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Marseille Has the Chance to Be Ligue 1 Leaders With a Rivalry Match Win at Nice

Ligue 1 is back with a bang on beIN SPORTS after the international break with a fantastic French grudge match. Second-place Marseille has the chance to move to the top of the Ligue 1 standings on Friday. The catch is that to do so, Marseille will need to defeat Mediterranean rivals Nice on their own turf.

Although coach Roberto De Zerbi still has to ride the daily rollercoaster of emotions and drama at Marseille, the team’s Ligue 1 form has been solid. Coming into the second half of November, Marseille is still forcing PSG into late, late wins to stay at the top of the table. Marseille’s 25-point tally after 12 Ligue 1 games is the second-best performance in the past 10 years, and the team are the league’s top scorers with 28 goals. Eight of those have been provided by the club's prolific English striker, Mason Greenwood.

Marseille could be catching Nice at a good time on Friday, as the neighbors are having a run of bad form with back-to-back defeats in Ligue 1 against PSG and Metz and have no points at all in the team’s UEFA Europa League group. The most recent defeat against Freiburg produced quite the ticking off from the team’s irate coach, Franck Haise — “Outwardly, I defend my players, but at some point, you have to say things.”

Those same players can respond on Friday with a restorative victory over their rivals from Marseille.

Friday, November 21st — 2:35 PM ET / 11:35 AM PT — Nice vs. Marseille LIVE on beIN SPORTS

Nice and Marseille go head-to-head in a fierce Friday French rivalry clash in Ligue 1.

Top Five Facts

Marseille has scored the most goals in the league this season. In 12 matches they have scored 28 goals (league average is 17.5), at an average of 2.3 per match.
Nice has allowed the most goal attempts in the league this season. In 12 matches they have allowed 198 goal attempts (league average is 147.6), at an average of 16.5 per match.
Nice has lost 11 games in all competitions out of their 18 matches in 2025–26 (5W 2D), the highest tally for a team in Europe’s Top 5 leagues.
Marseille is in the Top 3 teams for the lowest number of goal attempts allowed in the league this season.
In the last five matches between Nice and Marseille, Nice won 3, Marseille won 1, and 1 ended in a draw. The latest match in January 2025 ended 2–0 for Nice.