Marseille vs Lens, 2021-22 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Lens end Marseille's unbeaten run to go second in Ligue 1
Lens moved up to second in Ligue 1 with a 3-2 win at Marseille in a thrilling encounter on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 5': Penalty conceded by Pape Gueye (Marseille) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 6': VAR Decision: Penalty Lens.
- 6': Pape Gueye (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 7': Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
- 9': Goal! Marseille 0, Lens 1. Florian Sotoca (Lens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
- 10': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens).
- 10': Gerson (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 11': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 11': Foul by Deiver Machado (Lens).
- 12': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Valentin Rongier.
- 14': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens).
- 14': Gerson (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 15': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by William Saliba with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 19': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Luan Peres.
- 23': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Seko Fofana (Lens).
- 25': Foul by Facundo Medina (Lens).
- 25': Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Offside, Marseille. Dimitri Payet tries a through ball, but Pape Gueye is caught offside.
- 27': Goal! Marseille 0, Lens 2. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a headed pass.
- 31': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
- 33': Goal! Marseille 1, Lens 2. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 34': Bamba Dieng (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Florian Sotoca (Lens).
- 35': Offside, Marseille. William Saliba tries a through ball, but Cengiz Ünder is caught offside.
- 36': Attempt saved. Gerson (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 36': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Jean-Louis Leca.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Valentin Rongier (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 38': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
- 38': Pape Gueye (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 39': Attempt missed. William Saliba (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 41': Deiver Machado (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 44': Attempt blocked. David Costa (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
- 44': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
- 45': Attempt missed. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
- 45'+1': Penalty Marseille. Bamba Dieng draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 45'+1': Penalty conceded by Christopher Wooh (Lens) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 45'+3': Goal! Marseille 2, Lens 2. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Marseille 2, Lens 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Marseille 2, Lens 2.
- 45': Substitution, Marseille. Konrad De la Fuente replaces Pape Gueye.
- 45': Substitution, Marseille. Pol Lirola replaces Valentin Rongier.
- 49': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Deiver Machado.
- 50': Arnaud Kalimuendo (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Gerson (Marseille).
- 52': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Deiver Machado.
- 52': Attempt missed. William Saliba (Marseille) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross following a corner.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cheick Oumar Doucouré.
- 54': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Luan Peres.
- 56': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
- 56': Attempt saved. Bamba Dieng (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pol Lirola with a cross.
- 58': Attempt missed. Pol Lirola (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
- 59': Attempt missed. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
- 63': Substitution, Lens. Gaël Kakuta replaces David Costa.
- 63': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
- 63': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Bamba Dieng.
- 64': Offside, Marseille. Pol Lirola tries a through ball, but Cengiz Ünder is caught offside.
- 68': Attempt missed. Wesley Saïd (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a fast break.
- 70': Substitution, Lens. Jonathan Clauss replaces Deiver Machado.
- 71': Goal! Marseille 2, Lens 3. Wesley Saïd (Lens) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a cross.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Facundo Medina.
- 74': Attempt missed. Amine Harit (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet following a corner.
- 76': Attempt missed. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
- 78': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
- 79': Attempt saved. Seko Fofana (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 81': Attempt saved. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Gradit.
- 81': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Pau López.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konrad De la Fuente.
- 82': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
- 83': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Jonathan Gradit because of an injury.
- 87': Foul by Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille).
- 87': Gaël Kakuta (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Foul by Facundo Medina (Lens).
- 88': William Saliba (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Hand ball by Wesley Saïd (Lens).
- 89': Substitution, Marseille. Luis Henrique replaces Gerson.
- 90': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens).
- 90': Pol Lirola (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wesley Saïd.
- 90'+2': Corner, Lens. Conceded by William Saliba.
- 90'+3': Foul by Wesley Saïd (Lens).
- 90'+3': Konrad De la Fuente (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Wesley Saïd (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Foul by Massadio Haïdara (Lens).
- 90'+4': Luis Henrique (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Marseille 2, Lens 3.
- 0': Match ends, Marseille 2, Lens 3.
Statistics
 RCL |
OLM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 4 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 39.9 | Possession | 60.1 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 305 | Accurate Passes | 485 |
| 361 | Passes | 554 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 14 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 47 | Long Balls | 41 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 2 |
| 20 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.1 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 11 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 50,001
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 50,001
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AJ Auxerre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Le Havre AC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Marseille (3-4-3-d)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Pau López (GK) |
| 5 | Leonardo Balerdi |
| 14 | Luan Peres |
| 2 | William Saliba |
| 22 | Pape Gueye  |
| 6 | Matteo Guendouzi |
| 8 | Gerson |
| 21 | Valentin Rongier |
| 10 | Dimitri Payet |
| 12 | Bamba Dieng |
| 17 | Cengiz Ünder |
Lens (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Jean-Louis Leca (GK) |
| 5 | Christopher Wooh |
| 14 | Facundo Medina |
| 24 | Jonathan Gradit |
| 8 | Seko Fofana |
| 28 | Cheick Doucouré |
| 3 | Deiver Machado |
| 29 | Przemyslaw Frankowski |
| 15 | Arnaud Kalimuendo |
| 20 | David Da Costa |
| 7 | Florian Sotoca |
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