MARSEILLE. Paris Saint Germain conquers Olympique Marseille with a 2-0 win with a goal from Vitinha (53′) and a goal from G. Ramos (85′).
Paris Saint Germain remained in 10 after Lucas Beraldo received a red card in the 40′. Anyhow, Paris Saint Germain still found a way to win this match playing only in players.
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 Benoît Bastien with the help of Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Marc Bollengier. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.15 degrees Celsius or 59.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 22 Total 8
- 10 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 117 Attack 81
- 68 Dangerous attack 26
- 53 Ball safe 74
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Olympique Marseille was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Paris Saint Germain that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 10 were on target. Even so, Paris Saint Germain found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Olympique Marseille shot 22 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Paris Saint Germain shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Paris Saint Germain received 4 yellow cards (Gianluigi Donnarumma , Danilo Pereira, Lucas Hernández and Lucas Beraldo).
Also, Paris Saint Germain didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Lucas Beraldo (Paris Saint Germain) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (40′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Olympique Marseille stays with 39 points like Rennes and Reims to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Paris Saint Germain will has 62 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away with Lille on the 7th of April with a 15-11 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (12 draws).
Paris Saint Germain will host Clermont on the 7th of April with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (1 draw).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
73'
Olympique Marseille adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Jean-Louis Gasset decided to play with the following team: Pau López , Ulisses Garcia , Chancel Mbemba , Leonardo Balerdi , Q. Merlin , Jordan Veretout , Geoffrey Kondogbia , Amine Harit , Luis Henrique , Iliman Ndiaye and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang .
The home team had on the bench: Azzedine Ounahi , F. Moumbagna , Samuel Gigot , Joaquín Correa, Pape Gueye , S. Sparagna, B. Negouai, Rubén Blanco and E. Soglo.
Olympique Marseille could not rely on the presence of Samuel Gigot (injured).
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 4 changes: Chancel Mbemba for Samuel Gigot (51′), Iliman Ndiaye for F. Moumbagna (61′), Geoffrey Kondogbia for Pape Gueye (61′) and Leonardo Balerdi for Azzedine Ounahi (73′).
Player of the match: Amine Harit
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Amine Harit.
His rating is with 42 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Paris Saint Germain – Formation
Paris Saint Germain
45'
40'
53'
Also Paris Saint Germain adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luis Enrique Martínez García played with: Gianluigi Donnarumma , Achraf Hakimi , Danilo Pereira , Lucas Beraldo , Lucas Hernández , W. Zaïre-Emery , Vitinha , Fabián Ruiz , Ousmane Dembélé , Randal Kolo Muani and Kylian Mbappé .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Keylor Navas , Manuel Ugarte , Gonçalo Ramos , Marco Asensio , Lee Kang-In , Nordi Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Milan Skriniar and S. Mayulu.
Substitutions
Paris Saint Germain made 5 changes: Randal Kolo Muani for Lee Kang-In (46′), Fabián Ruiz for Manuel Ugarte (65′), Kylian Mbappé for Gonçalo Ramos (65′), Ousmane Dembélé for Marco Asensio (65′) and W. Zaïre-Emery for Milan Skriniar (77′).
Player of the match: Gianluigi Donnarumma
The most impressive player for Paris Saint Germain was the goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma . His rating is 9.38. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
- Le Havre – Montpellier – 0-2
- Clermont – Toulouse – 0-3
- Nice – Nantes – 1-2
- Lorient – Brest – 0-1
- Strasbourg – Rennes – 2-0
