French Ligue 1

Marseille vs AC Ajaccio, 2022-23 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Marseille
  • 15': Dimitri Payet (P)
FT
1 - 2
AC Ajaccio
  • 25': Bevic Moussiti-Oko
  • 47': Leonardo Balerdi (OG)

Marseille's second place under threat after Ajaccio defeat

Olympique de Marseille's second place in Ligue 1 was under threat on Saturday as they slumped to a 2-1 home defeat by AC Ajaccio.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Gerson (Marseille).
  • 3': Mathieu Coutadeur (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio).
  • 4': Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio).
  • 5': Samuel Gigot (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Mounaïm El Idrissy (Ajaccio).
  • 5': Pape Gueye (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 7': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Riad Nouri.
  • 7': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Youssouf Koné.
  • 11': Foul by Youssouf Koné (Ajaccio).
  • 11': Issa Kaboré (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Youssouf Koné (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 13': Penalty conceded by Cédric Avinel (Ajaccio) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 15': Goal! Marseille 1, Ajaccio 0. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 16': Offside, Marseille. Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 18': Foul by Mohamed Youssouf (Ajaccio).
  • 18': Pape Gueye (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Gerson (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
  • 19': Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
  • 19': Delay in match because of an injury Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio).
  • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Pape Gueye (Marseille).
  • 23': Attempt missed. Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Riad Nouri with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 25': Foul by Gerson (Marseille).
  • 25': Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Goal! Marseille 1, Ajaccio 1. Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vincent Marchetti.
  • 27': Foul by Riad Nouri (Ajaccio).
  • 27': Issa Kaboré (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 30': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 30': Mounaïm El Idrissy (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Offside, Ajaccio. Mounaïm El Idrissy is caught offside.
  • 31': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Marseille).
  • 31': Youssouf Koné (Ajaccio) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Marseille).
  • 32': Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio).
  • 34': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Cédric Avinel.
  • 39': Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 39': Foul by Youssouf Koné (Ajaccio).
  • 39': Gerson (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio).
  • 40': Gerson (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 44': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Foul by Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio).
  • 45': Attempt missed. Nuno Tavares (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gerson.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Mounaïm El Idrissy (Ajaccio).
  • 45'+1': Nuno Tavares (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio).
  • 45'+2': Nuno Tavares (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Cyrille Bayala.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Marseille 1, Ajaccio 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Marseille 1, Ajaccio 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Marseille. Jordan Veretout replaces Pape Gueye.
  • 47': Own Goal by Leonardo Balerdi, Marseille. Marseille 1, Ajaccio 2.
  • 49': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Marseille).
  • 49': Mathieu Coutadeur (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Marseille).
  • 52': Youssouf Koné (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Oumar Gonzalez.
  • 56': Substitution, Marseille. Luis Suárez replaces Gerson.
  • 56': Substitution, Marseille. Cengiz Ünder replaces Dimitri Payet.
  • 57': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  • 57': Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 57': Foul by Samuel Gigot (Marseille).
  • 59': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Youssouf Koné.
  • 59': Foul by Chancel Mbemba (Marseille).
  • 59': Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Substitution, Ajaccio. Ismaël Diallo replaces Youssouf Koné.
  • 61': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Ismaël Diallo.
  • 62': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
  • 62': Mounaïm El Idrissy (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Corner, Ajaccio. Conceded by Samuel Gigot.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 65': Foul by Mohamed Youssouf (Ajaccio).
  • 65': Nuno Tavares (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 67': Foul by Luis Suárez (Marseille).
  • 67': Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Ismaël Diallo.
  • 69': Hand ball by Cengiz Ünder (Marseille).
  • 70': Corner, Ajaccio. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
  • 72': Foul by Cyrille Bayala (Ajaccio).
  • 72': Samuel Gigot (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Delay in match because of an injury Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio).
  • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Mickaël Alphonse replaces Cyrille Bayala.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Jean Botué replaces Bevic Moussiti-Oko because of an injury.
  • 75': Offside, Marseille. Samuel Gigot is caught offside.
  • 77': Substitution, Marseille. Bamba Dieng replaces Issa Kaboré.
  • 77': Hand ball by Mathieu Coutadeur (Ajaccio).
  • 81': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Oumar Gonzalez.
  • 82': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Cédric Avinel.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Bamba Dieng (Marseille) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Amine Harit with a cross following a corner.
  • 84': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 84': Vincent Marchetti (Ajaccio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Bamba Dieng (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio).
  • 86': Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 88': Substitution, Ajaccio. Thomas Mangani replaces Vincent Marchetti.
  • 88': Substitution, Ajaccio. Clément Vidal replaces Oumar Gonzalez.
  • 89': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Marseille).
  • 89': Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Foul by Mickaël Alphonse (Ajaccio).
  • 90': Nuno Tavares (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Nuno Tavares (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Ismaël Diallo.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Bamba Dieng (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Amine Harit with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Bamba Dieng (Marseille) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Veretout.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Marseille 1, Ajaccio 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Marseille 1, Ajaccio 2.

Statistics

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0 Fouls 0
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 0
0 Possession 0
0 SHOTS 0
0 ON GOAL 0
0.0 On Target % 0.0
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
0 Blocked Shots 0
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,312

Ligue 1 Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 25 +32 57
2 Lens 25 +27 56
3 Marseille 25 +19 46
4 Lyon 25 +13 46
Full Table

Line-Ups

OLM Marseille (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
36 Rubén Blanco (GK)
5 Leonardo Balerdi
4 Samuel Gigot
99 Chancel Mbemba
22 Pape Gueye
21 Valentin Rongier
30 Nuno Tavares
29 Issa Kaboré
70 Alexis Sánchez
10 Dimitri Payet
8 Gerson
Marseille Substitutes:
Simon Ngapandouentnbu, Bamba Dieng, Amine Harit, Eric Bailly, Pau López, Jordan Veretout, Cengiz Ünder, Luis Suárez, Isaak Touré.

ACA AC Ajaccio (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Benjamin Leroy (GK)
21 Cédric Avinel
25 Oumar Gonzalez Yellow Card
99 Youssouf Koné Yellow Card
20 Mohamed Youssouf
6 Mathieu Coutadeur
8 Vincent Marchetti
5 Riad Nouri
14 Cyrille Bayala
11 Bevic Moussiti-Oko
7 Mounaim El Idrissy
AC Ajaccio Substitutes:
Kevin Spadanuda, Florian Chabrolle, Mickaël Alphonse, Thomas Mangani, Yanis Cimignani, Kouamé Botué, Clément Vidal, Ismaël Diallo, Francois-Joseph Sollacaro.

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