Olympique de Marseille Form and Lineup
Olympique de Marseille are stuttering at the end of the season: three defeats in the last four rounds, including a heavy 0:2 loss away to Lorient. After dropping out of the race for the Champions League, the home side have Monaco only two points behind them – next stop is the Conference League. After the scandal involving sporting director Mehdi Benatia, the coach cancelled days off for the players and kept the squad at the La Commanderie base for the sake of discipline and focus. At the same time, the Velodrome remains a fortress: the hosts are strong at home, averaging 64% possession and 15 shots per match – one of the most dominant home profiles in the league.
Key Numbers:
3 wins in the last 4 home Ligue 1 matches.
At least one goal scored in 18 of the last 19 home league games.
At home the hosts receive on average only 1.46 yellow cards per opponent – one of the "cleanest" figures in Ligue 1 in terms of physical challenges.
Interesting Facts:
Mason Greenwood is the club's top scorer with 15 goals.
Potential Olympique de Marseille Lineup (3-4-2-1):
Geronimo Rulli – Leonardo Balerdi, Facundo Medina, Benjamin Pavard – Timothy Weah, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Himad Abdelli, Emerson Palmieri – Hamed Traore, Mason Greenwood – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Out: Nayef Aguerd, C J Egan-Riley, Geoffrey Kondogbia (all injured). Quinten Timber is doubtful.
OGC Nice Form and Lineup
OGC Nice have taken only two points from their last four league rounds: draws with Lille (0:0) and Le Havre (1:1), defeats against Strasbourg (1:3) and PSG (0:4). The cup win over Strasbourg (2:0) added some emotion but did not solve their league issues: 15 defeats in 30 rounds and 56 goals conceded.
The dark-red side are clearly in survival mode and build their play from the back in a 5-4-1 system, which will lack experience without Dante and Bombito. On top of that comes uncertainty around the club: according to rumours, INEOS are exploring a possible sale, and the team's task until the end of the season is simply to avoid dropping into the relegation play-off.
Key Numbers:
In 15 away rounds the team have conceded 30 goals.
Their average number of yellow cards away is 2.54 per match (the second-worst figure in Ligue 1); Over 2.5 cards has landed in 92% of the team's away games.
Interesting Facts:
Claude Puel took charge of OGC Nice in December 2025 and has yet to win an away game against any of the league's top six.
Potential OGC Nice Lineup (5-4-1):
Yehvann Diouf – Jonathan Clauss, Antoine Mendy, Juma Bah, Kojo Peprah Oppong, Melvin Bard – Mohamed-Ali Cho, Hicham Boudaoui, Sofiane Diop, Morgan Sanson – Elye Wahi.
Out: Dante, Moise Bombito, Mohamed Abdel Monem, Yussuf Ndayishimiye, Everton Pereira (all injured).
