Ligue 1: Olympique Marseille overcomes Nantes 2-1
MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille overcame Nantes to win 2-1.
MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille overcome Nantes to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Olympique Marseille to strike first with a goal of C. Mbemba at the 71′. Then it was a penalty in the 78′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Pallois gave the win to Olympique Marseille in the 82′ minute with an own goal. Olympique Marseille took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
Olympique Marseille remained in 10 people after S. Gigot received a double yellow card in the 77′. Anyway, Olympique Marseille still found a way to win this match competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard who was helped by Aurélien Drouet and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 23.5 degrees Celsius or 74.3 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 49%.
Match Statistics
Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 56% while Nantes was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Olympique Marseille won the match.
Olympique Marseille shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Nantes shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards (V. Rongier, S. Gigot, P. Lopez and J. Veretout). On the other side, Nantes received 1 yellow card (E. Guessand).
S. Gigot (Olympique Marseille) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (77′).
After playing this match, Olympique Marseille has 4 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. while Nantes stays with 2 points (13th).
Match Events
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54'54'
L. Suarez
Gerson
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55'55'
V. Rongier
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59'59'
E. Guessand
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60'60'
S. Gigot
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62'62'
Mostafa Mohamed
E. Guessand
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63'63'
D. Appiah
Fabio
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65'65'
S. Kolasinac
L. Balerdi
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65'65'
C. Under
A. Sanchez
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66'66'
D. Payet
M. Guendouzi
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71'71'
C. Mbemba
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77'77'
S. Gigot
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77'77'
P. Lopez
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78'78'
L. Blas (Penalty)
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82'82'
N. Pallois (OG)
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84'84'
D. Caleta-Car
C. Under
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87'87'
M. Coco
A. Girotto
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88'88'
L. Doucet
P. Chirivella
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90'90'
J. Veretout
Next match
In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Olympique Marseille will play away with Nice on the 28th of August with a 20-9 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (4 draws).
Nantes will host Toulouse on the 28th of August with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Nantes (8 draws).
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: Pau López , Chancel Mbemba , Samuel Gigot , Leonardo Balerdi , Jonathan Clauss , Valentin Rongier , Jordan Veretout , Nuno Tavares , Gerson , Mattéo Guendouzi and Alexis Sánchez .
Substitutes
Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Gerson for L. Suarez (54′), L. Balerdi for S. Kolasinac (65′), A. Sanchez for C. Under (65′), M. Guendouzi for D. Payet (66′) and C. Under for D. Caleta-Car (84′).
Top player: Chancel Mbemba
The player who no doubt impressed Olympique Marseille the most was Chancel Mbemba.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.
Nantes: Formation and Lineups
Nantes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
On the other side, Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Fábio , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Andrei Girotto , Nicolas Pallois , Quentin Merlin , Ludovic Blas , Pedro Chirivella , Samuel Moutoussamy , Moses Simon and Evann Guessand .
Substitutes
Nantes made 4 changes: E. Guessand for Mostafa Mohamed (62′), Fabio for D. Appiah (63′), A. Girotto for M. Coco (87′) and P. Chirivella for L. Doucet (88′).
Top player: Evann Guessand
The player who no doubt impressed Nantes the most was Evann Guessand.
His rating is with 9 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 17.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1
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