As a side effect of the Covid-19, victories outside Ligue 1 clubs have jumped this season.
First in closed stadiums, then with a limited audience, before finding silence on the lawn, the players were greatly disturbed by this new dimension. Formerly pushed into their entrenchment by a excited public, sometimes helping them to reverse a situation, footballers must now evolve without an audience because of the pandemic.
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Lyon more at ease away from home
And we can say that for some people the displacement is less feared. A full Velodrome in Marseille, with its 67,000 souls, often has enough to intimidate the opponent, or without an audience, the Marseillais are more… harmless. The proof is this surprising defeat against Nîmes on Saturday night. Would OM have taken back control of the match, or snatched the draw, pushed by their Ultras?
But the Villas Boas players have something to console themselves with, in mid-December, they were the only ones to be undefeated outside, until this defeat in Angers (2-1) on December 23. A trend that is reflected in the numbers. Since the start of the season, 35% of matches have ended with a success for the visiting team, for a total of 71 wins recorded. Never seen in the history of Ligue 1.
In terms of ratio, however, it is Lyon which dominates the debates. OL, with five away successes, took 18 points out of the 27 possible. Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille follow closely behind. Among the poor students, we count Nantes and Lorient, who recorded only one victory each away.
Above all, the 20e Championship day was once again marked by the number of away victories: 6 in 9 matches this weekend (Monaco, Paris, Nîmes, Bordeaux, Rennes, Metz), Lorient-Dijon having been postponed. Statistics that undermine the authority of home clubs. A situation that is likely to last since the public, given the evolution of the health crisis, is not likely to set foot in a stadium immediately …
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