MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint Germain didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..
The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 65,121 spectators. The referee was Benoît Bastien who was helped by Aurélien Berthomieu and Benjamin Pages. The 4th official was Johan Hamel. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 17 Total 12
- 2 On Target 5
- 15 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 94 Attack 100
- 43 Dangerous attack 30
- 54 Ball safe 66
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 4 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Olympique Marseille was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Paris Saint Germain that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Olympique Marseille to win the match.
Olympique Marseille shot 17 times, 2 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (V. Rongier and J. Sampaoli). On the other side, Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards (Marquinhos and Danilo).
Also, Paris Saint Germain didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after A. Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (57′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympique Marseille will have 18 points like Rennes to stay in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain will have 28 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away with Clermont on the 31st of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (0 draws).
Paris Saint Germain will host Lille on the 29th of October with a 21-6 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (11 draws).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya decided to play with the following team: Pau López , Valentin Rongier , William Saliba , Duje Ćaleta-Car , Luan Peres , Mattéo Guendouzi , Boubacar Kamara , Pol Lirola , Dimitri Payet , Cengiz Ünder and Arkadiusz Milik .
The home team had on the bench: Amine Harit, Jordan Amavi, Álvaro González, Steve Mandanda, Pape Gueye , Konrad de la Fuente , Ahmadou Bamba Dieng , Gerson and Leonardo Balerdi.
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 4 changes: V. Rongier for K. de La Fuente (71′), B. Kamara for P. Gueye (71′), A. Milik for B. Dieng (78′) and C. Under for Gerson (78′).
Best player: Dimitri Payet
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Dimitri Payet.
His rating is with 62 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 12 crosses.
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Also Paris Saint Germain adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero played with: Keylor Navas , Achraf Hakimi , Marquinhos , Presnel Kimpembe , Nuno Mendes , Marco Verratti , Danilo Pereira , Lionel Messi , Neymar , Ángel Di María and Kylian Mbappé .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ander Herrera, Juan Bernat, Abdou Diallo, Thilo Kehrer , Mauro Icardi, Idrissa Gueye , Georginio Wijnaldum , Gianluigi Donnarumma and Julian Draxler.
Paris Saint Germain could not rely on the presence of I. Gueye (injured).
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 3 changes: M. Verratti for I. Gueye (45′), A. Di Maria for T. Kehrer (61′) and Neymar for G. Wijnaldum (83′).
Best player: Nuno Mendes
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was Nuno Mendes.
His rating is with 45 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Lens – Metz – 4-1
- Lorient – Bordeaux – 1-1
- Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-0
- Monaco – Montpellier – 3-1
- Nice – Olympique Lyonnais – 3-2
- Reims – Troyes – 1-2
- Rennes – Strasbourg – 1-0