NANTES. Olympique Marseille beats Nantes 1-0 after G. scored just 1 goal (30′). Olympique Marseille was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (70%) was among the factors of its victory.
N. Pallois received a red card (32′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Nantes lost the match.
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier with the help of Djemel Zitouni and Brice Parinet Le Tellier. The 4th official was Olivier Thual. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
- 4 Total 16
- 1 On Target 6
- 3 Off Target 10
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 59 Attack 135
- 25 Dangerous attack 61
- 44 Ball safe 45
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 7
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a superior ball possession 70% while Nantes was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.
Nantes shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Olympique Marseille shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 2 yellow cards (N. Pallois and A. Lafont). Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (Gerson and A. Gonzalez).
N. Pallois (Nantes) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (32′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Nantes will stay with 19 points like Reims to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 29 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away with Lorient on the 5th of December with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Nantes (5 draws).
Olympique Marseille will host Brest on the 4th of December with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (2 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont
, Dennis Appiah , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Quentin Merlin , Samuel Moutoussamy , Andrei Girotto , Wylan Cyprien , Moses Simon , Randal Kolo Muani and Ludovic Blas .The home team had on the bench: Marcus Coco, Rémy Descamps, Yannis M’Bemba, Gor Manvelyan, Charles Traoré, Kalifa Coulibaly, Willem Geubbels
, Abdoulaye Sylla and Osman Bukari.Substitutions
Nantes made only 1 change substituting M. Simon for W. Geubbels (77′).
Best player: Alban Lafont
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was the goalkeeper: Alban Lafont. His rating is 7.35. He performed 4 saves.
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille started with a 3-2-4-1 line-up (3-2-4-1).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Pau López
, William Saliba , Álvaro González , Luan Peres , Valentin Rongier , Boubacar Kamara , Amine Harit , Mattéo Guendouzi , Gerson , Konrad de la Fuente and Dimitri Payet .These were the players on the bench: Arkadiusz Milik
, Pol Lirola, Oussama Targhalline, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Steve Mandanda, Pape Gueye, Leonardo Balerdi, Luís Henrique and Jordan Amavi.Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 3 changes: K. de La Fuente for A. Milik (67′), A. Harit for P. Lirola (82′) and Gerson for P. Gueye (82′).
Best player: Gerson
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Gerson.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 36 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Monaco – 1-3
- Brest – Saint-Étienne – 1-0
- Clermont – Lens – 2-2
- Olympique Lyonnais – Reims – 1-2
- Metz – Montpellier – 1-3
- Nantes – Olympique Marseille – 0-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Nice – 0-0
- Rennes – Lille – 1-2
- Strasbourg – Bordeaux – 5-2
- Troyes – Lorient – 2-0