French Ligue 1

FT Friday, February 28, 2020
Marseille WWLWL 3
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Nimes WWWWL 2
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OLM213
NIM112
Stade des Costières · 13,755 att.

Match Report

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Benedetto 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

OLM leads series 3-1

Lineups

NIM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Paul BernardoniG
  2. 4Pablo MartinezCD-L
  3. 5Loïck LandreCD-R
  4. 20Renaud RipartLB
  5. 15Gaëtan PaquiezRB
  6. 22Yassin BenrahouAM
  7. 6Sidy SarrLM
  8. 12Lamine FombaRM
  9. 25Nolan RouxF
  10. 7Romain PhilippoteauxAM-L
  11. 10Zinedine FerhatAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Lucas DéauxSUB
  2. 29Sofiane AlakouchSUB
  3. 21Kelyan GuessoumSUB
  4. 19Lucas BuadesSUB
  5. 28Moussa KonéSUB
  6. 18Theo VallsSUB
  7. 16Lucas DiasSUB

OLM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Steve MandandaG
  2. 15Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 3Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  4. 18Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 17Bouna SarrRB
  6. 8Morgan SansonAM
  7. 21Valentin RongierLM
  8. 4Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 9Darío BenedettoF
  10. 10Dimitri PayetAM-L
  11. 28Valère GermainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Lucas PerrinSUB
  2. 27Maxime LópezSUB
  3. 24Saif-Eddine KhaouiSUB
  4. 29Florian ChabrolleSUB
  5. 16Yohann PeléSUB
  6. 31Abdallah Ali MohamedSUB
  7. 36Marley AkéSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Nîmes 1, Marseille 0. Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 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.
  3. 14' Loïck Landre (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 69' Substitution, Nîmes. Moussa Koné replaces Romain Philippoteaux.
  7. 69' Substitution, Nîmes. Lucas Deaux replaces Lamine Fomba.
  8. 71' Álvaro González (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 75' Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 75' Dimitri Payet (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 78' Sidy Sarr (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Substitution, Marseille. Marley Aké replaces Dimitri Payet.
  13. 90' Substitution, Marseille. Maxime Lopez replaces Darío Benedetto.
  14. 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.
  15. 90'+2' Steve Mandanda (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+4' Gaetan Paquiez (Nîmes) is shown the yellow card.

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