Marseille enter Lorient contest as hot favourites

Marseille and Lorient face off this Sunday at the Orange Vélodrome in an intriguing match in the Ligue 1. Currently, Jean-Louis Gasset's team are 9th in the table with 44 points, while Régis Le Bris's team are 17th with 26 points. The match will be broadcast live at 15:00 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

After facing Atalanta in Europa League, Marseille turn their attention to the Ligue 1 where they challenge Lorient. On arrival at this matchday, Jean-Louis Gasset's team is on a sequence of scoring at least one goal each match for the past four, in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24. On the other hand, Régis Le Bris's team is on a sequence of 8 games without a win in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24. A look back at the history books shows that Marseille and Lorient have faced each other thirty-five times, with Jean-Louis Gasset's team holding the advantage: 20 victories, against 6 victories of Régis Le Bris's team. Specifically in the Orange Vélodrome, Marseille have the advantage in the duels against Lorient: 9 wins in 17 games, while Régis Le Bris's team has 4 wins.

In the Ligue 1, thirty-three games were played between the two teams, with 19 wins for Marseille, 8 draws and 6 wins for Lorient.

Considering the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24, from Marseille's most influential players, Pierre Aubameyang participated in 31 games, and Pau López is the one with more minutes played (2669). Pierre Aubameyang is their current best scorer with 13 goals. As for Lorient, Yvon Mvogo is the most used player in a total of 32 games (2880 min). Mohamed Bamba is the current best scorer with 7 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Marseille winning 4-2. Jean-Louis Gasset's team is given the favouritism to win this match.