Marseille vs Man. United Live Stream on March 15

Match background
• United have won eight and drawn three of 11 previous encounters against Ligue 1 sides at Old Trafford. They overcame LOSC Lille Métropole 1-0 to complete a 2-0 aggregate success in the round of 16 in 2006/07, then defeated Olympique Lyonnais by the same margin 12 months later for a 2-1 overall victory.
• Sir Alex Ferguson's men are also unbeaten at Old Trafford in this season's competition, drawing with Rangers FC (0-0) and Valencia CF (1-1) and beating Bursaspor 1-0.
• Marseille recorded two resounding victories on the road in the group stage. Although they lost 2-0 at Chelsea FC on Matchday 2 they subsequently achieved a striking 7-0 success at MŠK Žilina – the biggest by an away team in the UEFA Champions League – and a 3-0 triumph at FC Spartak Moskva.
• Marseille have won only once previously in England, Mathieu Valbuena scoring the only goal in a 1-0 success at Liverpool FC in the 2007/08 group stage. Their overall record is W1 D3 L5.
• In two-legged ties against rivals from across the Channel, Marseille's record is W3 L1, United's W4 L1.
• United have won eight of the 12 UEFA competition ties in which they have drawn the first leg away from home, although they have won only five of the nine in which the first game finished goalless. In recent UEFA Champions League campaigns they have eliminated FC Internazionale Milano (2008/09 round of 16: 0-0 away, 2-0 home) and FC Barcelona (2007/08 semi-finals: 0-0 away, 1-0 home), although they were also knocked out by Real Madrid CF (1999/2000 quarter-finals: 0-0 away, 2-3 home) and AS Monaco FC (1997/98 quarter-finals: 0-0 away, 1-1 home).
• Marseille, meanwhile, have won two of the three UEFA competition ties in which they have drawn the first leg at home. Those two victories both came on away goals after a scoreless opening match, OM overcoming FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round (2-2 away) and Bologna FC in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup semi-finals (1-1 away).