MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille was able to turn the tables against Shakhtar Donetsk. It was Shakhtar Donetsk to score first with a goal from Georgiy Sudakov. Notwithstanding, later Olympique Marseille found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (23′), Ismaïla Sarr (74′) and Geoffrey Kondogbia (81′).
The match was played at the Stade Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler with the support of Christian Gittelmann and Mark Borsch. The 4th official was Martin Petersen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 19 Total 11
- 7 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 4
- 8 Shots blocked 2
- 126 Attack 50
- 57 Dangerous attack 21
- 53 Ball safe 60
- 0 Penalties 1
- 8 Corners 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Olympique Marseille was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Shakhtar Donetsk that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.
Olympique Marseille shot 19 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Shakhtar Donetsk shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (Samuel Gigot). On the other side, Shakhtar Donetsk received 5 yellow cards (Mykola Matvienko, Eguinaldo, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Taras Stepanenko and Yukhym Konoplya).
Match Timeline
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Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
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Olympique Marseille started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Jean-Louis Gasset decided to play with the following team: Pau López , Chancel Mbemba , Samuel Gigot , Bamo Meïté , Jonathan Clauss , Azzedine Ounahi , Geoffrey Kondogbia , Quentin Merlin , Amine Harit , F. Moumbagna and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang .
The home team had on the bench: Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Joaquín Correa, Jordan Veretout , Emran Soglo, Luis Henrique, Rubén Blanco, Ismaïla Sarr and Iliman Ndiaye .
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 4 changes: Azzedine Ounahi for Jordan Veretout (64′), F. Moumbagna for Ismaïla Sarr (64′), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Iliman Ndiaye (85′) and Amine Harit for Emran Soglo (90′).
Player of the match: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 7.
Shakhtar Donetsk – Formation
Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Marino Pusic played with: Dmytro Riznyk , Yukhym Konoplya , Mykola Matvienko , Yaroslav Rakitskyi , Irakli Azarovi , Taras Stepanenko , Oleksandr Zubkov , Artem Bondarenko , Georgiy Sudakov , Eguinaldo and Danylo Sikan .
These were the players on the bench: Artur Rudko, Lassina Traoré , Dmytro Kryskiv , Maryan Shved , Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Kevin Kelsy, Pedrinho , Novatus Miroshi, Yegor Nazaryna, Kevin, Newerton and Viktor Tsukanov.
Substitutions
Shakhtar Donetsk made 5 changes: Oleksandr Zubkov for Maryan Shved (82′), Danylo Sikan for Lassina Traoré (82′), Taras Stepanenko for Newerton (83′), Artem Bondarenko for Dmytro Kryskiv (84′) and Irakli Azarovi for Pedrinho (84′).
Player of the match: Eguinaldo
The player that probably impressed the most for Shakhtar Donetsk was Eguinaldo.
His rating is with 11 passes (55% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Rennes – Milan – 3-2
- SC Freiburg – Lens – 3-2
- Toulouse – Benfica – 0-0
- Qarabağ – Sporting Braga – 2-3
- Roma – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Sporting CP – Young Boys – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Galatasaray – 4-1
- Olympique Marseille – Shakhtar Donetsk – 3-1
