Olympique Marseille vs Olympique Lyonnais prediction and preview

Ligue 1 · Sunday 21 March 2027, 19:45 UTC

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Olympique Marseille vs Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 21 March 2027, 19:45 UTC · Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

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Olympique Marseille vs Olympique Lyonnais preview

Olympique Marseille welcome Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on Sunday 21 March 2027 (19:45 UTC) in Ligue 1. Olympique Marseille sit 6th on 15 points after 9 matches, while Olympique Lyonnais sit 3rd on 17 points after 9 matches.

Recent form: Olympique Marseille W-W-L-W-L, Olympique Lyonnais W-L-L-W-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Olympique Marseille have scored 2.2 and conceded 1.2 goals per game, with 2 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Olympique Lyonnais average 1.3 scored and 1.7 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Olympique Marseille won 6, 0 games were drawn and Olympique Lyonnais won 4. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 7 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 1 Mar 2026, ended Olympique Marseille 3-2 Olympique Lyonnais.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Olympique Lyonnais9522157+817WLWLW
6Olympique Marseille95042013+715LWWWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Marseille 6, draws 0, Olympique Lyonnais 4.

Team news

Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jeffrey de Lange, Timothy Weah, Nayef Aguerd, Emerson, CJ Egan-Riley, Igor Paixão, Himad Abdelli, Tochukwu Nnadi, Amine Harit, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Amine Gouiri

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-3-3)

Dominik Greif, Zachary Athekame, Abner, Felix Bacher, Moussa Niakhaté, Tanner Tessmann, Corentin Tolisso, Mads Bidstrup, Keito Nakamura, Ernest Nuamah

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