French Ligue 1

Marseille vs Angers, 2022-23 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Marseille
  • 34': Alexis Sánchez
  • 48': Dimitri Payet
  • 77': Jordan Veretout (P)
FT
3 - 1
Angers
  • 28': Abdallah Sima

Marseille beat Angers to keep Champions League hopes alive

Marseille kept their hopes of securing a Champions League group stage spot for next season when they beat relegated Angers 3-1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Hand ball by Himad Abdelli (Angers).
  • 3': Offside, Marseille. Pau López tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
  • 5': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  • 6': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Paul Bernardoni.
  • 7': Offside, Marseille. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Sead Kolasinac is caught offside.
  • 9': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Miha Blazic.
  • 12': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 12': Foul by Batista Mendy (Angers).
  • 13': Offside, Marseille. Valentin Rongier tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
  • 18': Foul by Himad Abdelli (Angers).
  • 18': Jordan Veretout (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Ibrahima Niane (Angers).
  • 19': Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Ibrahima Niane (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 21': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille).
  • 21': Ibrahima Niane (Angers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Offside, Marseille. Ruslan Malinovskyi tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
  • 25': Offside, Marseille. Cengiz Ünder tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
  • 26': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Himad Abdelli (Angers).
  • 28': Goal! Marseille 0, Angers 1. Abdallah Sima (Angers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Himad Abdelli with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 33': Foul by Nabil Bentaleb (Angers).
  • 33': Jonathan Clauss (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 33': Nabil Bentaleb (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 34': Goal! Marseille 1, Angers 1. Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss with a cross.
  • 35': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
  • 35': Ibrahima Niane (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Nabil Bentaleb (Angers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sada Thioub.
  • 37': Abdallah Sima (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Marseille).
  • 40': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Nabil Bentaleb.
  • 41': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
  • 41': Yan Valery (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Nabil Bentaleb.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 43': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Miha Blazic.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Valentin Rongier (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Marseille 1, Angers 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Marseille 1, Angers 1.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  • 48': Goal! Marseille 2, Angers 1. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 50': Abdallah Sima (Angers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 50': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
  • 50': Foul by Cengiz Ünder (Marseille).
  • 50': Justin-Noel Kalumba (Angers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Abdallah Sima (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Marseille).
  • 53': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
  • 53': Ibrahima Niane (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Marseille) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross.
  • 56': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille).
  • 56': Sada Thioub (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  • 61': Foul by Cengiz Ünder (Marseille).
  • 61': Justin-Noel Kalumba (Angers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Ibrahima Niane (Angers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nabil Bentaleb with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 63': Dimitri Payet (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Foul by Sada Thioub (Angers).
  • 64': Foul by Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille).
  • 64': Himad Abdelli (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Substitution, Marseille. Vitinha replaces Dimitri Payet.
  • 65': Substitution, Marseille. Nuno Tavares replaces Jonathan Clauss.
  • 66': Abdallah Sima (Angers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
  • 66': Attempt missed. Yan Valery (Angers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nabil Bentaleb.
  • 68': Offside, Marseille. Nuno Tavares tries a through ball, but Vitinha is caught offside.
  • 72': Substitution, Marseille. Issa Kaboré replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  • 73': Substitution, Marseille. Chancel Mbemba replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
  • 73': Foul by Miha Blazic (Angers).
  • 73': Vitinha (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Miha Blazic.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Veretout with a cross.
  • 74': Penalty conceded by Abdallah Sima (Angers) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 76': VAR Decision: Penalty Marseille.
  • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 77': Goal! Marseille 3, Angers 1. Jordan Veretout (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 81': Batista Mendy (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Valentin Rongier (Marseille).
  • 82': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Marseille).
  • 82': Sada Thioub (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Substitution, Angers. Jean-Mattéo Bahoya replaces Ibrahima Niane.
  • 83': Substitution, Angers. Halid Sabanovic replaces Justin-Noel Kalumba.
  • 83': Substitution, Marseille. Eric Bailly replaces Sead Kolasinac.
  • 84': Abdallah Sima (Angers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Foul by Eric Bailly (Marseille).
  • 84': Attempt missed. Vitinha (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 85': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Marseille).
  • 85': Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Nuno Tavares (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Substitution, Angers. Adrien Hunou replaces Batista Mendy.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Cengiz Ünder (Marseille) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Valentin Rongier.
  • 88': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Abdoulaye Bamba.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Jordan Veretout (Marseille) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 90'+1': Offside, Marseille. Vitinha tries a through ball, but Nuno Tavares is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Paul Bernardoni (Angers).
  • 90'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Cengiz Ünder (Marseille).
  • 90'+6': Yan Valery (Angers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Marseille 3, Angers 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Marseille 3, Angers 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 17
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 7
0 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 0
37.5 Possession 62.5
4 SHOTS 14
1 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
241 Accurate Passes 457
323 Passes 527
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 5
4 Crosses 21
0.3 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 43
21 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 2
6 Effective Tackles 14
14 Tackles 21
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
11 Interceptions 10
25 Effective Clearances 7
25 Clearances 7

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,329

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 9 +11 20
2 Lens 9 +6 19
3 Marseille 9 +13 18
4 Lyon 9 +4 18
Full Standings

Line-Ups

OLM Marseille (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
16 Pau López (GK)
5 Leonardo Balerdi
23 Sead Kolasinac
21 Valentin Rongier
27 Jordan Veretout
6 Matteo Guendouzi
7 Jonathan Clauss
17 Cengiz Ünder
70 Alexis Sánchez
10 Dimitri Payet
18 Ruslan Malinovskyi
Marseille Substitutes:
Bartug Elmaz, Nuno Tavares, Chancel Mbemba, François Mughe, Issa Kaboré, Vitinha, Eric Bailly, Rubén Blanco.

ANG Angers (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Paul Bernardoni (GK)
5 Miha Blazic
25 Abdoulaye Bamba
94 Yan Valery
17 Justin-Noel Kalumba
92 Sada Thioub
2 Batista Mendy
10 Himad Abdelli
6 Nabil Bentaleb Yellow Card
7 Ibrahima Niane Yellow Card
19 Abdallah Sima
Angers Substitutes:
Yacine Gaya, Jason Mbock, Halid Sabanovic, Waniss Taibi, Yahia Fofana, Lilian Raolisoa, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, Adrien Hunou, Zinédine Ould Khaled.

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