Marseille vs Montpellier

Montpellier have lost 23 of their first 30 Ligue 1 games this season (W4 L3), the highest tally for a team at this stage of a campaign in the history of the league.

Marseille scored 10 goals against Montpellier in Ligue 1 this season, (5-0 first leg, 5-1 tonight), a first against the same opponent in a campaign since 1971-72 (10 v Red Star). OM have scored at least five goals in five L1 2024-25 matches, equalling their third tally in a single season (as in 1947-48 – 7 in 1970-71, 6 in 1948-49).

Montpellier have lost each of their last 11 Ligue 1 matches – becoming the eighth team to reach that tally – the longest current run in Europe's top 10 leagues.

Marseille have not lost any of their last 11 matches against Montpellier in Ligue 1 (W7, D4), scoring at least one goal in each of those games (26 in total).

Marseille have lost only two of their 29 home matches against Montpellier in Ligue 1 (W14, D13), in April 2012 (1-3) and in August 2014 (0-2).

Marseille have lost five of their last seven Ligue 1 matches (W2), more than in their first 22 this season (W14, D4, L4).

Montpellier have lost their last 10 Ligue 1 games, the longest current run in the Top 5 European leagues, conceding 22 goals and scoring only one over the period, in a 1-4 loss at Lyon on 16 February.

Marseille have won five of their seven home matches in Ligue 1 in 2025 (D1, L1), having won just two of their seven home games played in 2024 this season (D3, L2).