SAINT-ETIENNE. Olympique Marseille defeats Saint-Étienne 4-2. Olympique Marseille was surely superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin who was helped by Alexandre Viala and Gilles Lang. The 4th official was Guillaume Paradis.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 6 Total 16
- 3 On Target 10
- 3 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 62 Attack 101
- 16 Dangerous attack 60
- 77 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 2
- 2 Corners 9
Fouls
- 14 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 70% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.
Saint-Étienne shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 16 times, 10 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (E. Mangala and S. Thioub). On the other side, Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (O. Targhalline).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Saint-Étienne will stay with 27 points to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 56 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne will play away against Lorient on the 8th of April with a 12-12 head to head stats.
Olympique Marseille will host Montpellier on the 10th of April with a 15-7 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne
80'
45'
86'
Saint-Étienne started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Pascal Dupraz decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: R. Boudebouz for E. Crivelli (64′), Z. Youssouf for A. Aouchiche (65′), E. Mangala for B. Sako (80′), A. Nordin for H. Moukoudi (80′) and S. Thioub for S. Gabriel (87′).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: .
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: S. Kolasinac for C. Under (46′), B. Dieng for C. Bakambu (69′), D. Payet for P. Gueye (80′), M. Guendouzi for P. Lirola (86′) and A. Harit for O. Targhalline (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Clermont – Nantes – 2-3
- Olympique Lyonnais – Angers SCO – 3-2
- Metz – Monaco – 1-2
- Montpellier – Brest – 1-2
- Paris Saint Germain – Lorient – 5-1
- Saint-Étienne – Olympique Marseille – 2-4
- Strasbourg – Lens – 1-0
- Troyes – Reims – 1-0
