Strasbourg vs Marseille Ligue 1 Match

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Strasbourg are winless in their last nine Ligue 1 games against Marseille (D4 L5), since a 1-0 home win in April 2005. It is RCSA’s longest current drought against a top-flight opponent.

Strasbourg have lost only three of their last 24 home Ligue 1 games against Marseille (W10 D11).

Strasbourg have lost seven of their first nine games of a Ligue 1 season (W2) for the first time ever. RCSA have conceded 18 goals after nine games, their highest tally in the top-flight in the 21st century.

Marseille have lost only once in their last 10 Ligue 1 games (W5 D4), 0-2 against St Etienne in September.

After their defeats against Lille and Lyon in October, Strasbourg could lose three consecutive home Ligue 1 games for the first time since February-May 2008 (6).

Marseille are unbeaten in their last 12 away Ligue 1 games (W9 D3), the longest current streak in the competition, and their longest since January 2008-January 2009 (18), their greatest ever.

Marseille will play their fifth closed-door game in their Ligue 1 history – OM are the team with the most closed-door games played with a 100%-win percentage in the top-flight (1 v Auxerre in 2007, 1 v Bastia in 2012 and 2 v Bordeaux in 2019 & 2020).

Marseille have had fewer shots on target than any other side in Ligue 1 this season (21).

If he plays, Kenny Lala will enjoy his 100th Ligue 1 game with Strasbourg. He is the only Strasbourg player to score in each of their four seasons since their comeback to the top-flight in 2017/18, being involved in 50% of the goals scored by his side against Marseille (3/6) in that spell (2 goals, 1 assist).

If he plays, Florian Thauvin will enjoy his 200th Ligue 1 game with Marseille, becoming the fourth player to reach this tally with the club in the 21st century after Steve Mandanda (431), Mathieu Valbuena (242) and Benoît Cheyrou (219). If he scores, he will become Marseille’s outright top goalscorer in the top-flight in the 21st century, being currently level with Mamadou Niang on 71 goals.