Marseille vs Nantes Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📰
Marseille are winless in their last five Ligue 1 games against Nantes (D2 L3), their longest current drought against a top-flight opponent.
Nantes have won their last two Ligue 1 games at Marseille but have never recorded three consecutive wins at Le Vélodrome in their top-flight history.
Marseille have won their last two Ligue 1 games, keeping clean sheets in both, they could win a third game without conceding in the top-flight for the first time since January 2018 (3).
Nantes have drawn each of their last two Ligue 1 games (1-1 v Metz and Lens) but have not done so in three games in a row since November-December 2015 (5)
Marseille have won only once in their last six home Ligue 1 games (D3 L2), after winning seven of their previous eight (D1).
Nantes are unbeaten in their last two away Ligue 1 games (2-0 win at Lorient, 1-1 draw at Lens) but have not managed to do so in more games since April-May 2019 (3).
Marseille are the only Ligue 1 team that have failed to attempt at least 100 shots this season. They have fired 78 shots in nine games, at an average of 8.7 per game, the lowest tally in the top-flight in 2020/21.
Marseille’s Dimitri Payet has failed to score in his 11 Ligue 1 games against Nantes, more than against any other team in which he has never found the net in the top-flight. He is, however, the player who scored against the most different sides in Ligue 1 in the 21st century (33).
Marseille’s goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has conceded eight goals from an Expected Goals faced total of 11.2 in Ligue 1 this season – this differential of 3.2 is the best of any goalkeeper in the competition this term (own goals excluded).
Kader Bamba has been involved in two of Nantes’ last three goals against Marseille in Ligue 1 (1 but, 1 assist), the only opponent against which he is involved in several goals in the top-flight.
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