
Marseille
ESPN priced 19 Marseille games in Ligue 1 in 2025-26 and made them favorite in 17; only Paris Saint-Germain were underdog less often. They lost five of those 17, twice to Nantes, once at -390.
The 2025-26 season
Marseille went 18-5-11. Home was strong at 11-4-2; away was 7-1-9. They scored 63, 1.85 a game, and two clubs scored more; they conceded 45. One-goal games went eight won, six lost, and the best run was five straight wins.
Favorite 17 times, beaten five
As favorite Marseille went 9-3-5 for -0.66 units. The shortest prices that lost: 0-2 at home to Nantes at -390 on 4 January, 0-2 at Brest at -115 on 20 February and 0-2 at Lorient at -150 on 18 April. No Marseille win paid more than +120, 1-0 at Toulouse on 7 March. Underdog twice, they lost both: 0-5 at Paris Saint-Germain and 1-2 at AS Monaco.
One unit a game: -2.66
Backing Marseille in all 19 priced games, December to May, lost 2.66 units, 14.0% of the stake; six clubs did worse. Home games made +0.64. The road cost 3.3: 3-1-5 in nine priced away games, with three goal-line covers, and one club covered less often away. February (0-1-2, -3.0) and April (1-1-2, -2.74) were the losing months; March went 3-0-1 for +1.6.
Nantes and Lille twice
Nantes won both meetings, 2-0 away and 3-0 at home on 2 May with Marseille at -110. Lille won both too. Marseille beat AJ Auxerre, Le Havre and Metz twice each.
The total
No call: the priced games split nine over, ten under.
Questions and answers
How often was Marseille the favorite in 2025-26?
17 times in 19 priced Ligue 1 games, going 9-3-5 for -0.66 units.
What was Marseille’s worst defeat as favorite?
0-2 at home to Nantes at -390 on 4 January; Nantes won the second meeting too, 3-0.
How did Marseille travel?
7-1-9 in 17 league away games; 3-1-5 in the nine that were priced, for -3.3 units.
















