MARSEILLE. Ajaccio managed to reverse the score against Olympique Marseille to win 2-1. It was Olympique Marseille to strike first with a penalty of D. Payet at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 25′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Balerdi gave the win to Ajaccio in the 47′ minute with an own goal. Olympique Marseille was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stade Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod with the help of Philippe Jeanne and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Arnaud Baert. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.8 degrees Celsius or 63.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 65% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Marseille was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Ajaccio was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Olympique Marseille shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ajaccio shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Olympique Marseille didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Ajaccio received 2 yellow cards (Y. Kone and O. Gonzalez).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Olympique Marseille will stay with 23 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Ajaccio will have 7 points like Nantes to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will host Lens on the 22nd of October with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Olympique Marseille (5 draws).

Ajaccio will host Paris Saint Germain on the 21st of October with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Paris Saint Germain (4 draws).

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: Rubén Blanco (6.1), Chancel Mbemba (6.7), Leonardo Balerdi (7.1), Samuel Gigot (6.4), Issa Kaboré (6.3), Valentin Rongier (6.5), Pape Gueye (6.5), Nuno Tavares (6.2), Gerson (6.7), Dimitri Payet (7.3) and Alexis Sánchez (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Simon Brady Ngapandouetnbu, Cengiz Ünder (6.6), Pau López Sabata, Amine Harit (7.6), Eric Bertrand Bailly, Luis Javier Suárez (6.7), Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (6.3), Jordan Veretout (6.8) and Souleymane Isaak Toure.

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: P. Gueye for J. Veretout (46′), A. Sanchez for A. Harit (56′), Gerson for L. Suarez (56′), D. Payet for C. Under (57′) and I. Kabore for B. Dieng (77′).

Best player: Amine Harit​

The most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Amine Harit.

His rating is (7.6) with 13 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 56′.

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Olivier Pantaloni played with: Benjamin Leroy (6.4), Mohamed Youssouf (6.1), Oumar Gonzalez (7.2), Cedric Avinel (6.3), Youssouf Koné (6.5), Cyrille Bayala (6.5), Vincent Marchetti (7.1), Mathieu Coutadeur (7.1), Riad Nouri (6.4), Mounaim El Idrissy (6.6) and Bevic Moussiti Oko (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Mickaël Alphonse (6.3), Yanis Cimignani, Thomas Mangani, Kouamé Jean Fiacre Botué (6.6), François-Joseph Sollacaro, Kevin Spadanuda, Ismaël Diallo (6.7), Florian Chabrolle and Clement Vidal.

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 5 changes: Y. Kone for I. Diallo (60′), C. Bayala for M. Alphonse (74′), B. Moussiti-Oko for J. Botue (74′), V. Marchetti for T. Mangani (89′) and O. Gonzalez for C. Vidal (89′).

Best player: Bevic Moussiti Oko​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Bevic Moussiti Oko.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 12 passes (41% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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

• Reims – Paris Saint Germain – 0-0
• Olympique Marseille – Ajaccio – 1-2