STRASBOURG. Strasbourg finds its way back against Olympique Marseille with a goal on the B. Dieng 8′ and a goal on the I. Kabore 35′.

The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet who had the assistance of Guillaume Debart and Thomas Luczynski. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.9 degrees Celsius or 57.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Strasbourg was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Olympique Marseille that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Strasbourg was putting more pressure with 31 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Strasbourg to win the match​.

Strasbourg shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (J. Stephan). Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (B. Dieng and N. Tavares).

Standings

After this contest, Strasbourg will have 10 points to remain in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will have 24 points like Rennes to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will play away with Ajaccio on the 5th of November with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Strasbourg (6 draws).

Olympique Marseille will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 6th of November with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (16 draws).

Strasbourg – Formation

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

The manager Julien Stéphan decided to play with the following team: Matz Sels (6.3), Gerzino Nyamsi (6.7), Lucas Perrin (5.8), Maxime Le Marchand (7.2), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (6.5), Adrien Thomasson (6.8), Jean-Eudes Aholou (6.5), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (7.4), Thomas Delaine (7.3), Kévin Gameiro (6.9) and Habib Diallo (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Colin Dagba (6.7), Ibrahima Sissoko, Dimitri Liénard (6.9), Ismael Doukoure, Ludovic Ajorque (6.7), Habib Diarra, Eiji Kawashima, Lebo Mothiba (7.3) and Sanjin Prcić (7.0).

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 5 changes: H. Diallo for L. Mothiba (45′), A. Thomasson for S. Prcic (66′), J. Aholou for L. Ajorque (66′), T. Delaine for D. Lienard (77′) and R. Pierre-Gabriel for C. Dagba (77′).

Best player: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Strasbourg was Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.

His rating is (7.4) with 61 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

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

Igor Tudor played with: Pau López (7.2), Chancel Mbemba (6.5), Leonardo Balerdi (7.2), Sead Kolašinac (6.8), Issa Kaboré (7.3), Mattéo Guendouzi (7.4), Jordan Veretout (7.1), Jonathan Clauss (6.9), Cengiz Ünder (7.2), Dimitri Payet (7.3) and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Luis Javier Suárez, Valentin Rongier (6.8), Amine Harit (6.2), Alexis Sánchez, Rubén Blanco, Souleymane Isaak Touré (6.4), Gerson (6.3), Bartuğ Elmaz and Nuno Tavares (6.2).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: J. Clauss for N. Tavares (46′), J. Veretout for V. Rongier (46′), S. Kolasinac for S. Toure (65′), C. Under for Gerson (72′) and B. Dieng for A. Harit (80′).

Best player: Ahmadou Bamba Dieng​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Ahmadou Bamba Dieng.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 16 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Strasbourg – Olympique Marseille – 2-2
• Paris Saint Germain – Troyes – 4-3