Manchester City vs Marseille UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔷
Manchester City won 3-0 in their only previous game against Marseille in European competition, picking up an away victory at the Stade Vélodrome earlier in this season’s UEFA Champions League group stage.
Marseille have only won one of their previous 12 away games against English sides in European competition (D4 L7), with that lone victory coming against Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League back in October 2007.
Since Pep Guardiola took charge of Manchester City, a third of his defeats in the UEFA Champions League have been inflicted by French teams (3/9) – indeed, Manchester City have lost three of their six games against French opponents in the competition under Guardiola (W2 D1).
Manchester City have conceded only one goal in the UEFA Champions League this season (the joint-fewest alongside Chelsea) – the last side to concede as few by the end of the group stages were Barcelona in 2017-18 (one), while the last English side were Manchester United in 2010-11 (also one).
Should Manchester City beat Marseille, they will have accrued 16 points in the UEFA Champions League group stages this season, the joint-most of any English side in a single group stage along with Arsenal in 2005-06 (finalists), Manchester United in 2007-08 (winners), and Tottenham Hotspur in 2017-18 (Last 16).
Marseille’s run of 13 consecutive UEFA Champions League defeats, the longest in the competition’s history, ended last time out with a 2-1 victory against Olympiakos – they last won consecutive matches in 2011-12 versus Borussia Dortmund and Internazionale.
Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson has kept four clean sheets in five UEFA Champions League appearances this season (the joint-most along Chelsea’s Édouard Mendy and Porto’s Agustín Marchesín) – the last goalkeeper to keep five or more clean sheets in the group stages was Sergio Rico for Sevilla in 2016-17, while the last to do so for an English side was Pepe Reina for Liverpool in 2005-06.
Dimitri Payet has scored both of Marseille’s goals in the UEFA Champions League this season – the last player to score 100% of his team’s goals in the group stages while scoring at least three times was Barukh Dego for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2004-05 (4/4).
Manchester City have kept a clean sheet in four consecutive UEFA Champions League matches since conceding one goal at home to Porto in October – the last side to record five or more consecutive shut-outs in the competition was Juventus in 2016-17 (Porto are also on a current run of four consecutive clean sheets in the competition).
Marseille have lost each of their last seven away games in the UEFA Champions League, while another loss here would see them record their worst ever losing run on the road in the competition.
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