French Ligue 1

Marseille vs Lens, 2021-22 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
  • 33': Dimitri Payet
  • 45'+3': Dimitri Payet (P)
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2 - 3
  • 9': Florian Sotoca (P)
  • 27': Przemyslaw Frankowski
  • 71': Wesley Saïd

Lens 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

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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

Ligue 1 Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 25 +32 57
2 Lens 26 +26 56
3 Marseille 26 +20 49
4 Lyon 26 +13 47
Full Table

Line-Ups

OLM Marseille (3-4-3-d)

No. Name
16 Pau López (GK)
5 Leonardo Balerdi
14 Luan Peres
2 William Saliba
22 Pape Gueye Yellow Card
6 Matteo Guendouzi Yellow Card
8 Gerson
21 Valentin Rongier
10 Dimitri Payet
12 Bamba Dieng
17 Cengiz Ünder

RCL 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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