Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Olympique Marseille 3rd with 7, Lazio 2nd with 9. Recent form told a different story for Olympique Marseille: only 20th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Olympique Marseille were scoring 1 and conceding 1.17, Lazio 1.17 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Olympique Marseille carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
Stade Vélodrome in Marseille staged the fixture, a ground that holds 67,395. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.