 5 13 17 5 2 1 2 7 9 5 2 0 3 6 8 -4 13
12 Rennes 10 3 3 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 0 12
13 Amiens SC 10 3 3 4 13 15 5 2 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2 12
14 Monaco 10 3 3 4 18 21 6 3 1 2 15 13 4 0 2 2 3 8 -3 12
15 Toulouse 10 3 3 4 11 16 5 3 0 2 6 6 5 0 3 2 5 10 -5 12
16 Metz 10 3 2 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 2 8 -5 11
17 Olympique Lyonnais 10 2 4 4 14 9 5 1 2 2 7 3 5 1 2 2 7 6 5 10
18 Nimes 10 2 4 4 10 12 5 2 1 2 6 4 5 0 3 2 4 8 -2 10
19 Dijon 10 2 3 5 5 10 5 1 2 2 2 4 5 1 1 3 3 6 -5 9
20 Strasbourg 10 2 3 5 6 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 0 1 4 0 6 -6 9

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