MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille was eventually too much to handle for Le Havre with the goal of Arouna Sangante (18′ own), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (21′) and Ismaïla Sarr (84′). Olympique Marseille was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard with the support of Thomas Luczynski and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.36 degrees Celsius or 74.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Olympique Marseille

3 - 0

Le Havre

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 14 Total 7
  • 6 On Target 1
  • 5 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 120 Attack 81
  • 57 Dangerous attack 12
  • 69 Ball safe 65
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 15
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 64% while Le Havre was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match​.

Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Le Havre shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Le Havre received 2 yellow cards (Josué Casimir and Rassoul Ndiaye).

Match Timeline

12'
Rassoul Ndiaye- Yellow
18'
Arouna Sangante(own-goal)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang(goal)Amine Harit
21'
40'
Rassoul Ndiaye(yellowredcard)
50'
Josue Casimir- Yellow
59'
59'
Daler Kuzyaev- sub ->Yassine Kechta
70'
Samuel Grandsir- sub ->Mohamed Bayo
70'
Geoffrey Kondogbia- sub ->Azzedine Ounahi
74'
79'
Ismaïla Sarr(goal)Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
84'
85'
Bilal Nadir- sub ->Chancel Mbemba
88'
Bamo Meïté- sub ->Iliman Ndiaye
89'
Emran Soglo- sub ->Ismaïla Sarr
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
70
32
Monaco
64
33
LOSC Lille
58
33
Brest
58
33
Nice
54
32
Lens
50
33
Olympique Lyonnais
50
33
Olympique Marseille
47
32
Rennes
46
33
Toulouse
43
33
Reims
41
32
Montpellier
40
33
Strasbourg
39
33
Nantes
33
33
Le Havre
32
33
Metz
29
33
Lorient
26
33
Clermont
25
33

After this match, Olympique Marseille will have 12 points like LOSC Lille to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, Le Havre will stay with 9 points like Montpellier to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away against Le Havre on the 18th of May with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (1 draw).

Le Havre will host Olympique Marseille on the 18th of May with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (1 draw).

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille
G
Pau López 16.Spain
7.3
D
Amir Murillo 62.Panama
7.0
D
Samuel Gigot 4.France
D
Leonardo Balerdi 5.Argentina
7.9
D
Jonathan Clauss 7.France
7.5
D
Chancel Mbemba 99.DR Congo
7.0
88'
M
Azzedine Ounahi 8.Morocco
6.8
74'
M
Amine Harit 11.Morocco
8.5
79'
M
Valentin Rongier 21.France
8.4
M
Jordan Veretout 27.France
F
Ismaïla Sarr 23.Senegal
8.1
89' 84'
F
Iliman Ndiaye 29.France
7.3
89'
F
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 10.Gabon
8.9
21'
F
Joaquín Correa 20.Argentina
Substitutes
G
Rubén Blanco 36.Spain
D
L. Jousselin 33.France
M
Bamo Meïté 18.France
89'
M
Geoffrey Kondogbia 19.Central African Republic
7.0
74'
M
Bilal Nadir 34.France
88'
M
Emran Soglo 37.England
89'
M
N. Mayoka-Tika 66.Belgium
F
Vitinha 9.Portugal
6.4
79'

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

The manager Ivan Gennaro Gattuso decided to play with the following team: Samuel Gigot, J. Correa, Jordan Veretout, Pau López (7.3), Jonathan Clauss (7.5), Chancel Mbemba (7.0), Leonardo Balerdi (7.9), Michael Murillo (7.0), Azzedine Ounahi (6.8), Valentin Rongier (8.4), Amine Harit (8.5), Iliman Ndiaye (7.3), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (8.9) and Ismaïla Sarr (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Vitinha (6.4), Bamo Meïté, Geoffrey Kondogbia  (7.0), Léo Jousselin, Bilal Nadir, Rubén Blanco, Emran Soglo, Alexandre Tunkadi and Noam Mayoka-Tika.

Olympique Marseille could not rely on the presence of Bilal Nadir (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Ismaïla Sarr for Emran Soglo (89′), Amine Harit for Vitinha (79′), Chancel Mbemba for Bilal Nadir (88′), Iliman Ndiaye for Bamo Meïté (89′) and Azzedine Ounahi for Geoffrey Kondogbia  (74′).

Best player: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre
G
Arthur Desmas 30.France
7.0
D
Oualid El Hajjam 17.Morocco
6.4
D
Arouna Sangante 93.Senegal
6.8
D
Gautier Lloris 4.France
6.8
D
Christopher Operi 27.France
6.4
M
Loïc Nego 7.Hungary
6.7
59'
M
Yassine Kechta 8.Morocco
6.3
59'
M
Rassoul Ndiaye 19.Senegal
5.4
12'
M
Josue Casimir 23.Guadeloupe
6.3
70' 50'
M
Abdoulaye Touré 94.Guinea
7.1
85'
F
Mohamed Bayo 9.Guinea
6.3
70'
Substitutes
G
Mathieu Gorgelin 1.France
D
Étienne Youté Kinkoué 6.France
D
Yoann Salmier 22.French Guiana
M
Nolan Mbemba 18.France
6.4
85'
M
Daler Kuzyaev 14.Russia
6.7
59'
F
Emmanuel Sabbi 11.United States
F
Samuel Grandsir 29.France
6.6
70'
F
Issa Soumaré 45.Senegal
6.4
70'
F
Nabil Alioui 10.France
6.8
59'

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

Luka Elsner played with: Arthur Desmas (7.0), Oualid El Hajjam (6.4), Arouna Sangante (6.8), Gautier Lloris (6.8), Christopher Operi (6.4), Rassoul Ndiaye (5.4), Abdoulaye Touré (7.1), Loïc Nego (6.7), Yassine Kechta (6.3), Josué Casimir (6.3), Mohamed Bayo (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Étienne Youté Kinkoué, Nabil Alioui (6.8), Daler Kuzyaev (6.7), Yoann Salmier, Mathieu Gorgelin, Emmanuel Sabbi, Nolan Mbemba (6.4), Samuel Grandsir (6.6) and Issa Soumaré (6.4).

Le Havre could not rely on the presence of Samuel Grandsir (injured).

Substitutions

Le Havre made 5 changes: Yassine Kechta for Daler Kuzyaev (59′), Loïc Nego for Nabil Alioui (59′), Mohamed Bayo for Samuel Grandsir (70′), Abdoulaye Touré for Nolan Mbemba (85′) and Josué Casimir for Issa Soumaré (70′).

Best player: Abdoulaye Touré​

The most impressive player for Le Havre was Abdoulaye Touré.

His rating is (7.1) with 49 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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