Olympique Marseille found a way to reverse the score against Reims to win 2-1. It was Reims to strike first with a goal of Junya Ito at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 24′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Vitinha gave the win to Olympique Marseille in the 74′ minute. Reims lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

In front of 63,787 spectators.​ The referee was Eric Wattellier with the collaboration of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Hakim Ben El Hadj. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 26.04 degrees Celsius or 78.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Reims had a superior ball possession 58% while Olympique Marseille was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Reims was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Olympique Marseille succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Reims shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (Renan Lodi). Talking about the opposition, Reims received 3 yellow cards (Marshall Munetsi, Josh Wilson-Esbrand and Amir Richardson).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Marseille has 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Reims stays with 0 points (14th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Reims will host Clermont on the 20th of August with a 7-7 head to head record.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

The manager Igor Tudor decided to play with the following team: Pau López (7.0), Jonathan Clauss (7.2), Samuel Gigot (7.5), Chancel Mbemba (7.1), Renan Lodi (6.8), François Régis Mughe (6.8), Valentin Rongier (7.3), Geoffrey Kondogbia (6.9), Azzedine Ounahi (7.2), Vitinha (7.8) and Iliman Ndiaye (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Mattéo Guendouzi, Amine Harit, Bilal Nadir, Rubén Blanco, Emran Soglo, Souleymane Isaak Touré, Jordan Veretout (6.9), Ismaïla Sarr (7.1) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (6.5).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: François Régis Mughe for Ismaïla Sarr (51′), Iliman Ndiaye for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (67′), Valentin Rongier for Jordan Veretout (67′), Azzedine Ounahi for Mattéo Guendouzi (83′) and Vitinha for Amine Harit (83′).

Best player: Vitinha​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Vitinha.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 12 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Reims – Formation

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

William Still played with: Yehvann Diouf (6.7), Thomas Foket (6.8), Joseph Okumu (7.1), Yunis Abdelhamid (6.6), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (6.2), Amir Richardson (7.0), Azor Matusiwa (7.1), Junya Ito (7.8), Marshall Munetsi (7.0), Reda Khadra (6.8) and Oumar Diakité (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kamory Doumbia, Valentin Atangana Edoa, Teddy Teuma (6.6), Amine Salama (6.4), Keito Nakamura (7.1), Ibrahim Diakité, Therence Koudou, Mamadou Diakhon and Alexandre Olliero.

Substitutions

Reims made 5 changes: Oumar Diakité for Amine Salama (60′), Amir Richardson for Teddy Teuma (60′), Reda Khadra for Keito Nakamura (60′), Josh Wilson-Esbrand for Therence Koudou (79′) and Marshall Munetsi for Valentin Atangana Edoa (80′).

Best player: Junya Ito​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Junya Ito.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 32 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Reims – 2-1
• Paris Saint Germain – Lorient – 0-0