Liverpool travel to Marseille for Wednesday night’s Champions League clash at the Orange Velodrome (kick-off 8pm).
Marseille have lost their last three UEFA Champions League games against Liverpool, most recently in the 2008-09 group stage (1-2 home, 0-1 away).
Liverpool have won just one of their last six away games against French sides in all competitions (D2 L3), though it was a 1-0 win at PSG in their most recent visit in March 2025.
Marseille’s 2-1 win against Newcastle in November ended a 12-game winless run against English sides in all competitions (D3 L9). The last time they beat two different Premier League clubs in the same European campaign was in 2003-04, when they beat Newcastle and Liverpool in the UEFA Cup.
Marseille are on a run of 30 UEFA Champions League games without a draw (W8 L22) while Liverpool haven’t drawn any of their last 27 (W19 L8). It’s the two longest runs without a draw in the competition’s history.
Liverpool have applied more pressures in the opposition penalty area than any other side in the UEFA Champions League this season (313). Hugo Ekitiké is responsible for 73 of these, the most of any Reds player.
Curtis Jones has completed 92% of his passes under high-intensity pressure in the UEFA Champions League this season (115/125). Among all midfielders with 100+ attempted across the first six matchdays, only Frenkie de Jong (92.8%) and Vitinha (92.4%) had a higher such accuracy.
Virgil van Dijk has won 20 of his 24 aerial duels in the UEFA Champions League this season, with his 83% aerial duel success rate being the highest of any player in the current edition (min. 20 contested).
