MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille didn’t concede much to Metz to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Sunday. Olympique Marseille was much superior in terms of ball possession (76%).
The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard assisted by Benjamin Pages and Alexis Auger. The 4th official was Nicolas Rainville. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
- ! 76 Ball Possession 24
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 4 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 144 Attack 54
- 61 Dangerous attack 36
- 101 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 7
- 3 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 7 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 76% while Metz was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was has a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Olympique Marseille to win the match.
Olympique Marseille shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Metz shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (D. Caleta-Car). On the other side, Metz received 3 yellow cards (A. Oukidja, K. Kouyate and K. N’Doram).
Also, Metz didn’t end the match with 11 players after Jemerson (Metz) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (56′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Olympique Marseille will have 23 points like Nice to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Metz will have 8 points to remain in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away with Olympique Lyonnais on the 21st of November with a 15-7 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (16 draws).
Metz will host Bordeaux on the 21st of November with a 9-2 head to head in favor of Bordeaux (4 draws).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
90'
70'
Olympique Marseille started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda , Pol Lirola , William Saliba , Duje Ćaleta-Car , Luan Peres , Cengiz Ünder , Mattéo Guendouzi , Gerson , Luís Henrique , Dimitri Payet and Arkadiusz Milik .
The home team had on the bench: Konrad de la Fuente , Pau López, Álvaro González, Leonardo Balerdi , Jordan Amavi, Amine Harit , Valentin Rongier, Pape Gueye and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng.
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 4 changes: P. Lirola for L. Balerdi (46′), Gerson for A. Harit (65′), Luis Henrique for K. de La Fuente (65′) and D. Caleta-Car for B. Dieng (90′).
Best player: Steve Mandanda
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was the goalkeeper: Steve Mandanda. His rating is 7.80. He performed 4 saves.
Metz – Formation
Metz
56'
Metz started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Talking about the opposition, Frédéric Antonetti played with: Alexandre Oukidja , Dylan Bronn , Boubakar Kouyate , Jemerson , Fabien Centonze , Digbo Maiga , Kévin N’Doram , Thomas Delaine , Farid Boulaya , Nicolas de Préville and Ibrahima Niane .
They had on the bench: Opa Nguette , Matthieu Udol , Pape Matar Sarr , Papa Ndiaga Yade, Sofiane Alakouch, Vincent Pajot , Lamine Gueye, Marc-Aurele Caillard and Boubacar Traore.
Metz could not rely on the presence of V. Pajot (injured) and L. Gueye (injured).
Substitutions
Metz made 5 changes: F. Boulaya for P. Sarr (62′), I. Niane for M. Udol (62′), N. De Preville for O. Nguette (79′), M. Udol for V. Pajot (80′) and V. Pajot for L. Gueye (90′).
Best player: Dylan Bronn
The most impressive player for Metz was Dylan Bronn.
His rating is with 17 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Lorient – Brest – 1-2
- Olympique Marseille – Metz – 0-0
- Nantes – Strasbourg – 2-2
- Nice – Montpellier – 0-1
- Reims – Monaco – 0-0
- Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais – 4-1
- Saint-Étienne – Clermont – 3-2
