Marseille vs Lorient, 2022-23 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Marseille fight back to beat Lorient 3-1
Third-placed Marseille remain hot on the heels of Lens in second after coming back from a goal down to beat Lorient 3-1 at home in Ligue 1.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 3': Foul by Enzo Le Fée (Lorient).
- 4': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Laurent Abergel.
- 4': Attempt saved. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi.
- 6': Attempt saved. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
- 6': Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Marseille).
- 6': Yoann Cathline (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from long range on the right is too high.
- 10': Attempt missed. Chancel Mbemba (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 11': Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Marseille).
- 12': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Gédéon Kalulu.
- 14': Dango Ouattara (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
- 14': Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 14': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Lorient).
- 18': Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille).
- 18': Delay in match because of an injury Enzo Le Fée (Lorient).
- 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 23': Dango Ouattara (Lorient) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 23': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
- 24': Foul by Julien Ponceau (Lorient).
- 24': Valentin Rongier (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Yoann Cathline (Lorient).
- 25': Jordan Veretout (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
- 27': Attempt missed. Chrislain Matsima (Lorient) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yoann Cathline with a cross following a corner.
- 29': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Jordan Veretout.
- 29': Goal! Marseille 0, Lorient 1. Terem Moffi (Lorient) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yoann Cathline with a cross following a corner.
- 31': Foul by Terem Moffi (Lorient).
- 31': Samuel Gigot (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
- 34': Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Delay in match because of an injury Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient).
- 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 35': Attempt missed. Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vincent Le Goff.
- 36': Foul by Laurent Abergel (Lorient).
- 36': Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Foul by Laurent Abergel (Lorient).
- 37': Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Attempt missed. Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 38': Goal! Marseille 1, Lorient 1. Sead Kolasinac (Marseille) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross.
- 40': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Yoann Cathline.
- 42': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Vincent Le Goff.
- 42': Samuel Gigot (Marseille) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi with a cross following a corner.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Chancel Mbemba (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 44': Attempt saved. Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
- 45': Attempt saved. Jordan Veretout (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
- 45': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Vito Mannone.
- 45': Attempt missed. Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Marseille 1, Lorient 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Marseille 1, Lorient 1.
- 47': Hand ball by Samuel Gigot (Marseille).
- 49': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Vincent Le Goff.
- 50': Foul by Cengiz Ünder (Marseille).
- 50': Yoann Cathline (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 50': Foul by Julien Ponceau (Lorient).
- 52': Hand ball by Alexis Sánchez (Marseille).
- 53': Goal! Marseille 2, Lorient 1. Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Samuel Gigot.
- 59': Goal! Marseille 3, Lorient 1. Jordan Veretout (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
- 62': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
- 63': Substitution, Lorient. Bonke Innocent replaces Julien Ponceau.
- 65': Foul by Enzo Le Fée (Lorient).
- 65': Valentin Rongier (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Substitution, Marseille. Issa Kaboré replaces Sead Kolasinac.
- 66': Substitution, Marseille. Dimitri Payet replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
- 69': Enzo Le Fée (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
- 70': Substitution, Lorient. Adil Aouchiche replaces Laurent Abergel because of an injury.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Vincent Le Goff (Lorient) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adil Aouchiche.
- 72': Delay in match because of an injury Chancel Mbemba (Marseille).
- 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 76': Offside, Marseille. Chancel Mbemba tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
- 76': Substitution, Marseille. Pape Gueye replaces Jordan Veretout.
- 77': Substitution, Marseille. Bamba Dieng replaces Alexis Sánchez.
- 77': Attempt saved. Bamba Dieng (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mattéo Guendouzi.
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Bonke Innocent (Lorient).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Attempt saved. Adil Aouchiche (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
- 80': Chrislain Matsima (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Bamba Dieng (Marseille).
- 82': Attempt missed. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
- 84': Bamba Dieng (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Lorient).
- 84': Substitution, Lorient. Ibrahima Koné replaces Enzo Le Fée.
- 86': Foul by Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille).
- 86': Ibrahima Koné (Lorient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Attempt missed. Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bonke Innocent.
- 88': Foul by Bonke Innocent (Lorient).
- 88': Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Bonke Innocent (Lorient).
- 90': Bonke Innocent (Lorient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Bamba Dieng (Marseille).
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Dango Ouattara (Lorient) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gédéon Kalulu.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Dango Ouattara (Lorient) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gédéon Kalulu.
- 90'+1': Corner, Lorient. Conceded by Issa Kaboré.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Dango Ouattara (Lorient) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Marseille 3, Lorient 1.
- 0': Match ends, Marseille 3, Lorient 1.
Statistics
 LOR |
OLM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 14 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 31.2 | Possession | 68.8 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 230 | Accurate Passes | 604 |
| 304 | Passes | 661 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 6 | Crosses | 30 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 38 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 13 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 19 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,276
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,276
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lens | 17 | +18 | 40 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 17 | +22 | 39 |
| 3 | Marseille | 17 | +19 | 32 |
| 4 | Lille | 17 | +11 | 32 |
Line-Ups
Marseille (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Pau López (GK) |
| 4 | Samuel Gigot |
| 5 | Leonardo Balerdi |
| 99 | Chancel Mbemba |
| 27 | Jordan Veretout |
| 21 | Valentin Rongier |
| 23 | Sead Kolasinac |
| 17 | Cengiz Ünder |
| 70 | Alexis Sánchez |
| 6 | Matteo Guendouzi |
| 18 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
Lorient (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vito Mannone (GK) |
| 3 | Montassar Talbi |
| 4 | Chrislain Matsima |
| 25 | Vincent Le Goff |
| 24 | Gedeon Kalulu |
| 21 | Julien Ponceau |
| 10 | Enzo Le Fée |
| 6 | Laurent Abergel |
| 13 | Terem Moffi |
| 22 | Yoann Cathline |
| 11 | Dango Ouattara |
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