Olympique de Marseille vs OGC Nice, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Olympique de Marseille vs OGC Nice — Ligue 1 at Orange Velodrome.
- Olympique de Marseille 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
- OGC Nice 34 games · 32 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Willy Delajod
22 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.3 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 26 Apr OGC Nice H 1–1 D 18 Apr FC Lorient A 0–2 L 10 Apr FC Metz H 3–1 W 05 Apr AS Monaco FC A 1–2 L 22 Mar Lille OSC H 1–2 L 13 Mar AJ Auxerre H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr Olympique de Marseille A 1–1 D 18 Apr Lille OSC A 0–0 D 12 Apr Le Havre AC H 1–1 D 04 Apr RC Strasbourg Alsace A 1–3 L 21 Mar Paris Saint-Germain FC H 0–4 L 14 Mar Angers SCO A 2–0 W Season Stats
Olympique de Marseille OGC Nice #5 Position #16 59 Points 32 34 Played 34 18 / 5 / 11 W / D / L 7 / 11 / 16 63 Scored 37 45 Conceded 60 +18 GD -23 1.74 PPG 0.94 53% Win % 21% Key Stats
65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Olympique de Marseille this season18% Clean Sheets
OGC Nice this seasonOlympique de Marseille are 5th (59 pts). OGC Nice are 16th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Olympique de Marseille0-153/–16-30–/131-45–/–46-603/661-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededOGC Nice0-151/–16-30–/231-45–/346-601/161-75–/276+3/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Orange Velodrome that hosts another battle between Olympique de Marseille and OGC Nice.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' Olympique de Marseille is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' 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.
- 20' Leonardo Balerdi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 34 Yellow cards this season.
- 25' It looks surprising Olympique de Marseille does not make any changes. Charles Vanhoutte has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 29' It’s gonna be a card for Emerson.
- 34' Arthur Vermeeren has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 30 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 39' Olympique de Marseille started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
- 44' It’s a booking for Olympique de Marseille player. Facundo Medina gets a card.
- 46' It is a substitution in OGC Nice team. Morgan Sanson is replaced by Sofiane Diop on 46 minute.
- 51' It looks like no one’s ball. Olympique de Marseille is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Olympique de Marseille winning 50% of all matches.
- 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Olympique de Marseille that had 455 games and scored 418 goals.
- 62' Time for substitution for Olympique de Marseille. Emerson is replaced by Tadjidine M'Madi.
- 63' The Olympique de Marseille manager makes a substitution. Arthur Vermeeren departs to be replaced by Mason Greenwood.
- 66' What a strike from Pierre Emile Hojbjerg! The score is 1-0.
- 67' Another substitution for OGC Nice to replace Mohamed Cho by Kail Boudache on 67 minute.
- 72' Olympique de Marseille looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Pierre Emile Hojbjerg scoring 1 goals.
- 77' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kail Boudache, as he is very good at scoring at Orange Velodrome with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 80' The Olympique de Marseille manager makes a substitution. Tochukwu Nadi departs to be replaced by Nouhoum Kamissoko.
- 81' Olympique de Marseille manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Himad Abdelli is hanging Quinten Timber on the field on 81 minute.
- 86' That looks like a foul for a card for Tim Weah.
- 87' Geronimo Rulli is having his name booked by the referee on 87.
- 88' GOAL! Sepe Elye Wahi scores on 88.
- 90' Charles Vanhoutte has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sepe Elye Wahi on 90 minute.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Olympique de Marseille Lineups
Starting XI
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33
Emerson ↓ Tadjidine M'Madi 62'
- 23
- 22
- 28
- 1
- 32
- 5
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27
Quinten Timber ↓ Himad Abdelli 81'
- 18
- 6
Bench
- 12
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8
Himad Abdelli ↑ 81'
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10
Mason Greenwood ↑ 63'
- 11
- 72
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71
Nouhoum Kamissoko ↑ 80'
- 78
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76
Tadjidine M'Madi ↑ 62'
- 70
Coach Habib BeyeOGC Nice Lineups
Starting XI
- 80
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8
Morgan Sanson ↓ Sofiane Diop 46'
- 92
- 99
- 6
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26
Melvin Bard ↓ Ali El Abdi 81'
- 11
- 33
- 37
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25
Mohamed Cho ↓ Kail Boudache 67'
- 28
Bench
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10
Sofiane Diop ↑ 46'
- 4
- 31
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24
Charles Vanhoutte ↑ 90'
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2
Ali El Abdi ↑ 81'
- 20
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90
Kevin Carlos ↑ 81'
- 39
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32
Kail Boudache ↑ 67'
Coach Claude Puel -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Amine Gouiri 3 Dimitri Payet 2 Alexis Sanchez 2 Saif-Eddine Khaoui 2 Evann Guessand 2 Arkadiusz Milik 1 Jonathan Clauss 1 Mario Balotelli 1 Head to Head
Olympique de Marseille Form
2026-04-26 Olympique de Marseille 1–1 OGC Nice D 2026-04-18 FC Lorient 2–0 Olympique de Marseille L 2026-04-10 Olympique de Marseille 3–1 FC Metz W 2026-04-05 AS Monaco FC 2–1 Olympique de Marseille L 2026-03-22 Olympique de Marseille 1–2 Lille OSC L 2026-03-13 Olympique de Marseille 1–0 AJ Auxerre W -
Prediction accuracy1 / 42.13 Olympique de Marseille xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.03 OGC Nice xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Both teams to score 57%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.16Actual: 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 80%Draw or OGC Nice 43%Olympique de Marseille or OGC Nice 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 9.6%2 – 0 9.5%1 – 0 8.5%3 – 1 6.8%3 – 0 6.6%0 – 0 5.8%2 – 2 4.9%1 – 2 4.6%4 – 1 3.7%0 – 1 3.7%3 – 2 3.6%Asian Handicap — Olympique de Marseille
Handicap Olympique de Marseille covers Push OGC Nice covers -2.5 20% — 80% -2 20% 19% 61% -1.5 39% — 61% -1 39% 22% 39% -0.5 61% — 39% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 10% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet 36% ✓OGC Nice keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.