CLERMONT-FERRAND. Olympique Marseille prevails over Clermont 1-0 after C. Under scored just 1 goal (25′). Olympique Marseille took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Millot who was helped by Aurélien Drouet and Guillaume Debart. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 58% while Clermont was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.​

Clermont shot 12 times, 0 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Olympique Marseille shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Clermont received 1 yellow card (S. Khaoui). Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards (K. de La Fuente, L. Balerdi, W. Saliba and M. Guendouzi).

Standings

After this match, Clermont will stay with 13 points like Troyes to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille will have 22 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Clermont will play away with Saint-Étienne on the 7th of November with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Clermont (0 draws).

Olympique Marseille will host Metz on the 7th of November with a 9-2 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (4 draws).

Clermont – Formation

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

The manager Pascal Gastien decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas (6.5), Akim Zedadka (7.0), Cedric Hountondji (7.3), Florent Ogier (6.6), Vital N’Simba (6.5), Jonathan Iglesias (6.2), Salis Abdul Samed (6.9), Jim Allevinah (6.5), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (6.4), Elbasan Rashani (6.4) and Pierre-Yves Hamel (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Arial Mendy, Jason Berthomier (7.0), Ouparine Djoco, Jean Claude Billong, Jordan Tell (6.4), Jodel Dossou (6.7), Mohamed Bayo (6.8), Oriol Busquets and Alidu Seidu.

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: E. Rashani for M. Bayo (62′), S. Khaoui for J. Berthomier (62′), P. Hamel for J. Dossou (62′), J. Allevinah for J. Tell (78′) and J. Iglesias for O. Busquets (88′).

Best player: Cedric Hountondji​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Clermont was Cedric Hountondji.

His rating is (7.3) with 46 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Talking about the opposition, Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Pau López (6.9), Pol Lirola (7.3), William Saliba (7.3), Leonardo Balerdi (7.0), Luan Peres (7.0), Boubacar Kamara (6.9), Cengiz Ünder (7.2), Mattéo Guendouzi (7.6), Gerson (6.6), Konrad de la Fuente (6.8) and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jordan Amavi, Steve Mandanda, Luís Henrique, Dimitri Payet (7.0), Amine Harit, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Álvaro González, Pape Gueye (6.8) and Arkadiusz Milik (6.8).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 4 changes: B. Dieng for A. Milik (57′), K. de La Fuente for D. Payet (57′), P. Lirola for P. Gueye (80′) and Gerson for Luis Henrique (90′).

Best player: Mattéo Guendouzi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Mattéo Guendouzi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 67 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Nice – 1-2
• Bordeaux – Reims – 3-2
• Brest – Monaco – 2-0
• Clermont – Olympique Marseille – 0-1
• Montpellier – Nantes – 2-0
• Strasbourg – Lorient – 4-0
• Troyes – Rennes – 2-2