French Ligue 1

FT Friday, January 25, 2019
Lille LWWWW 2
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Marseille DLDLW 1
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LILL112
OLM011
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Match Report

AP Photo/Claude Paris

Marseille's Mario Balotelli debuts, scores in firework-delayed loss

Mario Balotelli scored on his Marseille debut on Friday, but it was too late to save his side from a 2-1 home defeat to second-place Lille.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
0
53
Possession
47
9
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
384
Accurate Passes
320
451
Passes
386
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
15
Crosses
29
0.1
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
46
21
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
4
Effective Tackles
13
11
Tackles
22
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
23
27
Effective Clearances
20
27
Clearances
20

Head to Head

OLM leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

OLM · 3-4-3

  1. 30Steve MandandaG
  2. 6RolandoCD
  3. 19Luiz GustavoCD-L
  4. 4Boubacar KamaraCD-R
  5. 12Kevin StrootmanCM-L
  6. 27Maxime LópezCM-R
  7. 18Jordan AmaviLM
  8. 17Bouna SarrRM
  9. 11Kostas MitroglouF
  10. 7Nemanja RadonjicCF-L
  11. 26Florian ThauvinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Clinton N'JieSUB
  2. 15Duje Caleta-CarSUB
  3. 28Valère GermainSUB
  4. 9Mario BalotelliSUB
  5. 16Yohann PeléSUB
  6. 22Gregory SerticSUB
  7. 20Christopher RocchiaSUB

LILL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Adama SoumaoroCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 3Youssouf KonéLB
  5. 17Zeki ÇelikRB
  6. 12Jonathan IkonéAM
  7. 8XekaLM
  8. 23Thiago MendesRM
  9. 7Rafael LeãoF
  10. 14Jonathan BambaAM-L
  11. 19Nicolas PépéAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  2. 11Luiz AraújoSUB
  3. 9Loïc RémySUB
  4. 22Kouadio DabilaSUB
  5. 4Gabriel MagalhãesSUB
  6. 24Boubakary SoumaréSUB
  7. 1Adam JakubechSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  2. 18' Boubacar Kamara (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  4. 45'+1' Luiz Gustavo (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+2' Kevin Strootman (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45'+3' Goal! Marseille 0, Lille 1. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 49' Substitution, Lille. Jérémy Pied replaces Mehmet Zeki Çelik because of an injury.
  8. 50' Adama Soumaoro (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 66' Rafael Leão (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Florian Thauvin (Marseille) is shown the red card.
  11. 70' Xeka (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 74' Substitution, Marseille. Mario Balotelli replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  14. 74' Substitution, Marseille. Clinton N'Jie replaces Kostas Mitroglou.
  15. 88' Substitution, Lille. Boubakary Soumare replaces Rafael Leão.
  16. 88' Substitution, Marseille. Christopher Rocchia replaces Jordan Amavi.
  17. 90' Rolando (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+4' Goal! Marseille 0, Lille 2. Nicolas Pepe (Lille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Ikone following a fast break.
  19. 90'+5' Substitution, Lille. Loïc Remy replaces Nicolas Pepe.
  20. 90'+6' Goal! Marseille 1, Lille 2. Mario Balotelli (Marseille) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Strootman with a cross following a corner.

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