On the 20th of August, Olympique Marseille will play host to Nantes in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which is great football weather. Olympique Marseille sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Brest. Nuno Tavares struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 38th minute on a feed from Jonathan Clauss, then Pierre Lees Melou tied it up for Brest in the 61st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Brest. Olympique Marseille is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Nantes, recorded a 1-1 draw against Lille. Moses Simon scored the first goal for Nantes in the 28th minute, then in the 76th minute, Jonathan David sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ismaily squeezing out at least the one point for Lille. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Olympique Marseille won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Nantes’s most prolific scorer has been Ludovic Blas. The French midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Both Luis Javier Suárez and Nuno Tavares have been the hottest scorers for Olympique Marseille in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Duje Ćaleta-Car, Pau López and Pape Alassane Gueye are unavailable to play for Igor Tudor’s team, while Moussa Sissoko is unavailable to play for Nantes.