The away team is currently in the 2^nd position of the league, with 28 points won, after 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Toulouse, by (0‑2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Brest, by (2‑1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 28 goals scored and 26 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 19 goals scored and 17 conceded. In the last 7 away league matches Olympique Marseille has a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 21 possible.

In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 wins in the last matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Olympique Marseille heads into this match motivated after having added another 2-1 win at home against Stade Brest, adding the fourth straight win in this French championship: the goals were scored by Nemanja Radonjic and Sarr. In this away match, coach André Villas-Boas should keep the team in 4-3-3 with Benedetto being the most offensive reference: this player is the highlight of Olympique Marseille with 6 goals scored. Finishing, defensive set pieces, counterattacks and aerial play are all good points of the visiting team. For this match the coach cannot count on Florian Thauvin due to injury.

Confirmed Lineup: S. Mandanda, D. Ćaleta-Car, B. Kamara, J. Amavi, B. Sarr, H. Sakai, V. Rongier, D. Payet, K. Strootman, M. Sanson, D. Benedetto.
Coach: André Villas-Boas.