• OGC NICE vs OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE

    Ligue 1 McDonald's • Journée 19 ALLIANZ RIVIERA

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Olympique de Marseille, founded in 1899, is one of the major clubs in the French football championship. The Phocéens have one of the richest records in the country with no less than 9 French championship titles, 10 French Cups, 3 League Cups, and above all, 1 Champions League won in 1993.

That year, Marseille, led by their captain Didier Deschamps, faced AC Milan in the final. OM won 1-0 thanks to a header by Basile Boli, and became the first French club to win this competition, which they will return to in the 2022-2023 season.

Head-to-head

In the last 10 games against OM, the two teams have drawn only once, Gym has won 4 times and lost 5 times. The last game between the two teams took place at the Allianz Riviera on Matchday 9 of Ligue 1 McDonald's 2023/2024. Our Eagles won 1-0 thanks to an E.Guessand header (79').

Notable player

Many players have passed through OGC Nice and OM in their career, Mario Balotelli being one of them.

Coming from AC Milan, where he had been on loan for a year from Liverpool, Super Mario arrived in Nice on the last day of the 2016 summer mercato and quickly became the attraction of the Nice public.

In his first match for the Gym, but also in Ligue 1 McDonald's, Mario Balotelli scored a brace against Olympique de Marseille allowing his team to win 3 goals to 2, all in front of the public of the Allianz Riviera.

After two and a half seasons at OGC Nice, Mario joined the Phocaean club during the winter mercato of 2019 and stayed there for 6 months.

Did you know?

The Orange Velodrome is the home stadium of Olympique de Marseille and has a capacity of 67,394 spectators. The distance between the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice and the Orange Velodrome in Marseille is 153 kilometres.