Marseille vs AC Ajaccio, 2022-23 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1
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1 - 2
1 - 2
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. Pape Gueye tries a through ball, but 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. Bevic Moussiti-Oko tries a through ball, but 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. Nuno Tavares tries a through ball, but 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
 ACA |
OLM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 17 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 11 |
| 1 | Saves | 0 |
| 34.8 | Possession | 65.2 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 204 | Accurate Passes | 441 |
| 296 | Passes | 547 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 11 | Crosses | 26 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 61 | Long Balls | 62 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 19 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 16 | Interceptions | 16 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 19 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,312
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,312
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 29 | +44 | 66 |
| 2 | AS Monaco | 29 | +17 | 55 |
| 3 | Brest | 30 | +15 | 53 |
| 4 | Lille | 29 | +18 | 52 |
Line-Ups
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 |
AC Ajaccio (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Leroy (GK) |
| 21 | Cédric Avinel |
| 25 | Oumar Gonzalez  |
| 99 | Youssouf Koné |
| 20 | Mohamed Youssouf |
| 6 | Mathieu Coutadeur |
| 8 | Vincent Marchetti |
| 5 | Riad Nouri |
| 14 | Cyrille Bayala |
| 11 | Bevic Moussiti-Oko |
| 7 | Mounaim El Idrissy |
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