Ajaccio v Olympique Marseille Match Preview, 4/6/23

Match Facts

1. Ajaccio won the reverse fixture at Marseille (2-1) and could do the top-flight double over them for just a second time, after 2004-05.
2. Whatever their result, Ajaccio and Troyes (currently 23 points) will be the two teams with the fewest points won over a complete campaign (with three points for a win) without finishing bottom.
3. Marseille could win their 23rd Ligue 1 game in  2022-23 and equal their highest tally in the 21st century, set in 2009-10 when they were last crowned French champions.
4. Ajaccio have failed to score in 13 of their 18 Ligue 1 home games this season (nine goals scored overall) and could be the first team ever to be goalless in 14 encounters at home in a single top-flight campaign.
5. Marseille have picked up 39 points away from home in Ligue 1 2022-23 and could equal their highest tally ever in a single campaign on the road (42 in 2008-09).
6. Ajaccio have used the most players in Ligue 1 this season (36), while only Cadiz (38) and Sampdoria (37) have used more across the big five European leagues.
7. Ajaccio have opened the scoring on just four occasions in Ligue 1 2022-23 and could equal the fewest tally over a top-flight campaign across the last 75 years set by Toulouse in 1993-94.
8. Marseille are the team with the most goals scored from corners in Ligue 1 this season (12) while Ajaccio have scored the fewest goals in this manner (2).
9. Against Brest, Chancel Mbemba scored the 20th goal by a Marseille defender/fullback in Ligue 1 this season, at least eight more than any other team and the highest tally over a top-flight campaign in the 21st century.
10. Ajaccio’s Mounaïm El Idrissy has contested 574 duels in Ligue 1 this season (233 won), more than any player in 2022-23 and the highest tally in a single season since 2018-19 (four players).