Saint-Étienne fights Olympique Marseille in Ligue 1 battle

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Saint-Étienne will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Olympique Marseille.

Insights:
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Relegation threatens Saint-Étienne who should definitely be looking for some points here. Olympique are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne have collected 18 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-6-7.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Brest (1-2).

The Saint-Étienne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

6-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Marseille in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Olympique's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Strasbourg that finished 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Reims with the score of 3-1.

The draw against Strasbourg came from a losing position. The Olympique Marseille manager J. Sampaoli Moya brought on Darío Benedetto as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Olympique find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Olympique have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Olympique Marseille - Saint-Étienne 0-2 entered in the official records. Saint-Étienne-Olympique Marseille H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Saint-Étienne three wins, Olympique Marseille five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleF. Thauvin
F. Thauvin
8 goals
Saint-ÉtienneD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
7 goals
Saint-ÉtienneW. Khazri
W. Khazri
7 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
11 4 0 Won W 1 6 15
9 6 2 Drew D 1 6 11
15 7 3 Lost L 3 5 9
41 19 4 Scored S 8 21 50
53 28 14 Conceded C 11 22 43
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
80% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 80%
49% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 47% 46%
31% 35% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 31%
14% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 11%
51% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 63%
29% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 35% 23%
26% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 24% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 8 9
 
10.7 10.5 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 8 9.9
3.5 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.9 3.5
34% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 42% 41%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Marseille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 35 22 10 3 59 22 18 10 6 2 28 11 17 12 4 1 31 11 37 76
2 Paris Saint Germain 35 24 3 8 79 27 18 12 1 5 40 14 17 12 2 3 39 13 52 75
3 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 19 10 5 67 35 17 10 3 4 36 19 17 9 7 1 31 16 32 67
5 Lens 35 15 11 9 55 48 17 7 6 4 28 23 18 8 5 5 27 25 7 56
6 Olympique Marseille 35 15 11 9 50 43 18 9 5 4 29 21 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 56
7 Rennes 35 15 9 11 48 37 17 8 3 6 23 20 18 7 6 5 25 17 11 54
8 Montpellier 35 12 11 12 55 59 18 7 3 8 34 35 17 5 8 4 21 24 -4 47
9 Metz 35 12 10 13 42 42 17 5 4 8 18 22 18 7 6 5 24 20 0 46
10 Nice 35 13 7 15 44 47 17 6 3 8 22 26 18 7 4 7 22 21 -3 46
11 Reims 35 9 15 11 41 43 17 4 8 5 15 18 18 5 7 6 26 25 -2 42
12 Saint-Étienne 35 11 9 15 41 53 17 4 6 7 19 28 18 7 3 8 22 25 -12 42
13 Angers SCO 35 11 8 16 34 53 17 5 3 9 16 25 18 6 5 7 18 28 -19 41
14 Brest 35 11 7 17 48 61 18 8 4 6 32 31 17 3 3 11 16 30 -13 40
15 Bordeaux 35 11 6 18 37 52 18 6 4 8 16 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -15 39
16 Strasbourg 35 10 8 17 44 54 17 4 4 9 18 25 18 6 4 8 26 29 -10 38
17 Lorient 35 10 8 17 46 62 18 9 2 7 29 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -16 38
18 Nantes 35 7 13 15 39 53 17 2 8 7 17 27 18 5 5 8 22 26 -14 34
19 Nîmes 35 8 8 19 35 64 18 3 5 10 20 34 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 32
20 Dijon 35 3 9 23 24 66 18 1 6 11 8 27 17 2 3 12 16 39 -42 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 Lille 35 22 10 3 59 22 18 10 6 2 28 11 17 12 4 1 31 11 37 76
2 Paris Saint Germain 35 24 3 8 79 27 18 12 1 5 40 14 17 12 2 3 39 13 52 75
3 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 19 10 5 67 35 17 10 3 4 36 19 17 9 7 1 31 16 32 67
5 Lens 35 15 11 9 55 48 17 7 6 4 28 23 18 8 5 5 27 25 7 56
6 Olympique Marseille 35 15 11 9 50 43 18 9 5 4 29 21 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 56
7 Rennes 35 15 9 11 48 37 17 8 3 6 23 20 18 7 6 5 25 17 11 54
8 Montpellier 35 12 11 12 55 59 18 7 3 8 34 35 17 5 8 4 21 24 -4 47
9 Metz 35 12 10 13 42 42 17 5 4 8 18 22 18 7 6 5 24 20 0 46
10 Nice 35 13 7 15 44 47 17 6 3 8 22 26 18 7 4 7 22 21 -3 46
11 Reims 35 9 15 11 41 43 17 4 8 5 15 18 18 5 7 6 26 25 -2 42
12 Saint-Étienne 35 11 9 15 41 53 17 4 6 7 19 28 18 7 3 8 22 25 -12 42
13 Angers SCO 35 11 8 16 34 53 17 5 3 9 16 25 18 6 5 7 18 28 -19 41
14 Brest 35 11 7 17 48 61 18 8 4 6 32 31 17 3 3 11 16 30 -13 40
15 Bordeaux 35 11 6 18 37 52 18 6 4 8 16 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -15 39
16 Strasbourg 35 10 8 17 44 54 17 4 4 9 18 25 18 6 4 8 26 29 -10 38
17 Lorient 35 10 8 17 46 62 18 9 2 7 29 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -16 38
18 Nantes 35 7 13 15 39 53 17 2 8 7 17 27 18 5 5 8 22 26 -14 34
19 Nîmes 35 8 8 19 35 64 18 3 5 10 20 34 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 32
20 Dijon 35 3 9 23 24 66 18 1 6 11 8 27 17 2 3 12 16 39 -42 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.