Olympique Marseille overcomes Rennes 2-0 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille defeats Rennes with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by P. Aubameyang (8') and a goal from A. Ounahi (65').

By
David Brown
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Olympique Marseille overcomes Rennes 2-0 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille defeats Rennes with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by P. Aubameyang (8′) and a goal from A. Ounahi (65′). Rennes lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

Olympique Marseille remained in players after Iliman Ndiaye received a red card in the 67′. Nonetheless, Olympique Marseille still was able to win this match playing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Stade Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod with the support of Julien Aube and Valentin Evrard. The 4th official was Jérémie Pignard. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.55 degrees Celsius or 43.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Olympique Marseille

2 - 0

Team 1

Rennes

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 5 Total 10
  • 3 On Target 0
  • 1 Off Target 8
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 84 Attack 105
  • 45 Dangerous attack 64
  • 73 Ball safe 75
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 6
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 15
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Rennes had a superior ball possession 57% while Olympique Marseille was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rennes had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. Nevertheless, Olympique Marseille managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Olympique Marseille shot 5 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Rennes shot 10 times, 0 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (François Mughe). On the opposite side, Rennes received 3 yellow cards (Nemanja Matić, Amine Gouiri and Baptiste Santamaria).

(Olympique Marseille) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (67′).

Also, Rennes didn’t end the match with 11 players after Christopher Wooh (Rennes) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (61′).

Match Timeline

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang(penalty)
8'
36'
Baptiste Santamaría- Yellow
40'
Warmed Omari- sub ->Arthur Theate
Amir Murillo - sub ->Jonathan Clauss
46'
58'
Arnaud Kalimuendo- sub ->Baptiste Santamaria
61'
Christopher Wooh- Red
Azzedine Ounahi(goal)Amir Murillo
65'
Iliman Ndiaye- Red
67'
Leonardo Balerdi- sub ->Ismaïla Sarr
70'
70'
76'
77'
Amine Harit(VAR)
79'
79'
79'
Ludovic Blas- sub ->Enzo Le Fée
79'
Bertuğ Yıldırım- sub ->Martin Terrier
81'
Jordan Veretout- sub ->Amine Harit
87'
90'
Amine Gouiri- Yellow

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 has 17 points to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Rennes will stays with 15 points to hold in the 12th 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 stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (1 draw).

Rennes will host Olympique Marseille on the 17th of March with a 20-10 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (11 draws).

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille
G
Pau López 16.Spain
6.7
D
Renan Lodi 12.Brazil
7.1
77'
D
Samuel Gigot  4.France
7.3
D
Jonathan Clauss 7.France
6.7
46'
D
Chancel Mbemba  99.DR Congo
7.5
M
Azzedine Ounahi 8.Morocco
7.7
Goals65'
M
Amine Harit 11.Morocco
7.3
87'
M
Geoffrey Kondogbia 19.Central African Republic
7.3
M
Joaquín Correa 20.Argentina
M
Ismaïla Sarr 23.Senegal
6.6
70'
M
Iliman Ndiaye 29.France
6.8
67'
F
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 10.Gabon
7.0
70' Goals8'
Substitutes
G
Rubén Blanco 36.Spain
D
Amir Murillo  62.Panama
7.1
46'
D
Leonardo Balerdi 5.Argentina
6.8
70'
M
Bamo Meïté 18.France
M
Bilal Nadir 34.France
M
N. Mayoka-Tika 66.Belgium
M
Jordan Veretout 27.France
6.4
87'
F
Vitinha 9.Portugal
6.8
70'
F
François Mughe 24.Cameroon
6.8
77' 81'

Olympique Marseille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ivan Gennaro Gattuso decided to play with the following team: J. Correa, Pau López (6.7), Jonathan Clauss (6.7), Samuel Gigot (7.3), Chancel Mbemba (7.5), Renan Lodi (7.1), Geoffrey Kondogbia (7.3), Azzedine Ounahi (7.7), Ismaïla Sarr (6.6), Amine Harit (7.3), Iliman Ndiaye (6.8) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Leonardo Balerdi (6.8), Jordan Veretout (6.4), Vitinha (6.8), Bamo Meïté, François Mughe (6.8), Bilal Nadir, Rubén Blanco, Amir Murillo (7.1) and Noam Mayoka-Tika.

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Ismaïla Sarr for Leonardo Balerdi (70′), Jonathan Clauss for Amir Murillo (46′), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Vitinha (70′), Renan Lodi for François Mughe (77′) and Amine Harit for Jordan Veretout (87′).

Player of the match: Azzedine Ounahi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Azzedine Ounahi.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 48 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Rennes – Formation

Rennes
G
Steve Mandanda  30.France
6.6
D
Arthur Theate 5.Belgium
6.8
40'
D
Christopher Wooh 15.France
5.7
61'
D
Jeanuel Belocian 16.France
6.6
M
Nemanja Matic 21.Serbia
7.3
76'
M
Enzo Le Fée 28.France
7.1
79'
M
Adrien Truffert 3.France
7.0
M
Baptiste Santamaría 8.France
6.7
58' 36'
M
Amine Gouiri 10.Algeria
7.3
90'
M
Benjamin Bourigeaud 14.France
7.0
79'
F
Martin Terrier 7.France
7.5
79'
Substitutes
G
Gauthier Gallon 1.France
D
Lorenz Assignon 22.France
7.0
79'
D
Warmed Omari 23.France
7.3
40'
D
Aboubakar Nagida 43.Cameroon
M
Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland
M
Ludovic Blas 11.France
6.8
79'
F
Bertuğ Yıldırım 99.Turkey
7.0
79'
F
Arnaud Kalimuendo 9.France
6.7
58'
F
Ibrahim Salah 34.Morocco

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

Julien Stéphan played with: Steve Mandanda (6.6), Christopher Wooh (5.7), Jeanuel Belocian (6.6), Arthur Theate (6.8), Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.0), Nemanja Matić (7.3), Baptiste Santamaria (6.7), Adrien Truffert (7.0), Amine Gouiri (7.3), Enzo Le Fée (7.1), Martin Terrier (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Arnaud Kalimuendo (6.7), Ludovic Blas (6.8), Ibrahim Salah, Gauthier Gallon, Lorenz Assignon (7.0), Warmed Omari (7.3), Fabian Rieder, Mahamadou Aboubakar Nagida and Bertuğ Yıldırım (7.0).

Rennes could not rely on the presence of Warmed Omari (injured).

Substitutions

Rennes made 5 changes: Arthur Theate for Warmed Omari (40′), Baptiste Santamaria for Arnaud Kalimuendo (58′), Enzo Le Fée for Ludovic Blas (79′), Martin Terrier for Bertuğ Yıldırım (79′) and Benjamin Bourigeaud for Lorenz Assignon (79′).

Player of the match: Martin Terrier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rennes was Martin Terrier.

His rating is (7.5) with 26 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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