REIMS. Olympique Marseille beats Reims 1-0 after G. scored just 1 goal (83′). Olympique Marseille was decisively better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the collaboration of Benjamin Pages and Alexis Auger. The 4th official was Samir Zolota. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Reims

0 - 1

Olympique Marseille

  • ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
  • 9 Total 14
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 7 Off Target 11
  • 3 Shots blocked 6
  • 67 Attack 159
  • 34 Dangerous attack 51
  • 74 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 14 Total 7
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 8 Substitutions 10

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a superior ball possession 71% while Reims was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.​

Reims shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Reims received 1 yellow card (B. Locko). On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (L. Peres).

Match Timeline

5'
28'
46'
Marshall Munetsi- sub ->B. Locko
46'
46'
46'
63'
73'
79'
Maxime Busi- sub ->T. Foket
79'
79'
83'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
86
38
Olympique Marseille
71
38
Monaco
69
38
Rennes
66
38
Nice
66
38
Strasbourg
63
38
Lens
62
38
Olympique Lyonnais
61
38
Nantes
55
38
LOSC Lille
55
38
Brest
48
38
Reims
46
38
Montpellier
43
38
Angers SCO
41
38
Troyes
38
38
Lorient
36
38
Clermont
36
38
Saint-Étienne
32
38
Metz
31
38
Bordeaux
31
38

After playing this contest, Reims will stay with 40 points to sit in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 65 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away with Lorient on the 1st of May with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Lorient (4 draws).

Olympique Marseille will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 1st of May with a 16-7 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (16 draws).

Reims – Formation

Reims
G
Predrag Rajkovic 1.Serbia
6.8
D
Yunis Abdelhamid 5.Morocco
6.7
D
Thomas Foket 32.Belgium
6.2
79'
D
Wout Faes 2.Belgium
6.2
D
Andreaw Gravillon 6.Guadeloupe
6.8
D
Ghislain Konan 3.Ivory Coast
6.4
M
Bradley Locko 28.France
6.3
46' 28'
M
Azor Matusiwa 21.Netherlands
7.1
89'
M
Dion Lopy 26.Senegal
7.0
F
Mitchell van Bergen 19.Netherlands
7.1
63'
F
Nathanaël Mbuku 11.France
6.2
46'
Substitutes
G
Yehvann Diouf 16.France
D
Maxime Busi 4.Belgium
6.4
79'
M
Arbër Zeneli 10.Kosovo
6.8
46'
M
Moussa Doumbia 25.Mali
M
Alexis Flips 12.France
M
Marshall Munetsi 15.Zimbabwe
6.8
46'
M
Ilan Kebbal 20.Algeria
89'
M
Valon Berisha 14.Kosovo
F
El BilalTouré 7.Mali
6.9
63'

Reims started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Óscar García Junyent decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Reims made 5 changes: B. Locko for M. Munetsi (46′), N. Mbuku for A. Zeneli (46′), M. van Bergen for E. B. Toure (63′), T. Foket for M. Busi (79′) and A. Matusiwa for I. Kebbal (89′).

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille
G
Steve Mandanda 30.France
7.4
D
Sead Kolasinac 23.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.6
46'
D
Luan Peres 14.Brazil
8.3
5'
D
William Saliba 2.France
7.7
D
Valentin Rongier 21.France
8.0
M
Boubacar Kamara 4.France
7.0
79'
M
Mattéo Guendouzi 6.France
7.3
M
Pape Gueye 22.Senegal
6.7
F
Cengiz Ünder 17.Turkey
6.7
73'
F
Amine Harit 7.Morocco
6.8
46'
F
Arkadiusz Milik 9.Poland
6.8
79'
Substitutes
G
Pau López 16.Spain
D
Duje Caleta-Car 15.Croatia
6.2
79'
D
Pol Lirola 29.Spain
6.8
73'
M
Gerson 8.Brazil
7.6
46' 83'
M
Dimitri Payet 10.France
7.1
46'
M
Oussama Targhalline 26.Morocco
F
Salim Ben Seghir 32.France
F
Bamba Dieng 12.Senegal
7.0
79'
F
Luis Henrique 11.Brazil

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

Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: .

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: A. Harit for D. Payet (46′), S. Kolasinac for Gerson (46′), C. Under for P. Lirola (73′), B. Kamara for D. Caleta-Car (79′) and A. Milik for B. Dieng (79′).

Results of the day

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