AS Monaco - Olympique Marseille live - Football

AS Monaco host Olympique Marseille on Sunday 30 August 2026 at 18:45 UTC at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, with the match forming part of Ligue 1 Matchday 2. Both sides arrive on the back of impressive opening-weekend victories, and the fixture carries its usual weight of history: across 123 all-time meetings, Marseille hold 50 wins, Monaco 45, and 28 matches have ended level.

Match Info: AS Monaco vs Olympique Marseille

The match takes place on Sunday 30 August 2026 at 19:45 BST at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco, as part of Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 Ligue 1 McDonald's season.

Where to Watch AS Monaco vs Olympique Marseille?

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the match is available on Amazon Prime Video and on Ligue1+, covering both streaming and dedicated football platform options for fans across the British Isles. Television viewers in the UK can tune into either service for live coverage of this Ligue 1 showdown.

Across Europe, DAZN distributes the game in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain, while Viaplay covers Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. Italian supporters can tune in via Ligue1+, and French viewers have access through DAZN France as well as Molotov.tv, with the LIGUE 1+ 2 channel carrying the linear television broadcast. In Central and Eastern Europe, Nova Sport 3 serves the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Arena Sport 2 covers Croatia and Slovenia, and Setanta Sports 2 is available in the Baltic states and several CIS countries.

In the United States, the clash can be watched on beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Español and Fubo TV. Canadian fans can access the game via beIN SPORTS Canada or fuboTV Canada. Across Latin America, Disney+ is the primary broadcast partner in the vast majority of countries. African audiences south of the Sahara can follow the action on DStv Now, and viewers in the Arab world are served by beIN SPORTS Arabia 1 HD.

Match between AS Monaco and Olympique Marseille - Preview

Monaco take on Marseille just seven days into the new Ligue 1 season - a fixture that never lacks drama, and one that arrives this year with added intrigue: two clubs under new managers, both yet to drop a point.

AS Monaco enter under Filipe Luís, the Brazilian coach who joined from Flamengo in the summer of 2026 following the departure of Sébastien Pocognoli. He has already made a sharp start: Monaco won away at Le Havre 1-0 on Ligue 1 opening weekend, then travelled to Poland and beat Górnik Zabrze 3-2 in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League play-off on 20 August. Mika Biereth gave Monaco the lead in the ninth minute, Lamine Camara extended it just after the break, and Paris Brunner's goal proved decisive despite two Górnik responses. Facing Marseille in their next game after the European second leg, Luís's side arrive with momentum but also with limited recovery time.

Olympique Marseille under new manager Bruno Genesio - who arrived from Lille on 1 July 2026 - began their campaign in emphatic fashion with a 4-0 home win over Strasbourg. Amine Gouiri scored twice, with Keyliane Abdallah and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg completing the rout in the second half. The club qualified for the UEFA Europa League after finishing fifth in Ligue 1 last season, and Genesio has made clear his ambitions go considerably higher than that.

Head-to-Head: AS Monaco vs Olympique Marseille

Few rivalries in French football are as finely balanced as this one. Across 123 official encounters spanning more than seven decades, Marseille lead by just five wins - 50 to Monaco's 45 - while the aggregate goal tally stands at 174-173 in Marseille's favour, a margin of a single goal that makes this one of the closest long-running derbies in European football.

Here are the last eight meetings between the two clubs in Ligue 1:

• 05 Apr 2026 - Ligue 1 - AS Monaco 2-1 Olympique Marseille
• 14 Dec 2025 - Ligue 1 - Olympique Marseille 1-0 AS Monaco
• 12 Apr 2025 - Ligue 1 - AS Monaco 3-0 Olympique Marseille
• 01 Dec 2024 - Ligue 1 - Olympique Marseille 2-1 AS Monaco
• 27 Jan 2024 - Ligue 1 - Olympique Marseille 2-2 AS Monaco
• 30 Sep 2023 - Ligue 1 - AS Monaco 3-2 Olympique Marseille
• 28 Jan 2023 - Ligue 1 - Olympique Marseille 1-1 AS Monaco
• 13 Nov 2022 - Ligue 1 - AS Monaco 2-3 Olympique Marseille

AS Monaco - Recent Form

Monaco head into Sunday's clash with genuine confidence, having won their first two competitive matches of the 2026-27 season in contrasting but convincing fashion.

The 1-0 victory away at Le Havre on Matchday 1 demonstrated the disciplined defensive shape Filipe Luís is building: Monaco kept a clean sheet on the road and took all three points without drama. Three days earlier, the team produced an eye-catching performance in Poland, beating Górnik Zabrze 3-2 in the UEFA Conference League play-off first leg. The result was set up by Biereth's early opener, Camara's powerful finish from midfield and Brunner's well-timed goal - Monaco withstanding two equalisers to carry a one-goal advantage into the home leg.

Pre-season results illustrated the range in this squad: a stunning 3-2 win at Anfield against Liverpool and a clean 1-0 over Getafe, contrasted by a 0-2 loss to Coventry City. The overall picture is one of a team still calibrating its best eleven, but with the quality to beat anyone on a given day.

Olympique Marseille - Recent Form

Marseille ride into Monaco on the crest of a wave after a 4-0 statement opening-day win, arguably their strongest season-opener in several years.

Against a Strasbourg side still finding their shape under new manager Hugo Oliveira, Genesio's team were patient in the first half and then ruthless after the break: Gouiri struck twice, with Abdallah and Højbjerg adding gloss in the closing stages. The scoreline did not flatter Marseille - they created chance after chance and restricted Strasbourg to almost nothing in the second period. That result builds on a 2025-26 campaign that ended in fifth place, securing Europa League qualification despite mid-season managerial upheaval under Roberto De Zerbi and Habib Beye.

Genesio brings structure and clarity to the Vélodrome from his time at Lille and Rennes, and his early work suggests Marseille have found the stability they have been searching for across several difficult seasons.

Facts and Statistics

AS Monaco and Olympique Marseille have been two of Ligue 1's most enduring forces for over seven decades. Their rivalry stretches back to 1953 and encompasses not just league meetings but Coupe de France and European clashes, reflecting how consistently both clubs have featured at the top of French football.

• In 123 head-to-head matches, the two clubs have scored 347 goals combined - an average of 2.82 goals per game.
• Monaco's biggest win over Marseille remains the 6-1 result from August 2017; Marseille's biggest win in the fixture was a 5-1 home victory in October 1953.
• Monaco have won 2 of the last 4 Ligue 1 meetings between the clubs, including the 2-1 home victory in April 2026.
• Both clubs enter Matchday 2 without a point dropped: Monaco won 1-0 at Le Havre, while Marseille swept aside Strasbourg 4-0.
• Monaco play this match three days after their UEFA Conference League play-off second leg against Górnik Zabrze - a significant factor in terms of fatigue and squad rotation heading into Sunday's derby.