Olympique de Marseille vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 1 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Olympique de Marseille vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 1 at Orange Velodrome.
- Olympique de Marseille 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
- Montpellier HSC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jerome Brisard
- Assistant 1
- Assistant 2
19 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr Montpellier HSC H 5–1 W 12 Apr AS Monaco FC A 0–3 L 06 Apr Toulouse FC H 3–2 W 29 Mar Stade de Reims A 1–3 L 16 Mar Paris Saint-Germain FC A 1–3 L 08 Mar Racing Club de Lens H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr Olympique de Marseille A 1–5 L 13 Apr Angers SCO A 0–2 L 06 Apr Le Havre AC H 0–2 L 30 Mar AJ Auxerre A 0–1 L 08 Mar Lille OSC A 0–1 L 02 Mar Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 0–4 L Key Stats
71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Olympique de Marseille this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Olympique de Marseille0-153/–16-30–/131-45–/–46-603/661-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Orange Velodrome. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Montpellier HSC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 9' Mason Greenwood puts Olympique de Marseille on the lead.
- 14' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Olympique de Marseille needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' Valentin Rongier was booked on 15.
- 20' Theo Sainte-Luce has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Geoffrey Kondogbia made 418 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montpellier HSC that had 416 games and scored 378 goals.
- 35' Montpellier HSC is showing some good football. However, Montpellier HSC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 40' It looks surprising Montpellier HSC does not make any changes. Tanguy Coulibaly has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 46' Rabby Nzingoula is having his name booked by the referee on 46.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Becir Omeragic, as he is very good at scoring at Orange Velodrome with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 56' 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.
- 60' What an equalizer from Wilfried Bille!
- 65' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Valentin Rongier by Ismael Bennacer on 65 minute.
- 67' Olympique de Marseille is taking the lead after the goal scored by Mason Greenwood on 67.
- 72' The supporters are chanting for Issiaga Sylla. He replaces Theo Sainte-Luce on 72 minute.
- 74' GOAL! Jonathan Rowe scores on 74. Assisted by Ulisses Garcia
- 77' Olympique de Marseille receives a card for a hard tackle on 77.
- 77' The whistle greets Quentin Merlin as he departs to be replaced by Amine Harit.
- 82' The travelling Montpellier HSC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 83' What a strike from Lucas Mincarelli! The score is 3-2.
- 86' The supporters are chanting for Pol Mikel Lirola. He replaces Luis Henrique on 86 minute.
- 90' Goal! Adrien Rabiot scores his 41 goal in 515 matches.
- 90' Yael Mouanga is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- 90' Time for substitution for Montpellier HSC. Nicolas Pays is replaced by Othmane Maamma.
- With this win, Olympique de Marseille is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Olympique de Marseille Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
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9
Amine Gouiri ↓ Jonathan Rowe 65'
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- 19
- 1
- 6
- 10
- 44
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3
Quentin Merlin ↓ Amine Harit 77'
- 62
Bench
- 8
- 12
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11
Amine Harit ↑ 77'
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29
Pol Mikel Lirola ↑ 86'
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22
Ismael Bennacer ↑ 65'
- 13
- 26
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17
Jonathan Rowe ↑ 65'
- 14
Coach Roberto De ZerbiMontpellier HSC Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
- 40
- 12
- 27
- 17
- 70
- 47
- 21
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41
Junior Ndiaye ↓ Joris Chotard 72'
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19
Rabby Nzingoula ↓ Khalil Fayad 72'
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18
Nicolas Pays ↓ Othmane Maamma 90'
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Bench
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Issiaga Sylla ↑ 72'
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- 10
- 11
- 77
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13
Joris Chotard ↑ 72'
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22
Khalil Fayad ↑ 72'
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14
Othmane Maamma ↑ 90'
Coach Zoumana Camara -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gaetan Laborde 5 Dimitri Payet 3 Mason Greenwood 3 Valere Germain 2 Nuno Tavares 2 Arnaud Nordin 2 Cengiz Under 2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2 Head to Head
Olympique de Marseille Form
2025-04-19 Olympique de Marseille 5–1 Montpellier HSC W 2025-04-12 AS Monaco FC 3–0 Olympique de Marseille L 2025-04-06 Olympique de Marseille 3–2 Toulouse FC W 2025-03-29 Stade de Reims 3–1 Olympique de Marseille L 2025-03-16 Paris Saint-Germain FC 3–1 Olympique de Marseille L 2025-03-08 Olympique de Marseille 0–1 Racing Club de Lens LMontpellier HSC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.23 Olympique de Marseille xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.95 Montpellier HSC xGI would bet for: Olympique de Marseille to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Olympique de Marseille winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.18Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Olympique de Marseille or Draw 85%Draw or Montpellier HSC 36%Olympique de Marseille or Montpellier HSC 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Olympique de Marseille win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 5–1 not predicted5 – 1Actual2 – 0 10.2%1 – 1 9.6%2 – 1 9.5%1 – 0 8.8%3 – 0 7.4%3 – 1 7%0 – 0 5.7%2 – 2 4.5%4 – 0 4.1%1 – 2 4.1%4 – 1 4%3 – 2 3.4%Asian Handicap — Olympique de Marseille
Handicap Olympique de Marseille covers Push Montpellier HSC covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 20% 58% -1.5 42% — 58% -1 42% 22% 35% -0.5 65% — 35% +0.5 86% — 14% +1 86% 9% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet 39% ✓Montpellier HSC keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.