Olympique de Marseille vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 1 · 2024-25

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Racing Club de Lens

Sat 8 Mar 2025 · 20:05 UTC Orange Velodrome 64,942 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 90+4' Neil El Aynaoui

Valentin Rongier 53' Y

Y 61' Abdulay Bah

Ismael Bennacer 77' Y

Leonardo Balerdi 84' Y

Overview

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Olympique de Marseille vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Orange Velodrome.

Olympique de Marseille 10 games · 18 pts (2026/27)
Racing Club de Lens 10 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Thomas Leonard
Assistant 1 Thomas Luczynski
Assistant 2 Julien Haulbert

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain FC	10	23
2	Lille OSC	10	21
3	Paris FC	10	20
4	Olympique de Marseille	10	18
5	Olympique Lyonnais	10	17
6	OGC Nice	10	17
7	AS Monaco FC	10	16
8	Stade Rennais FC 1901	10	16
9	Stade Brestois 29	10	15
10	FC Lorient	10	15
11	Racing Club de Lens	10	13
12	Toulouse FC	10	13
13	RC Strasbourg Alsace	10	10
14	AJ Auxerre	10	10
15	Le Mans FC	10	8
16	Angers SCO	10	8
17	ES Troyes AC	10	8
18	Le Havre AC	10	2

Head-to-Head

Olympique de Marseille 13 games · Avg 2.7 goals Racing Club de Lens

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-08 Olympique de Marseille 0–1 Racing Club de Lens 2024-11-23 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Olympique de Marseille 2024-04-28 Olympique de Marseille 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2023-11-12 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Olympique de Marseille 2023-05-06 Racing Club de Lens 2–1 Olympique de Marseille

Recent Form

Olympique de Marseille

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Racing Club de Lens	H	0–1	L
02 Mar	FC Nantes	H	2–0	W
22 Feb	AJ Auxerre	A	0–3	L
15 Feb	AS Saint-Étienne	H	5–1	W
09 Feb	Angers SCO	A	2–0	W
02 Feb	Olympique Lyonnais	H	3–2	W

Racing Club de Lens

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Olympique de Marseille	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	Le Havre AC	H	3–4	L
23 Feb	FC Nantes	A	1–3	L
16 Feb	RC Strasbourg Alsace	H	0–2	L
08 Feb	OGC Nice	A	0–2	L
31 Jan	Montpellier HSC	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Olympique de Marseille		Racing Club de Lens
#4	Position	#11
18	Points	13
10	Played	10
6 / 0 / 4	W / D / L	4 / 1 / 5
22	Scored	17
14	Conceded	15
+8	GD	+2
1.80	PPG	1.30
60%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Olympique de Marseille this season

0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

Olympique de Marseille are 4th (18 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 11th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Olympique de Marseille

0-15

4/3

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

6/2

61-75

2/3

76+

6/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Racing Club de Lens

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

4/4

46-60

5/2

61-75

2/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Olympique de Marseille

Amine Gouiri	7 G	3 A
Amine Harit	3 G	1 A
Himad Abdelli	3 G
Igor Paixao	2 G	1 A
Keyliane Abdallah	2 G

Racing Club de Lens

Florian Thauvin	5 G	8 A
Matthieu Udol	2 G
Franjo Ivanovic	2 G
Saud Abdulhamid	1 G
Pierre Ganiou	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Orange Velodrome!
5' Nampalys Mendy, a Senegal midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' Quentin Merlin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
20' Olympique de Marseille are deployed in a 3-4-2-1 today, looking to exploit space against Racing Club de Lens's 5-4-1 shape.
25' Florian Sotoca has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
30' Racing Club de Lens have won 442 goals from 459 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Deiver Machado made 88 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' It is a cagey affair so far. Olympique de Marseille in their 3-4-2-1 trying to find a way past Racing Club de Lens's compact 5-4-1.
45' named a 3-4-2-1 earlier, and opted for a 5-4-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
46' Time for substitution for Olympique de Marseille. Bilal Nadir is replaced by Luis Henrique.
51' The travelling Racing Club de Lens supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
53' That looks like a foul for a card for Valentin Rongier.
58' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
61' A moment of madness from Abdulay Bah on 61 minutes earns him a card. Racing Club de Lens will be frustrated.
66' Time for substitution for Racing Club de Lens. Andy Diouf is replaced by Anass Zaroury.
67' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Wesley Said exits the field as Rayan Fofana enters on 67.
70' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Rowe. He replaces Quentin Merlin on 70 minute.
75' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
77' Olympique de Marseille receives a card for a hard tackle on 77.
77' Olympique de Marseille ring the changes. Ismael Bennacer has done his job and it is now time for Neal Maupay to step up.
82' Olympique de Marseille are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Racing Club de Lens backline.
83' Another change for Racing Club de Lens made on 83 minute. Nampalys Mendy leaves to be changed by Hamzat Ojediran.
84' The referee calls foul for Leonardo Balerdi. He receives a card.
89' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Olympique de Marseille side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

Lineups

Olympique de Marseille Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roberto De Zerbi

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Will Still

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Dimitri Payet	4
Florian Sotoca	2
Wesley Said	2
Florian Thauvin	1
Seko Fofana	1
Florian Thauvin	1
Arkadiusz Milik	1
Jonathan Gradit	1

Head to Head

Olympique de Marseille Form

2025-03-08 Olympique de Marseille 0–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-03-02 Olympique de Marseille 2–0 FC Nantes W 2025-02-22 AJ Auxerre 3–0 Olympique de Marseille L 2025-02-15 Olympique de Marseille 5–1 AS Saint-Étienne W 2025-02-09 Angers SCO 0–2 Olympique de Marseille W 2025-02-02 Olympique de Marseille 3–2 Olympique Lyonnais W

Racing Club de Lens Form

2025-03-08 Olympique de Marseille 0–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2025-03-01 Racing Club de Lens 3–4 Le Havre AC L 2025-02-23 FC Nantes 3–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-02-16 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 RC Strasbourg Alsace L 2025-02-08 OGC Nice 2–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-01-31 Montpellier HSC 0–2 Racing Club de Lens W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.06 Olympique de Marseille xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.31 Racing Club de Lens xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Olympique de Marseille51% Draw24% Racing Club de Lens25%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.37

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Olympique de Marseille or Draw

75%

Draw or Racing Club de Lens

49%

Olympique de Marseille or Racing Club de Lens

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Olympique de Marseille40% Draw41% Racing Club de Lens19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 0

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

Actual

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Olympique de Marseille

Handicap	Olympique de Marseille covers	Push	Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

14% ✗

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