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OGC Nice vs Olympique de Marseille, Ligue 1 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2020-21
Sat 20 Mar 2021 · 16:00 UTC Stade de Nice HT 45+5' · FT 45+6'

Overview

Match Preview

OGC Nice vs Olympique de MarseilleLigue 1 at Stade de Nice.

Match Details

  • Referee Francois Letexier
  • Referee Cyril Mugnier
  • Referee Mehdi Rahmouni
  • Referee Thomas Leonard
  • Referee Alexandre Perreau Niel
19 games this season 🟨 2.5/game 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Mar Olympique de Marseille H 3–0 W
14 Mar FC Lorient A 1–1 D
03 Mar Nimes Olympique H 2–1 W
26 Feb Stade Rennais FC 1901 A 2–1 W
21 Feb FC Metz H 1–2 L
17 Feb Olympique de Marseille A 2–3 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Mar OGC Nice A 0–3 L
13 Mar Stade Brestois 29 H 3–1 W
10 Mar Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 1–0 W
03 Mar Lille OSC A 0–2 L
28 Feb Olympique Lyonnais H 1–1 D
20 Feb FC Nantes A 1–1 D

Season Stats

OGC Nice Olympique de Marseille
#20 Position #7
0 Points 0
0 Played 0
0 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 0
0 Scored 0
0 Conceded 0
+0 GD +0
PPG
Win %

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)
61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

OGC Nice are 20th (0 pts). Olympique de Marseille are 7th (0 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Olympique de Marseille gets underway.
  • 5' Olympique de Marseille are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' OGC Nice currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 15' The whistle greets Yuto Nagatomo as he departs to be replaced by Hiroki Sakai.
  • 20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 25' It’s high time Jorge Sampaoli made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 30' Olympique de Marseille have won 515 goals from 465 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 34' The deadlock is broken! Khephren Thuram-Ulie gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
  • 39' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 44' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His OGC Nice side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 46' Fresh legs for Olympique de Marseille! Luis Henrique comes on to replace Jules Ntcham.
  • 51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
  • 52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Duje Caleta-Car on 52.
  • 57' Jean-Clair Todibo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 62' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 67' The OGC Nice bench stirs into life. Myziane Maolida is withdrawn and Youcef Attal gets his opportunity.
  • 69' Saif-Eddine Khaoui gets the nod from Olympique de Marseille. He replaces Alvaro Gonzalez and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 73' Dario Benedetto is ready to make an impact after coming on for Dimitri Payet at the 73 minute mark.
  • 74' Goal! Amine Gouiri scores his 76 goal in 424 matches.
  • 78' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Duje Caleta-Car.
  • 83' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 88' Both keepers have barely been tested. OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 90' Walter Benitez picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Olympique de Marseille will have plenty to reflect on. OGC Nice were simply the better side today.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.95 OGC Nice xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.44 Olympique de Marseille xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 83% + Under — clean sheet likely 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct
OGC Nice45% Draw36% Olympique de Marseille19%
Actual: OGC Nice win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes24% 0% No76%
Avg goals/match: 1.39
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 73%
27%
± 1.5 41%
59%
± 2.5 17%
83%
± 3.5 6%
94%
± 4.5 2%
98%

Double Chance

OGC Nice or Draw
81%
Draw or Olympique de Marseille
55%
OGC Nice or Olympique de Marseille
64%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
OGC Nice27% Draw64% Olympique de Marseille9%
Actual: OGC Nice win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
27.4%
1 – 0
22.1%
1 – 1
11.4%
2 – 0
10.5%
0 – 1
9.4%
2 – 1
5.2%
3 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
2.3%
0 – 2
2.1%
3 – 1
1.8%
2 – 2
1.3%
4 – 0
0.8%

Asian Handicap — OGC Nice

Handicap OGC Nice covers Push Olympique de Marseille covers
-2.5 5% 95%
-2 5% 12% 83%
-1.5 17% 83%
-1 17% 28% 55%
-0.5 45% 55%
+0.5 85% 15%
+1 85% 12% 3%
+1.5 97% 3%
+2 97% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% 0%

Clean Sheet

OGC Nice keeps clean sheet
64%
Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet
39%

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.