Marseille vs Lille, 2014/2015 French Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Michy Batshuayi sees Marseille to victory over Lille
Marseille moved three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 thanks to a 2-1 win against out-of-sorts Lille at the Stade Velodrome.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Michy Batshuayi (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Thauvin.
- 3': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Marko Basa.
- 5': Attempt missed. Michy Batshuayi (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by André Ayew.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by André Ayew.
- 5': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Pape Souaré.
- 5': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Florent Balmont.
- 6': Attempt missed. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille) header from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a cross following a corner.
- 7': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Marseille) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giannelli Imbula.
- 8': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Simon Kjaer.
- 9': Foul by Rod Fanni (Marseille).
- 9': Vincent Enyeama (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Attempt missed. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rod Fanni.
- 11': Delay in match Djibril Sidibe (Lille) because of an injury.
- 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 12': Attempt missed. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 14': Divock Origi (Lille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 14': Foul by Mario Lemina (Marseille).
- 16': Foul by Giannelli Imbula (Marseille).
- 16': Nolan Roux (Lille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17': Florent Balmont (Lille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17': Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Marseille).
- 17': Foul by Florian Thauvin (Marseille).
- 17': Pape Souaré (Lille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Djibril Sidibe (Lille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 18': Foul by Nicolas N'Koulou (Marseille).
- 19': Corner, Lille. Conceded by André-Pierre Gignac.
- 22': Attempt missed. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) header from the right side of the box misses to the right.
- 22': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Simon Kjaer.
- 23': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Nolan Roux.
- 24': Attempt missed. Ryan Mendes (Lille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florent Balmont.
- 25': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Pape Souaré.
- 27': Attempt missed. Rio Mavuba (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 28': Attempt missed. Michy Batshuayi (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 30': Attempt missed. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Brice Dja Djédjé with a cross.
- 32': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Rio Mavuba.
- 32': Own Goal by Nolan Roux, Lille. Marseille 1, Lille 0.
- 33': Djibril Sidibe (Lille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Foul by Giannelli Imbula (Marseille).
- 35': Djibril Sidibe (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Foul by Mario Lemina (Marseille).
- 36': Attempt saved. Marko Basa (Lille) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florent Balmont with a cross.
- 37': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Marko Basa.
- 39': Foul by Rio Mavuba (Lille).
- 39': Mario Lemina (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 39': Foul by Mario Lemina (Marseille).
- 39': Idrissa Gueye (Lille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40': Offside, Marseille. Benjamin Mendy tries a through ball, but André-Pierre Gignac is caught offside.
- 40': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Lille).
- 40': Giannelli Imbula (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Attempt missed. Giannelli Imbula (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michy Batshuayi.
- 43': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Ryan Mendes.
- 44': Delay in match Ryan Mendes (Lille) because of an injury.
- 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Marseille 1, Lille 0.
- 90'+5': Match ends, Marseille 2, Lille 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Marseille 1, Lille 0.
- 47': André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Simon Kjaer (Lille).
- 48': Offside, Marseille. Michy Batshuayi tries a through ball, but André-Pierre Gignac is caught offside.
- 50': Offside, Marseille. Brice Dja Djédjé tries a through ball, but Michy Batshuayi is caught offside.
- 52': Attempt missed. Nolan Roux (Lille) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Ryan Mendes.
- 53': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Lille).
- 53': Mario Lemina (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Divock Origi (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 55': Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille).
- 58': Substitution, Lille. Michael Frey replaces Nolan Roux.
- 59': André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Simon Kjaer (Lille).
- 61': Goal! Marseille 1, Lille 1. Idrissa Gueye (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe.
- 63': Foul by Michael Frey (Lille).
- 63': Giannelli Imbula (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Michael Frey (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt missed. Idrissa Gueye (Lille) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Michael Frey.
- 67': Attempt missed. Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Thauvin.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Ryan Mendes (Lille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe.
- 69': Goal! Marseille 2, Lille 1. Michy Batshuayi (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Florian Thauvin.
- 70': Attempt missed. Ryan Mendes (Lille) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Divock Origi with a cross.
- 71': Foul by Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille).
- 71': Idrissa Gueye (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Substitution, Lille. Soualiho Meité replaces Florent Balmont.
- 73': Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rio Mavuba.
- 73': Attempt missed. Michael Frey (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 75': Substitution, Marseille. Jacques-Alaixys Romao replaces Mario Lemina.
- 75': Foul by Jacques-Alaixys Romao (Marseille).
- 75': Idrissa Gueye (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Jacques-Alaixys Romao (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Delay in match Idrissa Gueye (Lille) because of an injury.
- 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 78': Djibril Sidibe (Lille) has gone down, but that's a dive.
- 79': Djibril Sidibe (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Foul by Nicolas N'Koulou (Marseille).
- 84': Substitution, Marseille. Jérémy Morel replaces Florian Thauvin.
- 84': Substitution, Lille. Ronny Rodelin replaces Ryan Mendes.
- 86': Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Divock Origi (Lille).
- 86': Offside, Lille. Ronny Rodelin tries a through ball, but Divock Origi is caught offside.
- 88': Foul by André Ayew (Marseille).
- 88': Rio Mavuba (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Divock Origi (Lille).
- 90'+3': Foul by André Ayew (Marseille).
- 90'+3': Ronny Rodelin (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille).
- 90'+3': Soualiho Meité (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Marseille 2, Lille 1.
Statistics
 LILL |
OLM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 16 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 0 | Saves | 1 |
| 38.6 | Possession | 61.4 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.1 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 187 | Accurate Passes | 351 |
| 260 | Passes | 412 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 16 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 57 | Long Balls | 60 |
| 33 | Accurate Long Balls | 39 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 24 | Effective Tackles | 17 |
| 29 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 26 |
| 29 | Clearances | 26 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 62,408
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 62,408
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Monaco | 5 | +5 | 13 |
| 2 | Lyon | 5 | +8 | 11 |
| 3 | Paris FC | 5 | +5 | 11 |
| 4 | Lille | 5 | +4 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Marseille (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Steve Mandanda (GK) |
| 3 | Nicolas Nkoulou |
| 24 | Rod Fanni |
| 23 | Benjamin Mendy |
| 26 | Brice Dja Djédjé |
| 22 | Michy Batshuayi |
| 25 | Giannelli Imbula |
| 8 | Mario Lemina |
| 9 | André-Pierre Gignac |
| 10 | André Ayew |
| 14 | Florian Thauvin |
Lille (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Enyeama (GK) |
| 25 | Marko Basa |
| 14 | Simon Kjaer |
| 23 | Pape Souaré |
| 15 | Djibril Sidibé |
| 24 | Rio Mavuba |
| 5 | Idrissa Gueye |
| 4 | Florent Balmont |
| 26 | Nolan Roux |
| 20 | Ryan Mendes |
| 27 | Divock Origi |
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