MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille conquers Rennes with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Dieng (48′) and a goal from A. Harit (71′). Its vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 54,188 spectators. The referee was Willy Delajod with the help of Philippe Jeanne and Mathieu Grosbost. The 4th official was Johan Hamel. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Olympique Marseille started with a 3-3-3-1 line-up (3-3-3-1). On the other side, Rennes adopted a conservative formation (4-4-2).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
The manager Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya decided to play with the following team: Pau López , William Saliba , Leonardo Balerdi , Luan Peres , Pol Lirola , Pape Gueye , Mattéo Guendouzi , Cengiz Ünder , Dimitri Payet , Konrad de la Fuente and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng .
The home team had on the bench: Oussama Targhalline, Amine Harit , Steve Mandanda, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Luís Henrique , Gerson , Boubacar Kamara , Jordan Amavi and Valentin Rongier .
Best player: Pape Gueye
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Pape Gueye even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 74 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.
Rennes – Formation
On the opposite side, Bruno Génésio played with: Alfred Gomis , Hamari Traore , Loïc Badé , Nayef Aguerd , Birger Meling , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Lesley Ugochukwu , Baptiste Santamaria , Flavien Tait , Gaëtan Laborde and Sehrou Guirassy .
They had on the bench: Adrien Truffert, Mathys Tel, Lorenz Assignon , Romain Salin, Matthis Abline , Warmed Omari, Jonas Martin, Kamal Deen Sulemana and Loum Tchaouna.
Best player: Benjamin Bourigeaud
The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Benjamin Bourigeaud.
His rating is with 35 passes (62% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 11 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 17 Total 13
- 6 On Target 2
- 11 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 104 Attack 85
- 64 Dangerous attack 39
- 53 Ball safe 48
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
Fouls
- 5 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 65% while Rennes was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.
Olympique Marseille shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Rennes shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (J. Sampaoli). On the opposite side, Rennes received 3 yellow cards (L. Bade, B. Santamaria and B. Genesio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympique Marseille will have 13 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Rennes will stay with 5 points like Monaco, Bordeaux, Lille and Troyes to stay in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away with Angers SCO on the 22nd of September with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).
Rennes will host Clermont on the 22nd of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Nantes – 1-4
- Clermont – Brest – 1-1
- Olympique Marseille – Rennes – 2-0
- Nice – Monaco – 2-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1
- Reims – Lorient – 0-0
- Troyes – Montpellier – 1-1