Marseille vs Metz, 2020-21 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Marseille snatch late draw at Metz on Sanson goal
Morgan Sanson saved the blushes of a misfiring Marseille outfit by blasting home a 95th-minute equaliser to salvage a point against Metz.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Florian Thauvin (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Foul by Habib Maïga (Metz).
- 3': Foul by Farid Boulaya (Metz).
- 3': Hiroki Sakai (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Florian Thauvin (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Matthieu Udol (Metz).
- 6': Attempt missed. Álvaro González (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Sanson with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 7': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Marseille).
- 7': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Hiroki Sakai (Marseille).
- 10': Opa Nguette (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Ibrahima Niane (Metz).
- 12': Attempt missed. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
- 15': Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Darío Benedetto.
- 17': Offside, Marseille. Álvaro González tries a through ball, but Darío Benedetto is caught offside.
- 18': Attempt missed. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Hiroki Sakai.
- 19': Attempt saved. Farid Boulaya (Metz) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 20': Attempt saved. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Habib Maïga with a through ball.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Habib Maïga (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabien Centonze.
- 21': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Habib Maïga (Metz).
- 23': Fabien Centonze (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Marseille).
- 23': Foul by Morgan Sanson (Marseille).
- 23': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Habib Maïga (Metz).
- 25': Habib Maïga (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Attempt saved. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top right corner.
- 26': Farid Boulaya (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 26': Foul by Hiroki Sakai (Marseille).
- 28': Attempt blocked. Farid Boulaya (Metz) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 28': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Darío Benedetto.
- 29': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille).
- 29': Ibrahima Niane (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Fabien Centonze (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Yuto Nagatomo (Marseille).
- 34': Attempt blocked. Morgan Sanson (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 35': Attempt missed. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 36': Foul by Hiroki Sakai (Marseille).
- 36': Victorien Angban (Metz) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthieu Udol.
- 37': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Duje Caleta-Car.
- 37': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Boubacar Kamara.
- 39': Attempt missed. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a cross.
- 40': Farid Boulaya (Metz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Marseille).
- 41': Attempt missed. Habib Maïga (Metz) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 41': Foul by Farid Boulaya (Metz).
- 41': Álvaro González (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 42': Attempt saved. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a cross.
- 43': Offside, Metz. Alexandre Oukidja tries a through ball, but Ibrahima Niane is caught offside.
- 45': Darío Benedetto (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Foul by Matthieu Udol (Metz).
- 45': First Half ends, Marseille 0, Metz 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Marseille 0, Metz 0.
- 46': Attempt missed. Opa Nguette (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Victorien Angban.
- 48': Offside, Metz. Farid Boulaya tries a through ball, but Ibrahima Niane is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by Habib Maïga (Metz).
- 49': Morgan Sanson (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Florian Thauvin (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 49': Foul by Matthieu Udol (Metz).
- 51': Attempt missed. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Opa Nguette.
- 52': Farid Boulaya (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille).
- 54': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 54': Habib Maïga (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Attempt missed. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
- 55': Victorien Angban (Metz) is shown the yellow card.
- 56': Offside, Metz. Opa Nguette tries a through ball, but Ibrahima Niane is caught offside.
- 57': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Fabien Centonze.
- 59': Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Valentin Rongier.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Farid Boulaya (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Habib Maïga.
- 60': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Duje Caleta-Car.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is blocked.
- 61': Foul by Darío Benedetto (Marseille).
- 61': Victorien Angban (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Fabien Centonze.
- 66': Attempt missed. Boubacar Kamara (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
- 67': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille).
- 67': Ibrahima Niane (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Attempt missed. Farid Boulaya (Metz) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Habib Maïga.
- 71': Goal! Marseille 0, Metz 1. Ibrahima Niane (Metz) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matthieu Udol with a cross.
- 74': Offside, Marseille. Dimitri Payet tries a through ball, but Darío Benedetto is caught offside.
- 75': Farid Boulaya (Metz) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Foul by Morgan Sanson (Marseille).
- 76': Substitution, Metz. Habib Diallo replaces Ibrahima Niane.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Mamadou Fofana (Metz) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 77': Substitution, Marseille. Saif-Eddine Khaoui replaces Yuto Nagatomo.
- 77': Substitution, Marseille. Valère Germain replaces Valentin Rongier.
- 81': Farid Boulaya (Metz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Marseille).
- 84': Substitution, Marseille. Nemanja Radonjic replaces Florian Thauvin.
- 85': Substitution, Marseille. Pape Alassane Gueye replaces Boubacar Kamara.
- 85': Substitution, Marseille. Maxime Lopez replaces Duje Caleta-Car.
- 86': Attempt missed. Darío Benedetto (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
- 86': Substitution, Metz. Papa Ndiaga Yade replaces Opa Nguette.
- 87': Substitution, Metz. Warren Tchimbembé replaces Farid Boulaya.
- 88': Offside, Metz. Habib Maïga tries a through ball, but Habib Diallo is caught offside.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Saif-Eddine Khaoui.
- 88': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Warren Tchimbembé.
- 89': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Fabien Centonze.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Papa Ndiaga Yade (Metz) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabien Centonze.
- 90': Corner, Metz. Conceded by Hiroki Sakai.
- 90'+1': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Warren Tchimbembé (Metz).
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Habib Maïga (Metz) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Papa Ndiaga Yade with a cross.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 90'+4': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Matthieu Udol.
- 90'+4': Substitution, Metz. Kiki Kouyate replaces Victorien Angban.
- 90'+5': Goal! Marseille 1, Metz 1. Morgan Sanson (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nemanja Radonjic.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Marseille 1, Metz 1.
- 0': Match ends, Marseille 1, Metz 1.
Statistics
 METZ |
OLM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 39.4 | Possession | 60.6 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 284 | Accurate Passes | 476 |
| 368 | Passes | 563 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 15 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 62 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 3 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 11 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 24 | Interceptions | 17 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 21 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue:
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Attendance: 500
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Attendance: 500
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 28 | +37 | 63 |
| 2 | Lens | 29 | +28 | 62 |
| 3 | Lyon | 30 | +15 | 54 |
| 4 | Lille | 30 | +15 | 54 |
Line-Ups
Marseille (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Steve Mandanda (GK) |
| 15 | Duje Caleta-Car |
| 3 | Álvaro González |
| 25 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| 2 | Hiroki Sakai |
| 8 | Morgan Sanson |
| 4 | Boubacar Kamara |
| 21 | Valentin Rongier |
| 9 | Darío Benedetto |
| 10 | Dimitri Payet |
| 26 | Florian Thauvin |
Metz (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Alexandre Oukidja (GK) |
| 21 | John Boye |
| 2 | Dylan Bronn |
| 3 | Matthieu Udol |
| 18 | Fabien Centonze |
| 5 | Victorien Angban  |
| 6 | Mamadou Fofana |
| 11 | Opa Nguette |
| 19 | Habib Maïga |
| 7 | Ibrahima Niane |
| 10 | Farid Boulaya |
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