Lyon vs Marseille

Lyon have won their first three Ligue 1 2025/26 matches, a first for the Rhone club since 1981/82.

Lyon have won three games in a row without conceding a goal at home for the first time in Ligue 1 since March-May 2018 (5).

Marseille have lost two of their first three matches (W1) of a Ligue 1 season for the first time since 2015/16 (also W1).

Lyon and Marseille will face each other for the 126th time in all competitions (the 110th in Ligue 1), with OM becoming the second most often faced opponent by OL (132 v Monaco). It will be only their ninth meeting in August, the first since 2005 (1-1 in Ligue 1).

Lyon have lost five of their last six matches against Marseille in Ligue 1 (W1), only one defeat less than in the first 42 meetings between these two teams in the top-flight in the 21st century (6 – W18 D18).

Beaten 2-3 in September 2024 at Groupama Stadium, Lyon could suffer two defeats in a row at home to Marseille for the very first time in their history.

Winners of their first two Ligue 1 2025-26 matches (1-0 at Lens, 3-0 v Metz), Lyon have not started a Ligue 1 season with three wins since 1981-82 (4).

Marseille have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 12 Ligue 1 matches (21 conceded in total), having only had a longer run of this kind once in the last 40 years: in January-April 2012 (14).