Olympique de Marseille v Valenciennes

Start date: Sun Feb 7, 2010
League: Ligue 1
Sport: Soccer

Olympique de Marseille 5-1 Valenciennes

González 33
Brandao 43
Cheyrou 53
Valbuena 77
Niang 90

Sanchez 66

Game summary

The game was played in Ligue 1 on Sunday February 7.
Abardonado was shown a yellow card after 10 minutes.
Olympique de Marseille took the lead when González scored the first goal after 33 minutes.
Valbuena was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes.
Tiéné was shown a yellow card after 40 minutes.
Brandao scored a goal for Olympique de Marseille, making it 2-0, in the 43th minute.
Cheyrou scored a goal for Olympique de Marseille, making it 3-0, in the 53th minute.
Ben Arfa was shown a yellow card after 57 minutes.
Sanchez scored a goal for Valenciennes FC, making it 3-1, in the 66th minute.
Gomis was shown a yellow card after 72 minutes.
Valbuena scored a goal for Olympique de Marseille, making it 4-1, in the 77th minute.
Niang scored a goal for Olympique de Marseille, making it 5-1, in the 90th minute.
The game ended in a 5-1 victory for the home team Olympique de Marseille.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 31 played games for Olympique de Marseille (14 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses) and the last 31 games for Valenciennes FC (10 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 1.74 for Olympique de Marseille and 1.06 for Valenciennes FC. The average for all teams combined within the Ligue 1 was 1.22 goals scored per game. This means that Olympique de Marseille is better than its peers and Valenciennes is worse than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Olympique de Marseille, is quite strong as a home team, winning a whopping 53.3% of their home games. The away team, Valenciennes, usually wins 31.3% of its away games which is good compared to the rest of the league.