MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille bested Nantes to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Olympique Marseille to strike first with a goal of C. Mbemba at the 70′. Then it was a penalty in the 78′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Pallois gave the win to Olympique Marseille in the 82′ minute with an own goal. Olympique Marseille made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

Olympique Marseille remained in 10 after S. Gigot received a double yellow card in the 76′. Even so, Olympique Marseille still found a way to win this match playing only in players​.

The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard who had the assistance of Aurélien Drouet and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.5 degrees Celsius or 74.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 56% while Nantes was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match​.

Olympique Marseille shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nantes shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards (V. Rongier, S. Gigot, P. Lopez and J. Veretout). Talking about the opposition, Nantes received 1 yellow card (E. Guessand).

S. Gigot (Olympique Marseille) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (76′).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Marseille has 0 points to occupy the 13th place in the table. On the other side, Nantes stays with 0 points (11th).

Next matches

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

The manager Igor Tudor decided to play with the following team: Pau López (6.6), Chancel Mbemba (7.4), Samuel Gigot (5.8), Leonardo Balerdi (7.2), Jonathan Clauss (7.6), Valentin Rongier (6.9), Jordan Veretout (7.4), Nuno Tavares (6.6), Gerson (7.0), Mattéo Guendouzi (6.4) and Alexis Sánchez (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Rubén Blanco, Arkadiusz Milik, Cédric Bakambu, Dimitri Payet (6.8), Pape Gueye, Cengiz Ünder (6.6), Sead Kolašinac (6.6), Duje Ćaleta-Car (6.6) and Luis Javier Suárez (6.3).

Olympique Marseille could not rely on the presence of L. Suarez (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Gerson for L. Suarez (54′), L. Balerdi for S. Kolasinac (65′), A. Sanchez for C. Under (65′), M. Guendouzi for D. Payet (65′) and C. Under for D. Caleta-Car (83′).

Best player: Jonathan Clauss​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Jonathan Clauss even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 45 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.

Nantes – Formation

Nantes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont (7.0), Fábio (7.4), Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.8), Andrei Girotto (7.0), Nicolas Pallois (7.3), Quentin Merlin (6.5), Ludovic Blas (7.3), Pedro Chirivella (6.2), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.5), Moses Simon (5.8) and Evann Guessand (7.1).

They had on the bench: Dennis Appiah (6.3), Mostafa Mohamed (7.0), Lohann Doucet (6.1), Abdoul Kader Bamba, Gor Manvelyan, Sébastien Corchia, Marcus Coco (6.8), Rémy Descamps and Mohamed Achi.

Substitutions

Nantes made 4 changes: E. Guessand for Mostafa Mohamed (62′), Fabio for D. Appiah (62′), A. Girotto for M. Coco (87′) and P. Chirivella for L. Doucet (87′).

Best player: Fábio​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Fábio.

His rating is (7.4) with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Nantes – 2-1
• Monaco – Lens – 1-4