Marseille vs Saint Etienne Ligue 1 Match

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🌀St Etienne are the team who have won the most games (39) and scored the most goals (160) against Marseille in Ligue 1 - and Marseille are the team who have won the most games (49) and scored the most goals (180) against St Etienne in Ligue 1. 

🌀Marseille are unbeaten in their last 26 home games against St Etienne in Ligue 1 (W22 D4), their last defeat against this opponent at the Vélodrome was in August 1979 (3-5). 

🌀Marseille have won their first two games in Ligue 1 this season (3-2 v Brest and 1-0 v Paris)- they last won their opening three games of a season in 2013/14. 

🌀After winning against Lorient (2-0) and Strasbourg (2-0), St Etienne could start a Ligue 1 season with three wins for only the second time in the 21st century after 2017/18. 

🌀Marseille have lost only once in their last 13 home games in Ligue 1 (W8 D4), it was against Nantes in February(1-3). 

🌀St Etienne have lost their last seven away games in Ligue 1 and could equal their worst ever run between January-May 1996 (8). 

🌀Marseille have scored three goals from indirect free-kicks in Ligue 1 this season (Caleta-Car x2 and Thauvin x1), more than any other team. 

🌀Dimitri Payet scored nine goals in 22 Ligue 1 games last season with Marseille his second-best tally over a single top-flight season after 2010/11 with St Etienne (13 goals in 33 games). 

🌀Florian Thauvin has been involved in nine goals in 13 games vs St Etienne in Ligue 1 (4 goals, 5 assists) only against Caen he has registered more in the top-flight (10-7 goals, 3 assists). 

🌀André Villas Boas has a 60% win ratio with Marseille in Ligue 1 (W18 D8 L4) - no manager has posted a better rate after his first 30 games with Marseille in top-flight history. 

🌀Claude Puel will take charge of his 600th Ligue 1 game as a manager (228 with Lille, 152 with Nice, 114 with Lyon, 83 with Monaco and 22 with St Etienne) only Guy Roux (895), Kader Firoud (782), Albert Batteux (658), José Arribas (654) and Jean Fernandez (603) are ahead of him.