MARSEILLE. Olympique Marseille demolishes Lorient 4-1 with goals of B. Kamara (27′), M. Guendouzi (56′), A. Milik (85′) and M. Guendouzi (90′). On the opposite side, Lorient scored with ​A. Lauriente (13′ pen). Olympique Marseille took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Orange Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Antony Gautier with the help of Benjamin Pages and Nicolas Danos. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille was in firm control of the ball 59% while Lorient was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympique Marseille won the match​.

Olympique Marseille shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Lorient shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Lorient received 1 yellow card (A. Lauriente).

Standings

After playing this match, Olympique Marseille will have 17 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Lorient will stay with 14 points like Strasbourg, Nantes, Monaco and Lille to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will host Paris Saint Germain on the 24th of October with a 21-9 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (6 draws).

Lorient will host Bordeaux on the 24th of October with a 16-5 head to head statistic in favor of Bordeaux (8 draws).

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

The manager Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya decided to play with the following team: Pau López (7.8), William Saliba (6.8), Duje Ćaleta-Car (7.4), Luan Peres (6.7), Valentin Rongier (7.4), Boubacar Kamara (8.0), Pol Lirola (6.1), Mattéo Guendouzi (9.6), Dimitri Payet (8.9), Konrad de la Fuente (7.1) and Arkadiusz Milik (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Gerson, Steve Mandanda, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (6.5), Jordan Amavi, Álvaro González, Leonardo Balerdi (6.8), Pape Gueye (6.7), Salim Ben Seghir and Luís Henrique.

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 3 changes: K. de La Fuente for B. Dieng (75′), P. Lirola for P. Gueye (76′) and V. Rongier for L. Balerdi (88′).

Best player: Mattéo Guendouzi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Mattéo Guendouzi.

His rating is (9.6) with 2 goals, 61 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Lorient – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Christophe Pélissier played with: Paul Nardi (5.8), Igor Silva (6.3), Houboulang Mendes (6.2), Julien Laporte (6.2), Moritz Jenz (6.7), Vincent Le Goff (6.5), Enzo Le Fée (6.2), Thomas Monconduit (7.1), Laurent Abergel (7.0), Terem Moffi and Stéphane Diarra (7.2), Armand Lauriente (6.6).

They had on the bench: Samuel Loric, Jérôme Hergault, Adrian Grbić (6.6), Thomas Fontaine, Leo Petrot, Dango Ouattara (6.8), Quentin Boisgard (6.2), Matthieu Dreyer and Théo Le Bris.

Substitutions

Lorient made 3 changes: E. Le Fee for Q. Boisgard (61′), S. Diarra for A. Grbic (69′) and A. Lauriente for D. Ouattara (86′).

Best player: Stéphane Diarra​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Stéphane Diarra.

His rating is (7.2) with 15 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Bordeaux – Nantes – 1-1
• Brest – Reims – 1-1
• Olympique Marseille – Lorient – 4-1
• Metz – Rennes – 0-3
• Montpellier – Lens – 1-0
• Strasbourg – Saint-Étienne – 5-1
• Troyes – Nice – 1-0