Olympique Marseille tops Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0 with a goal scored by A. Milik

MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille conquers Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0 after A. Milik scored just 1 goal (35').

Olympique Marseille tops Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0 with a goal scored by A. Milik

MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille prevails over Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0 after A. Milik scored just 1 goal (35′). Olympique Marseille was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%) was among the factors of its victory.​

Olympique Marseille remained in 10 after V. Rongier received a double yellow card in the 80′. Anyhow, Olympique Marseille still was able to win this contest playing only in players​.

The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was William Collum with the assistance of David McGeachie and Francis Connor. The 4th official was Kevin Clancy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.9 degrees Celsius or 37.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
  • 14 Total 5
  • 5 On Target 0
  • 9 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 137 Attack 75
  • 62 Dangerous attack 28
  • 100 Ball safe 72
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 13 Corners 2
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 1 Total 1
  • 3 Yellow Cards 4
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 70% while Lokomotiv Moskva was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match​.

Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Lokomotiv Moskva shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (P. Gueye and V. Rongier). Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiv Moskva received 4 yellow cards (F. Kamano, K. Maradishvili, F. Smolov and N. Tiknizyan).

V. Rongier (Olympique Marseille) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (80′).

Match Timeline

Pape Gueye- Yellow
18'
24'
26'
32'
35'
56'
56'
Nair Tiknizyan - sub ->K. Maradishvili
Valentin Rongier- Yellow
63'
68'
68'
69'
Valentin Rongier(yellowred)
80'
82'
84'
Luis Henrique- sub ->C. Under
86'
87'
Nair Tiknizyan - Yellow

Standings

Standings

Group A

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group B

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
12
6
8
6

Group C

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
10
6

Group D

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group E

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
9
6

Group F

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group G

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group H

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
5
6

After this match, Olympique Marseille will have 7 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiv Moskva will stay with 2 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille
G
Steve Mandanda 30.France
7.0
D
Luan Peres 14.Brazil
7.4
D
Leonardo Balerdi 5.Argentina
7.4
D
W. Saliba 2.France
8.0
D
Valentin Rongier 21.France
7.2
80'
M
Gerson 8.Brazil
6.8
M
7.3
69'
M
Pape Gueye 22.Senegal
6.8
68' 18'
F
Cengiz Ünder 17.Turkey
8.2
86'
F
Arkadiusz Milik 9.Poland
7.6
68' Goals35'
F
Konrad de la Fuente 20.United States
6.8
82'
Substitutes
G
Pau López 16.Spain
G
D
D
Jordan Amavi 23.France
D
Pol Lirola 29.Spain
7.0
69'
D
Duje Caleta-Car 15.Croatia
D
Boubacar Kamara 4.France
6.2
68'
M
Dimitri Payet 10.France
7.2
68'
M
Amine Harit 7.Morocco
F
Bamba Dieng 12.Senegal
6.3
82'
F
Luis Henrique 11.Brazil
6.7
86'

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

The manager Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda (7.0), Valentin Rongier (7.2), Leonardo Balerdi (7.4), William Saliba (8.0), Luan Peres (7.4), Mattéo Guendouzi (7.3), Pape Gueye (6.8), Gerson (6.8), Cengiz Ünder (8.2), Arkadiusz Milik (7.6) and Konrad de la Fuente (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Álvaro González, Dimitri Payet (7.2), Pau López, Jordan Amavi, Amine Harit, Pol Lirola (7.0), Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (6.3), Duje Ćaleta-Car, Boubacar Kamara (6.2) and Luís Henrique (6.7).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: A. Milik for D. Payet (68′), P. Gueye for B. Kamara (68′), M. Guendouzi for P. Lirola (69′), K. de La Fuente for B. Dieng (82′) and C. Under for Luis Henrique (86′).

Best player: Cengiz Ünder​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Cengiz Ünder even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 42 passes (73% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 14 crosses.

Lokomotiv Moskva – Formation

Lokomotiv Moskva
G
Daniil Khudyakov 53.Russia
7.3
D
Maciej Rybus 31.Poland
6.9
D
Pablo 3.Brazil
7.4
84'
D
Tin Jedvaj 16.Croatia
7.0
D
Maksim Nenakhov 24.Russia
6.4
M
6.0
56' 26'
M
Maksim Petrov 73.Russia
6.3
M
Alexis Beka Beka 8.France
6.7
M
Sergey Babkin 75.Russia
6.3
F
Fedor Smolov 9.Russia
6.6
56'
F
François Kamano 25.Guinea
6.2
32' 24'
Substitutes
G
N. Matyunin 54.Russia
G
Andrey Savin 60.Russia
D
Artur Chyorny 74.Russia
M
Grigori Borisenko 49.Russia
M
Gyrano Kerk 7.Netherlands
M
Dmitry Rybchinskiy 94.Russia
6.8
32'
M
Nair Tiknizyan  71.Armenia
6.8
56' 87'
F
V. Lisakovich 88.Belarus
6.8
84'

Lokomotiv Moskva started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Markus Gisdol played with: Daniil Khudyakov (7.3), Maksim Nenakhov (6.4), Tin Jedvaj (7.0), Pablo (7.4), Maciej Rybus (6.9), Sergey Babkin (6.3), Konstantin Maradishvili (6.0), Alexis Beka Beka (6.7), Maksim Petrov (6.3), Fedor Smolov (6.6) and François Kamano (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Artur Cherny, Nikita Matyunin, Andrey Savin, Grigory Olegovich Borisenko, Gyrano Kerk, Dmitry Rybchinskiy (6.8), Nayair Tiknizyan (6.8) and Vitali Lisakovich (6.8).

Lokomotiv Moskva could not rely on the presence of D. Rybchinskiy (injured).

Substitutions

Lokomotiv Moskva made 3 changes: F. Kamano for D. Rybchinskiy (32′), K. Maradishvili for N. Tiknizyan (56′) and Pablo for V. Lisakovich (84′).

Best player: Pablo​

The most impressive player for Lokomotiv Moskva was Pablo.

His rating is (7.4) with 37 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League.​