French Ligue 1

Marseille vs Stade de Reims, 2022-23 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Marseille
  • 13': Wout Faes (OG)
  • 45'+1': Nuno Tavares
  • 75': Luis Suárez
  • 90'+4': Luis Suárez
FT
4 - 1
Stade de Reims
  • 84': Folarin Balogun

Marseille make winning start to Ligue 1 campaign with 4-1 win over Reims

Marseille made a winning start to their Ligue 1 campaign on Sunday, beating visitors Stade Reims 4-1 to quell reports of discontent in their ranks.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gerson.
  • 6': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Wout Faes.
  • 7': Azor Matusiwa (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Samuel Gigot (Marseille).
  • 8': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Marseille).
  • 8': Mitchell van Bergen (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Bradley Locko (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Jonathan Clauss (Marseille).
  • 11': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 11': Marshall Munetsi (Reims) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Own Goal by Wout Faes, Reims. Marseille 1, Reims 0.
  • 14': Foul by Emmanuel Agbadou (Reims).
  • 14': Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
  • 17': El Bilal Touré (Reims) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Foul by Samuel Gigot (Marseille).
  • 20': Andreaw Gravillon (Reims) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Foul by Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille).
  • 21': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims).
  • 23': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Reims).
  • 23': Nuno Tavares (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 24': Bradley Locko (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Jonathan Clauss (Marseille).
  • 24': Hand ball by Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille).
  • 25': Valentin Rongier (Marseille) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Agbadou (Reims) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by El Bilal Touré.
  • 33': Chancel Mbemba (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by El Bilal Touré (Reims).
  • 33': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Chancel Mbemba.
  • 36': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Bradley Locko.
  • 37': Emmanuel Agbadou (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Jonathan Clauss (Marseille).
  • 38': Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 38': Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims).
  • 39': Attempt saved. El Bilal Touré (Reims) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 40': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Mitchell van Bergen.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Samuel Gigot (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross.
  • 40': Offside, Marseille. Samuel Gigot tries a through ball, but Arkadiusz Milik is caught offside.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Mitchell van Bergen (Reims) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arbër Zeneli.
  • 43': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Mattéo Guendouzi.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen with a cross following a corner.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marshall Munetsi with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Marseille 2, Reims 0. Nuno Tavares (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Balerdi.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Marseille 2, Reims 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Marseille 2, Reims 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Reims. Kamory Doumbia replaces Arbër Zeneli.
  • 46': Azor Matusiwa (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 47': Attempt missed. Valentin Rongier (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 48': Foul by Kamory Doumbia (Reims).
  • 48': Valentin Rongier (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Chancel Mbemba.
  • 52': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
  • 52': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Chancel Mbemba.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Bradley Locko (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 54': Andreaw Gravillon (Reims) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Marseille).
  • 55': Attempt missed. Marshall Munetsi (Reims) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by El Bilal Touré with a headed pass.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Marshall Munetsi (Reims) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bradley Locko with a cross.
  • 59': Foul by Samuel Gigot (Marseille).
  • 59': Mitchell van Bergen (Reims) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Samuel Gigot (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Nuno Tavares.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Substitution, Marseille. Luis Suárez replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
  • 62': Substitution, Marseille. Jordan Veretout replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  • 64': Substitution, Reims. Folarin Balogun replaces El Bilal Touré.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Tavares.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a headed pass.
  • 69': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Wout Faes.
  • 70': Foul by Emmanuel Agbadou (Reims).
  • 70': Luis Suárez (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 73': Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims).
  • 73': Gerson (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Samuel Gigot (Marseille) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 75': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Wout Faes.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Jonathan Clauss (Marseille) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 75': Goal! Marseille 3, Reims 0. Luis Suárez (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 77': Substitution, Reims. Alexis Flips replaces Andreaw Gravillon.
  • 77': Substitution, Marseille. Dimitri Payet replaces Gerson.
  • 77': Substitution, Marseille. Cédric Bakambu replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
  • 79': Bradley Locko (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 79': Attempt missed. Alexis Flips (Reims) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Wout Faes.
  • 80': Substitution, Reims. Martin Adeline replaces Marshall Munetsi.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Mitchell van Bergen (Reims) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  • 82': Offside, Reims. Azor Matusiwa tries a through ball, but Folarin Balogun is caught offside.
  • 83': Substitution, Marseille. Sead Kolasinac replaces Jonathan Clauss.
  • 84': Goal! Marseille 3, Reims 1. Folarin Balogun (Reims) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Jordan Veretout (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
  • 85': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Azor Matusiwa.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Marseille) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross following a corner.
  • 87': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
  • 87': Kamory Doumbia (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Tavares.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Folarin Balogun.
  • 90': Corner, Reims. Conceded by Samuel Gigot.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Mitchell van Bergen (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Agbadou with a through ball.
  • 90': Foul by Kamory Doumbia (Reims).
  • 90': Luis Suárez (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Kamory Doumbia (Reims) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Folarin Balogun (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kamory Doumbia with a headed pass.
  • 90'+3': Cédric Bakambu (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims).
  • 90'+4': Goal! Marseille 4, Reims 1. Luis Suárez (Marseille) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cédric Bakambu following a fast break.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Marseille 4, Reims 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Marseille 4, Reims 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
7 Corner Kicks 6
3 Saves 5
44.1 Possession 55.9
16 SHOTS 16
6 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
287 Accurate Passes 386
379 Passes 482
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 6
18 Crosses 23
0.3 Cross % 0.3
43 Long Balls 78
23 Accurate Long Balls 44
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 4
5 Effective Tackles 10
9 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 16
22 Effective Clearances 20
22 Clearances 20

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 62,738

Ligue 1 Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 AS Monaco 3 +4 9
2 Paris FC 3 +4 7
3 Lyon 3 +4 7
4 Lille 3 +3 7
Full Table

Line-Ups

OLM Marseille (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
36 Rubén Blanco (GK)
4 Samuel Gigot Yellow Card
5 Leonardo Balerdi
99 Chancel Mbemba
6 Matteo Guendouzi
21 Valentin Rongier
30 Nuno Tavares
7 Jonathan Clauss
9 Arkadiusz Milik
8 Gerson
17 Cengiz Ünder
Marseille Substitutes:
Jordan Veretout, Dimitri Payet, Cédric Bakambu, Luis Suárez, Isaak Touré, Yakine Said, Simon Ngapandouentnbu, Pol Lirola, Sead Kolasinac.

REIM Stade de Reims (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Patrick Pentz (GK)
5 Yunis Abdelhamid
2 Wout Faes
28 Bradley Locko
6 Andreaw Gravillon
24 Emmanuel Agbadou
21 Azor Matusiwa
15 Marshall Munetsi
7 El Bilal Toure
10 Arbër Zeneli
19 Mitchell van Bergen
Stade de Reims Substitutes:
Moustapha Mbow, Folarin Balogun, Dion Lopy, Alexis Flips, Nicolas Penneteau, Martin Adeline, Ibrahim Diakité, Kamory Doumbia, Samuel Koeberle.

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