NANTES. Olympique Marseille and Nantes draw 1-1. I. Sarr scored the first goal (4′) for Olympique Marseille. M. Mohamed settled the score (39′). Olympique Marseille was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Friday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet who had the assistance of Guillaume Debart and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Pierre Legat. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.4 degrees Celsius or 66.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 10 Total 26
  • 2 On Target 9
  • 2 Off Target 12
  • 6 Shots blocked 5
  • 80 Attack 124
  • 26 Dangerous attack 93
  • 77 Ball safe 75
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 8 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 1

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a superior ball possession 64% while Nantes was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille had a more offensive attitude with 93 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Olympique Marseille to win the encounter​.

Nantes shot 10 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Olympique Marseille shot 26 times, 9 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 1 yellow card (Pierre Aristouy). On the other side, Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (Valentin Rongier and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang).

(Nantes) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (9′).

Match Timeline

4'
Ismaïla Sarr(goal)
Bastien Meupiyou- Red
9'
26'
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang- Yellow
Mostafa Mohamed(goal)Moses Simon
39'
Abdoul Kader Bamba- sub ->Adson
46'
64'
Iliman Ndiaye- sub ->J. Correa
70'
Valentin Rongier - Yellow
Ignatius Ganago - sub ->Mostafa Mohamed
73'
Marcus Coco- sub ->Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel
74'
Samuel Moutoussamy- sub ->Pedro Chirivella
88'
90'

Standings

After playing this match, Nantes will have 2 points like Le Havre to hold in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 8 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Olympique Marseille will play away agasint Paris Saint Germain on the 24th of September with a 24-10 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws).

Nantes – Formation

Nantes
G
Rémy Descamps 16.France
8.5
D
6.7
D
Eray Cömert 24.Switzerland
7.3
D
Bastien Meupiyou 45.France
9'
D
Nicolas Pallois 4.France
M
7.3
74'
M
Florent Mollet 25.France
M
Moses Simon 27.Nigeria
7.3
90'
M
Quentin Merlin 29.France
7.0
M
Douglas Augusto 6.Brazil
7.0
M
Adson 20.Brazil
6.8
46'
M
6.4
88'
M
Boris Savic 17.France
F
Mostafa Mohamed 31.Egypt
7.5
73' 39'
Substitutes
G
Denis Petrić 30.Slovenia
M
88'
F
Ignatius Ganago 7.Cameroon
6.7
73'
F
Marquinhos 10.Brazil
90'
F
Abdoul Kader Bamba 12.France
7.3
46'
F
Stredair Appuah 23.France
F
Marcus Coco 11.Guadeloupe
6.8
74'

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

The manager Pierre Aristouy decided to play with the following team: Nicolas Pallois, Moussa Sissoko, Florent Mollet, Rémy Descamps (8.5), Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.7), Eray Cömert (7.3), Bastien Meupiyou Menadjou, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (7.3), Pedro Chirivella (6.4), Douglas Augusto (7.0), Quentin Merlin (7.0), Adson (6.8), Moses Simon (7.3) and Mostafa Mohamed (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ignatius Ganago (6.7), Samuel Moutoussamy, Marquinhos, Abdoul Kader Bamba (7.3), Stredair Appuah, Denis Petrić and Marcus Coco (6.8).

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: Adson for Abdoul Kader Bamba (46′), Mostafa Mohamed for Ignatius Ganago (73′), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel for Marcus Coco (74′), Moses Simon for Marquinhos (90′) and Pedro Chirivella for Samuel Moutoussamy (88′).

Best player: Rémy Descamps​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was the goalkeeper: Rémy Descamps. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille
G
Pau López 16.Spain
6.8
D
Samuel Gigot 4.France
7.3
D
Jonathan Clauss 7.France
7.1
D
Renan Lodi 12.Brazil
7.0
D
Chancel Mbemba 99.DR Congo
7.5
M
Joaquín Correa 20.Argentina
7.3
64'
M
Amine Harit 11.Morocco
M
8.2
70'
M
Ismaïla Sarr 23.Senegal
8.2
4'
M
Jordan Veretout 27.France
7.8
F
Vitinha 9.Portugal
6.6
F
6.8
26'
Substitutes
G
Rubén Blanco 36.Spain
G
Jelle Van Neck 40.Belgium
D
Leonardo Balerdi 5.Argentina
D
R. Nyakossi 32.Switzerland
M
Azzedine Ounahi 8.Morocco
M
Bilal Nadir 34.France
M
Emran Soglo 37.England
F
François Mughe 24.Cameroon
F
Iliman Ndiaye 29.France
7.3
64'

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

Marcelino García Toral played with: Amine Harit, Pau López (6.8), Jonathan Clauss (7.1), Samuel Gigot (7.3), Chancel Mbemba (7.5), Renan Lodi (7.0), Ismaïla Sarr (8.2), Valentin Rongier (8.2), Jordan Veretout (7.8), J. Correa (7.3), Vitinha (6.6), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Leonardo Balerdi, Azzedine Ounahi, François Mughe, Roggerio Nyakossi, Bilal Nadir, Rubén Blanco, Emran Soglo, Jelle Van Neck and Iliman Ndiaye (7.3).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made only 1 change substituting J. Correa for Iliman Ndiaye (64′)​.

Best player: Valentin Rongier​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Valentin Rongier.

His rating is (8.2) with 86 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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