In a weekend match in week 19, on Sat Jan 14th, Olympique Marseille will host Lorient at Orange Vélodrome in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 3rd placed Olympique Marseille, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hyères. Alexis Sánchez struck first for Olympique Marseille in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot, then Dieng added another in the 70th minute In the end, Hyères couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Marseille ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Marseille should be reasonably happy with their performance, while lorient is fresh off their 6-0 blowout win against La Chataigneraie. Ibrahima Kone struck first for Lorient in the 43rd minute on a penalty kick, then Yoann Cathline added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed La Chataigneraie couldn’t manage to score, and Lorient took the shutout win. Lorient is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
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.
Both Stéphane Diarra and Adil Aouchiche have been the hottest scorers for Lorient in the last five each having scored 2 goals. For Olympique Marseille, their top scorers are Sead Kolašinac and Nuno Tavares, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Igor Tudor’s Olympique Marseille squad will be without Samuel Gigot, Mattéo Guendouzi, Amine Harit, Nuno Tavares, Dimitri Payet and Jonathan Clauss, while Yvon Mvogo, Laporte and Le Bris are unavailable to play for Régis Le Bris’s team.