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
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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
80'
69'
18'
35'
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 , Valentin Rongier , Leonardo Balerdi , William Saliba , Luan Peres , Mattéo Guendouzi , Pape Gueye , Gerson , Cengiz Ünder , Arkadiusz Milik and Konrad de la Fuente .
The home team had on the bench: Álvaro González, Dimitri Payet , Pau López, Jordan Amavi, Amine Harit, Pol Lirola , Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng , Duje Ćaleta-Car, Boubacar Kamara and Luís Henrique .
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 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
Lokomotiv Moskva started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Markus Gisdol played with: Daniil Khudyakov , Maksim Nenakhov , Tin Jedvaj , Pablo , Maciej Rybus , Sergey Babkin , Konstantin Maradishvili , Alexis Beka Beka , Maksim Petrov , Fedor Smolov and François Kamano .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Artur Cherny, Nikita Matyunin, Andrey Savin, Grigory Olegovich Borisenko, Gyrano Kerk, Dmitry Rybchinskiy , Nayair Tiknizyan and Vitali Lisakovich .
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 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.
- West Ham United – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1
- Genk – Rapid Vienna – 0-1
- Ferencváros – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-0
- Celtic – Real Betis – 3-2
- Olympique Marseille – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-0
- Lazio – Galatasaray – 0-0
- Sporting Braga – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
- Ludogorets – Midtjylland – 0-0
- Fenerbahçe – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
- Antwerp – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
- Napoli – Leicester City – 3-2
- Legia Warszawa – Spartak Moskva – 0-1
- Sturm Graz – Monaco – 1-1
- Real Sociedad – PSV – 3-0
- Olympique Lyonnais – Rangers – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Brøndby – 2-0
