CLERMONT-FERRAND. Olympique Marseille tops Clermont 2-0 after A. Sánchez scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand on Saturday and it started at 9:45 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet assisted by Guillaume Debart and Mathieu Grosbost. The 4th official was Mehdi Mokhtari.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a superior ball possession 62% while Clermont was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.​

Clermont shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 17 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Clermont received 4 yellow cards (Yohann Magnin, Muhammed Cham, Mateusz Wieteska and Jim Allevinah). On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards (Leonardo Balerdi, Cengiz Ünder, A. Sánchez and Cengiz Ünder).

Standings

After this contest, Clermont will stay with 30 points to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille will have 49 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Clermont will play away with Rennes on the 19th of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Clermont (1 draw).

Olympique Marseille will play away agasint Rennes on the 5th of March with a 17-10 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (12 draws).

Clermont – Formation

Clermont adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Pascal Gastien decided to play with the following team: Mory Diaw (6.7), Florent Ogier (6.4), Mateusz Wieteska (6.3), Maximiliano Caufriez (6.8), Jim Allevinah (6.5), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (6.8), Yohann Magnin (6.6), Neto Borges (7.1), Muhammed Cham-Saračević (6.2), Aïman Maurer (7.0) and Grejohn Kyei (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Ouparine Djoco, Maxime Gonalons, Cheick Konate, Komnen Andrić, Jérémie Bela (6.3), Elbasan Rashani (6.4), Souleymane Cissé (6.1), Baïla Diallo and Mehdi Zeffane.

Clermont could not rely on the presence of Souleymane Cissé (injured).

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: Maximiliano Caufriez for Souleymane Cissé (58′), A. Maurer for Jérémie Bela (70′), Muhammed Cham for Elbasan Rashani (70′), Grejohn Kyei for Komnen Andrić (82′) and Saîf-Eddine Khaoui for Maxime Gonalons (82′).

Best player: Neto Borges​

The player that probably impressed the most for Clermont was Neto Borges.

His rating is (7.1) with 26 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Also Olympique Marseille adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Igor Tudor played with: Pau López (7.1), Leonardo Balerdi (6.6), Samuel Gigot (7.0), Sead Kolašinac (7.2), Cengiz Ünder (7.1), Valentin Rongier (7.1), Jordan Veretout (8.1), Jonathan Clauss (7.5), Ruslan Malinovskyi (6.8), Mattéo Guendouzi (7.0) and Alexis Sánchez (7.9).

They had on the bench: Dimitri Payet, Vitinha, Azzedine Ounahi, Issa Kaboré (6.7), Chancel Mbemba (6.8), Eric Bailly (7.1), Rubén Blanco and Bartuğ Elmaz.

Olympique Marseille could not rely on the presence of E. Bailly (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Samuel Gigot  for Eric Bailly (46′), Mattéo Guendouzi for Issa Kabore (46′), Leonardo Balerdi for Chancel Mbemba (46′), Cengiz Ünder for Azzedine Ounahi (84′) and A. Sánchez for Vítor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira (84′).

Best player: Jordan Veretout​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Jordan Veretout even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 68 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Clermont – Olympique Marseille – 0-2
• Monaco – Paris Saint Germain – 3-1