LYON. Olympique Marseille beat Olympique Lyonnais to win 2-1. An own goal from M. Gusto was decisive in the 90min. It was Olympique Marseille to strike first with a goal of Cengiz Ünder at the 44′. Then scored again for Olympique Marseille in the ‘ minutea goal. Eventually, Alexandre Lacazette reduced the distance for Olympique Lyonnais (68’). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Olympique Lyonnais lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu stadium in Lyon on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard who was helped by Alexis Auger and Valentin Evrard. The 4th official was Gaël Angoula. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a superior ball possession 60% while Olympique Marseille was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the contest.​

Olympique Lyonnais shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (Sinaly Diomandé and Corentin Tolisso). On the other side, Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (Sead Kolasinac).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Olympique Lyonnais will stay with 50 points to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Olympique Marseille will have 67 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will host Montpellier on the 7th of May with a 17-8 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (5 draws).

Olympique Marseille will play away agasint Lens on the 6th of May with a 7-7 head to head record.

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Olympique Lyonnais started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Laurent Blanc decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes (7.8), Sinaly Diomandé (7.0), Dejan Lovren (6.7), Castello Lukeba (7.5), Nicolás Tagliafico (7.0), Thiago Mendes (6.8), Corentin Tolisso (7.0), Maxence Caqueret (6.8), Bradley Barcola (6.7), Alexandre Lacazette (6.6) and Rayan Cherki (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Jeffinho (7.1), Moussa Dembélé, Johann Lepenant (6.8), Jérôme Boateng, Henrique, Malo Gusto (6.4), Amin Sarr, Rémy Riou and Houssem Aouar.

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 3 changes: B. Barcola for Malo Gusto (80′), R. Cherki for J. Pereira dos Santos (80′) and B. Barcola for Johann Lepenant (81′).

Best player: Anthony Lopes​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was the goalkeeper: Anthony Lopes. His rating is 7.82. He performed 6 saves.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

Igor Tudor played with: Pau López (6.5), Leonardo Balerdi (6.2), Samuel Gigot (6.9), Sead Kolašinac (6.3), Jonathan Clauss (7.4), Valentin Rongier (7.3), Jordan Veretout (6.6), Issa Kaboré (6.1), Cengiz Ünder (7.6), Ruslan Malinovskyi (7.5) and Alexis Sánchez (7.2).

They had on the bench: Rubén Blanco, Bartuğ Elmaz, Eric Bailly, François Régis Mughe, Vitinha, Mattéo Guendouzi and Chancel Mbemba.

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made only 1 change substituting Ruslan Malinovskyi for Vítor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira (86′)​.

Best player: Cengiz Ünder​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Cengiz Ünder.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Olympique Marseille – 1-2
• Reims – Strasbourg – 0-2
• Nice – Clermont – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Brest – 0-0
• Montpellier – Rennes – 1-0
• Nantes – Troyes – 2-2
• Lorient – Toulouse – 0-1