Rennes v Olympique Marseille Match Preview, 14/05/2022

Match Facts

1. Rennes have lost their last two Ligue 1 games against Marseille, and could lose three in a row against them in the top-flight for the first time since January 2006-January 2007 (3).
2. Rennes have won only two of their last 13 Ligue 1 home games against Marseille (D6 L5), on 21 September 2016 (3-2) and the most recent, on 16 December 2020 (2-1).
3. Rennes have lost three of their last five Ligue 1 games (W2), as many as in their previous 12 (W8 D1).
4. Marseille have picked up 68 points after 36 Ligue 1 games in Ligue 1 this season. Six of the last seven teams with exact same points tally at this stage of a season (with three points for a win) have finished in the first two positions in the table. Only exception: Lille in 2013-14 (3rd).
5. Rennes (alongside Nantes) are team with the highest differential between their home and away points tally (+18 – 40 H, 22 A). They host Marseille, who have the highest differential in the other direction (10 more points away from home, 39 against 29 at Vélodrome).
6. Marseille have picked up 39 points away from home in Ligue 1 this season. If they win at Rennes, OM will equal their highest tally ever in a top-flight campaign (42 in 2008-09).
7. Rennes have scored 2+ goals in each of their last eight Ligue 1 home games (29 goals overall), their longest run since February-September 1966 (10).
8. No team has scored more set piece goals than Rennes and Marseille (20 each) in Ligue 1 this season (alongside Strasbourg).
9. Gaëtan Laborde (Rennes) has scored five goals against Marseille in Ligue 1, against no team has he scored more in the top-flight. On the other hand, Marseille are the team against whom Martin Terrier has played the most minutes without ever scoring (372).
10. Gerson has scored seven Ligue 1 goals this season, including two in his last three games. It’s the second highest tally in a top-flight campaign for a Brazilian player with Marseille in the 21st century behind Brandão in 2009-10 (8).