In this week 22 match, on Sunday Feb 5th, Olympique Marseille will host Nice at Orange Vélodrome in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Olympique Marseille is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Nantes. João Victor struck first for Olympique Marseille on an own goal in the 57th minute on a feed from Nuno Tavares, then Azzedine Ounahi added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Jonathan Clauss At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nantes couldn’t manage to score, and Olympique Marseille took the shutout win. Olympique Marseille is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while nice is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Lens. Gaëtan Laborde scored the first goal for Nice in the 57th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Lens was frustrated by Nice’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nice ended the match with the shutout victory. Nice should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Aug 28th, Nice hosted Olympique Marseille at the Allianz Riviera in their last match together. Olympique Marseille won by a score of 3 to 0. Alexis Sánchez struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 10th minute on a feed from Jonathan Clauss, then Nuno Tavares added another in the 37th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nice couldn’t manage to score, and Olympique Marseille took the shutout win.
For Nice, their top scorers are Ross Barkley and Nicolas Pépé, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Both Alexis Sánchez and Jordan Veretout have been the hottest scorers for Olympique Marseille in the last five each having scored 3 goals each
Amine Harit, Pau López and Jonathan Clauss are unavailable to play for Olympique Marseille, while Didier Digard’s Nice squad will be without Nicolas Pépé and Youcef Atal.