Nimes vs Marseille, Regular Season
· French Ligue 1Benedetto on fire as Marseille strengthen second place
Dario Benedetto scored a hat trick as Olympique de Marseille claimed a 3-2 win at Nimes to cement their second place in Ligue 1 on Friday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 1': Foul by Gaetan Paquiez (Nîmes).
- 3': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Marseille).
- 3': Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 5': Attempt saved. Nolan Roux (Nîmes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zinedine Ferhat.
- 5': Goal! Nîmes 1, Marseille 0. Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 7': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Renaud Ripart.
- 10': Goal! Nîmes 1, Marseille 1. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bouna Sarr.
- 12': Darío Benedetto (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 12': Hand ball by Darío Benedetto (Marseille).
- 13': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 13': Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Morgan Sanson (Marseille).
- 13': Sidy Sarr (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Loïck Landre (Nîmes).
- 14': Morgan Sanson (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Loïck Landre (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Offside, Marseille. Valère Germain tries a through ball, but Morgan Sanson is caught offside.
- 16': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Romain Philippoteaux.
- 17': Attempt missed. Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Morgan Sanson following a corner.
- 17': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Gaetan Paquiez.
- 18': Attempt missed. Bouna Sarr (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitri Payet following a corner.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Jordan Amavi (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 20': Attempt missed. Sidy Sarr (Nîmes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nolan Roux.
- 29': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille).
- 29': Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Attempt missed. Romain Philippoteaux (Nîmes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
- 31': Darío Benedetto (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 31': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 31': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Pablo Martinez.
- 31': Attempt missed. Valère Germain (Marseille) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross following a corner.
- 33': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Jordan Amavi.
- 35': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Romain Philippoteaux.
- 36': Goal! Nîmes 1, Marseille 2. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a through ball following a fast break.
- 38': Foul by Valère Germain (Marseille).
- 38': Pablo Martinez (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 39': Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Valère Germain.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Lamine Fomba (Nîmes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zinedine Ferhat.
- 40': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Álvaro González.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Pablo Martinez (Nîmes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Bouna Sarr (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Romain Philippoteaux (Nîmes).
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Nîmes 1, Marseille 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Nîmes 1, Marseille 2.
- 48': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Valentin Rongier.
- 51': Attempt missed. Nolan Roux (Nîmes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sidy Sarr.
- 52': Attempt missed. Sidy Sarr (Nîmes) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yassine Benrahou.
- 52': Darío Benedetto (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 54': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 54': Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Bouna Sarr.
- 56': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Bouna Sarr.
- 58': Attempt missed. Bouna Sarr (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 60': Boubacar Kamara (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 61': Foul by Valère Germain (Marseille).
- 61': Renaud Ripart (Nîmes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Attempt saved. Loïck Landre (Nîmes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Sidy Sarr with a headed pass.
- 62': Attempt missed. Renaud Ripart (Nîmes) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Zinedine Ferhat with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 63': Foul by Bouna Sarr (Marseille).
- 63': Nolan Roux (Nîmes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 64': Attempt saved. Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Romain Philippoteaux.
- 64': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Steve Mandanda.
- 64': Foul by Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes).
- 64': Steve Mandanda (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Jordan Amavi (Marseille).
- 65': Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Pablo Martinez.
- 67': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Renaud Ripart.
- 67': Attempt saved. Valentin Rongier (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
- 67': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Pablo Martinez.
- 68': Darío Benedetto (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 68': Goal! Nîmes 1, Marseille 3. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duje Caleta-Car following a set piece situation.
- 69': Substitution, Nîmes. Moussa Koné replaces Romain Philippoteaux.
- 69': Substitution, Nîmes. Lucas Deaux replaces Lamine Fomba.
- 70': Hand ball by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 71': Foul by Álvaro González (Marseille).
- 71': Moussa Koné (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Álvaro González (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
- 72': Attempt saved. Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Morgan Sanson (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
- 75': Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
- 76': Bouna Sarr (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes).
- 78': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 78': Valentin Rongier (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Sidy Sarr (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Boubacar Kamara (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Nolan Roux (Nîmes).
- 80': Foul by Darío Benedetto (Marseille).
- 80': Pablo Martinez (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Attempt missed. Bouna Sarr (Marseille) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Deaux.
- 82': Offside, Nîmes. Zinedine Ferhat tries a through ball, but Moussa Koné is caught offside.
- 83': Foul by Sidy Sarr (Nîmes).
- 83': Morgan Sanson (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 84': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Renaud Ripart.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Yassine Benrahou (Nîmes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 86': Attempt missed. Renaud Ripart (Nîmes) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 88': Substitution, Marseille. Marley Aké replaces Dimitri Payet.
- 89': Foul by Gaetan Paquiez (Nîmes).
- 89': Marley Aké (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Attempt missed. Boubacar Kamara (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Darío Benedetto.
- 90': Substitution, Marseille. Maxime Lopez replaces Darío Benedetto.
- 90'+1': Foul by Marley Aké (Marseille).
- 90'+1': Pablo Martinez (Nîmes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Corner, Nîmes. Conceded by Jordan Amavi.
- 90'+2': Goal! Nîmes 2, Marseille 3. Lucas Deaux (Nîmes) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yassine Benrahou with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+2': Steve Mandanda (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Nîmes 2, Marseille 3.
- 90'+4': Gaetan Paquiez (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card.
- 0': Match ends, Nîmes 2, Marseille 3.
Statistics
 OLM |
NIM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 15 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 52.1 | Possession | 47.9 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 285 | Accurate Passes | 245 |
| 381 | Passes | 338 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 16 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 64 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 26 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 36 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 36 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade des Costières
Location: Nîmes, France
Attendance: 13,755
Venue: Stade des Costières
Location: Nîmes, France
Attendance: 13,755
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | +43 | 70 |
| 2 | Lens | 31 | +28 | 64 |
| 3 | Lyon | 32 | +18 | 60 |
| 4 | Lille | 32 | +16 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Nimes (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Paul Bernardoni (GK) |
| 4 | Pablo Martinez |
| 5 | Loïck Landre  |
| 20 | Renaud Ripart |
| 15 | Gaëtan Paquiez |
| 22 | Yassin Benrahou |
| 6 | Sidy Sarr |
| 12 | Lamine Fomba |
| 25 | Nolan Roux |
| 7 | Romain Philippoteaux |
| 10 | Zinedine Ferhat |
Marseille (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Steve Mandanda (GK) |
| 15 | Duje Caleta-Car |
| 3 | Álvaro González |
| 18 | Jordan Amavi |
| 17 | Bouna Sarr |
| 8 | Morgan Sanson |
| 21 | Valentin Rongier |
| 4 | Boubacar Kamara |
| 9 | Darío Benedetto |
| 10 | Dimitri Payet |
| 28 | Valère Germain |
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