Ligue 1: Olympique Marseille crushes Reims 4-1 with a great performance
MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille demolishes Reims 4-1 with goals of
MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille demolishes Reims 4-1 with goals of W. Faes (13′ own), N. Tavares (45′), L. Suarez (75′) and L. Suarez (90′). On the other side, Reims scored with F. Balogun (84′). Olympique Marseille took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard who was helped by Alexis Auger and Alexandre Viala. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 24.6 degrees Celsius or 76.28 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 53%.
Match Statistics
Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 56% while Reims was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Olympique Marseille won the contest.
Olympique Marseille shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Reims shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (S. Gigot and I. Tudor). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Reims.
After playing this match, Olympique Marseille has 0 points to occupy the 12th place in the table. while Reims stays with 0 points (13th).
Match Events
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13'13'
W. Faes (OG)
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45'45'
N. Tavares
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46'46'
K. Doumbia
A. Zeneli
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59'59'
S. Gigot
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60'60'
Igor Tudor
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63'63'
L. Suarez
A. Milik
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62'62'
Jordan Veretout
Cengiz Ünder
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64'64'
Folarin Balogun
El Toure
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71'71'
I. Tudor
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75'75'
Luis Suárez
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77'77'
Dimitri Payet
Gerson
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77'77'
Cédric Bakambu
Mattéo Guendouzi
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77'77'
Alexis Flips
Andreaw Gravillon
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80'80'
Martin Adeline
Marshall Munetsi
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83'83'
Sead Kolasinac
Jonathan Clauss
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84'84'
Folarin Balogun
Kamory Doumbia
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90'90'
Luis Suárez
Cédric Bakambu
Next match
In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Olympique Marseille will play away against Brest on the 14th of August with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (2 draws).
Reims will host Clermont on the 14th of August with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Reims (1 draw).
Olympique Marseille: Formation and Lineups
Olympique Marseille started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Igor Tudor chose to play with the following team: Rubén Blanco , Chancel Mbemba , Samuel Gigot , Leonardo Balerdi , Jonathan Clauss , Valentin Rongier , Mattéo Guendouzi , Nuno Tavares , Cengiz Ünder , Gerson and Arkadiusz Milik .
Substitutes
Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: C. Under for J. Veretout (62′), A. Milik for L. Suarez (63′), Gerson for D. Payet (77′), M. Guendouzi for C. Bakambu (79′) and J. Clauss for S. Kolasinac (83′).
Top player: Nuno Tavares
Probably the most impressive player in Olympique Marseille was Nuno Tavares.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 50 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses.Reims: Formation and Lineups
Reims started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Óscar García Junyent played with: Patrick Pentz , Andrew Gravillon , Wout Faes , Yunis Abdelhamid , Bradley Locko , Marshall Munetsi , Emmanuel Agbadou , Azor Matusiwa , Mitchell Van Bergen , El Bilal Touré and Arbër Zeneli .
Substitutes
Reims made 4 changes: A. Zeneli for K. Doumbia (46′), E. B. Toure for F. Balogun (65′), A. Gravillon for A. Flips (79′) and M. Munetsi for M. Adeline (80′).
Top player: Mitchell Van Bergen
Probably the most impressive player in Reims was Mitchell Van Bergen.
His rating is
with 18 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1
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