AUXERRE. Olympique Marseille beats Auxerre with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. (8′) and a goal from A. Sanchez (84′).
The match was played at the Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps stadium in Auxerre on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod with the support of Philippe Jeanne and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Gaël Angoula. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 10 Total 15
- 3 On Target 7
- 7 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 118 Attack 102
- 46 Dangerous attack 63
- 100 Ball safe 115
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Auxerre was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Olympique Marseille that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match.
Auxerre shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Auxerre received 2 yellow cards (Jubal and J. Furlan). On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (I. Tudor and A. Harit).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Auxerre will stay with 7 points like Rennes, Lorient and Lille to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 16 points like Paris Saint Germain to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Auxerre will host Lorient on the 16th of September with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Auxerre (8 draws).
Olympique Marseille will host Rennes on the 18th of September with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (11 draws).
Auxerre – Formation
Auxerre
39'
69'
Auxerre started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Jean-Marc Furlan decided to play with the following team: Benoît Costil , Paul Joly , Jubal , Alexandre Coeff , Gideon Mensah , Birama Touré , Gauthier Hein , Hamza Sakhi , Rayan Raveloson , Mathias Autret and Nuno Da Costa .
The home team had on the bench: Quentin Bernard, Lassine Sinayoko , Gaëtan Perrin , Brayann Pereira, Kays Ruiz-Atil, Donovan Leon, Remy Dugimont, M’Baye Niang and Youssouf M’Changama .
Substitutions
Auxerre made 4 changes: R. Raveloson for M. Niang (57′), G. Hein for L. Sinayoko (69′), M. Autret for G. Perrin (69′) and N. Da Costa for Y. M’Changama (78′).
Best player: Benoît Costil
The most impressive player for Auxerre was the goalkeeper: Benoît Costil. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
8'
Olympique Marseille started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Igor Tudor played with: Pau López , Chancel Mbemba , Leonardo Balerdi , Sead Kolašinac , Issa Kaboré , Valentin Rongier , Jordan Veretout , Jonathan Clauss , Cengiz Ünder , Gerson and Luis Javier Suárez .
They had on the bench: Pape Gueye , Rubén Blanco, Souleymane Isaak Touré, Cédric Bakambu, Amine Harit , Alexis Sánchez , Nuno Tavares , Eric Bailly and Mattéo Guendouzi .
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: J. Clauss for N. Tavares (46′), Gerson for M. Guendouzi (59′), C. Under for A. Sanchez (59′), I. Kabore for P. Gueye (67′) and L. Suarez for A. Harit (81′).
Best player: Chancel Mbemba
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Chancel Mbemba even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 55 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Angers SCO – 5-0
- Nantes – Paris Saint Germain – 0-3
- Auxerre – Olympique Marseille – 0-2
