Ligue 1: Olympique Marseille seizes a 2-1 win against Montpellier 2-1

Jordan Ranan|Jan 2, 2023 19:57 GMT

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MONTPELLIER. Olympique Marseille beat Montpellier to win 2-1. A penalty from T. Savanier was decisive in the 90min.

MONTPELLIER. Olympique Marseille overcome Montpellier to win 2-1. A penalty from T. Savanier was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Olympique Marseille to strike first with a goal of Nuno Tavares at the 47′. Then Maxime Estève scored again for Olympique Marseille in the 61′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, Téji Savanier reduced the distance for Montpellier with a penalty. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Olympique Marseille took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

Olympique Marseille remained in 10 people after Nuno Tavares received a double yellow card in the 87′.

The match was played at the Stade de la Mosson stadium in Montpellier on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the collaboration of Guillaume Debart and Bastien Courbet. The 4th official was Antoine Valnet. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold around 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.96 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 91%.

Montpellier

1

Olympique Marseille

2

2 Jan 2023 Full time

Match Statistics

Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 60% while Montpellier was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Olympique Marseille won the contest.

Montpellier shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Montpellier received 2 yellow cards (Jordan Ferri and Christopher Jullien). On the other side, Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (Mbemba and Pau López).

Also, Olympique Marseille didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Nuno Tavares (Olympique Marseille) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (87′).

After this match, Montpellier will stay with 17 points like Nantes to move up in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 33 points like Monaco to stay in the 3rd place.

Match Events

7'

7'

Mbemba
24'

24'

Issa Kaboré

Jonathan Clauss
47'

47'

Nuno Tavares
52'

52'

Jordan Ferri
61'

61'

Maxime Estève

Cengiz Ünder
63'

63'

Nicolas Cozza

Faitout Maouassa
63'

63'

Béni Makouana

Arnaud Nordin
66'

66'

Leonardo Balerdi

Eric Bailly
66'

66'

Mattéo Guendouzi

Dimitri Payet
66'

66'

Pape Gueye

Jordan Veretout
78'

78'

Joris Chotard

Jordan Ferri
78'

78'

Arnaud Souquet

Falaye Sacko
82'

82'

Valère Germain

Elye Wahi
84'

84'

Bamba Dieng

Alexis Sánchez
86'

86'

Christopher Jullien
87'

87'

Nuno Tavares
87'

87'

Nuno Tavares
90'

90'

Pau López
90'

90'

Téji Savanier (Penalty)

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Montpellier will play away with Nice on the 11th of January with a 13-7 head to head in favor of Montpellier (5 draws).

Nice

6

Montpellier

1

11 Jan 2023 Full time

Olympique Marseille will play away with Troyes on the 11th of January with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (3 draws).

Troyes

0

Olympique Marseille

2

11 Jan 2023 Full time

Montpellier: Formation and Lineups

Montpellier started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Romain Pitau chose to play with the following team: Jonas Omlin (7.8), Falaye Sacko (6.7), Christopher Jullien (6.9), Maxime Estève (6.3), Faitout Maouassa (6.0), Jordan Ferri (6.2), Leo Leroy (7.1), Arnaud Nordin (6.3), Teji Savanier (7.2), Stephy Mavididi (6.4) and Sepe Elye Wahi (6.5).

Substitutes

Montpellier made 5 changes: Faitout Maouassa for Nicolas Cozza (63′), Arnaud Nordin for Béni Makouana (63′), Jordan Ferri for Joris Chotard (78′), Falaye Sacko for Arnaud Souquet (78′) and Elye Wahi for Valère Germain (82′).

Best player: Jonas Omlin

The player that probably impressed the most for Montpellier was the goalkeeper: Jonas Omlin. His rating is 7.83. He performed 7 saves.

Olympique Marseille: Formation and Lineups

Olympique Marseille started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Regarding the opposition, Igor Tudor played with: Pau López (6.1), Chancel Mbemba (7.2), Eric Bailly (6.5), Sead Kolašinac (7.4), Jonathan Clauss (6.6), Valentin Rongier (7.3), Jordan Veretout (7.1), Nuno Tavares (7.1), Cengiz Ünder (7.9), Dimitri Payet (7.1) and Alexis Sánchez (7.4).

Substitutes

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Jonathan Clauss for Issa Kaboré (24′), Eric Bailly for Leonardo Balerdi (66′), Dimitri Payet for Mattéo Guendouzi (66′), Jordan Veretout for Pape Gueye (66′) and Alexis Sánchez for Bamba Dieng (84′).