FC Lorient vs Marseille Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Lorient have won only one of their last nine Ligue1 games against Marseille (D3 L5), 5-3 back in April 2015. Lorient have won only two of their 13 Ligue 1 home games against Marseille (D4 L7), doing so in March 2007 and April 2012 (each time 2-1).
Les Merlus have conceded at least one goal in each of these 13 encounters. Lorient have lost eight of their last 12 league games (Ligue 1 + Ligue 2) - winning three and drawing one - as many as in their previous 40 (W24 D8).
Marseille have lost only once in their last nine Ligue 1 games (W4 D4), against St Etienne in September (0-2). Lorient have lost only once in their last seven Ligue 1 home games (W8 D3), 2-3 against Lens in September:
Marseille are unbeaten in their last 11 Ligue 1 away games (W8 D3), the longest current run in the division, and their longest since October 201 5- March 2016 (also 11). L'OM have not done better since January 2008- January 2009 (18).
Lorient have conceded at least one goal in their last 14 Ligue 1 games, the longest current run without a clean sheet in the competition. Jérémy Morel has played 395 Ligue 1 games, including 148 with Lorient and 120 with Marseille.
At 36 years old, the Malagasy intemationai is Lorient's only outfield player who played 90 minutes in each of their games in the top-flight this season. Pierre-Yves Hamel has been involved in one goal in each of his last four Ligue 1 games (2 goals, 2 assists), the first time for a Lorient player in the top-flight since Majeed Waris in November-December 2016 (also 4).
If he plays, Valentin Rongier will enjoy his 150th Ligue1 game (119 with Nantes, 30 with Marseille). Since his first top-flight game with I'OM on 15 September 2019, he is the outfield player with the most games played with the team (30).
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