French Ligue 1

Lyon vs Marseille, 2025-26 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Lyon
  • 87': Pavel Sulc
FT
1 - 0
Marseille
  • Red Card 29': CJ Egan-Riley

About

Lyon are hosting Marseille at Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by Angel Gomes (Marseille).
  • 5': Adam Karabec (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Hamed Traoré (Marseille).
  • 6': Delay in match because of an injury Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
  • 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 7': Angel Gomes (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 7': Foul by Tyler Morton (Lyon).
  • 8': Delay in match because of an injury Angel Gomes (Marseille).
  • 9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 12': Adam Karabec (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille).
  • 13': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Timothy Weah.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Abner Vinícius (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille). Assisted by Malick Fofana with a headed pass.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right.
  • 18': Amir Murillo (Marseille) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Foul by Malick Fofana (Lyon).
  • 20': Abner Vinícius (Lyon) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
  • 22': VAR Decision: No Penalty Lyon.
  • 22': Abner Vinícius (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  • 23': Foul by Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon).
  • 23': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille).
  • 23': Khalis Merah (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Hamed Traoré (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Timothy Weah (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mason Greenwood.
  • 25': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Clinton Mata.
  • 27': Offside, Marseille. Amir Murillo is caught offside.
  • 27': Offside, Lyon. Malick Fofana is caught offside.
  • 29': Foul by CJ Egan-Riley (Marseille).
  • 29': Malick Fofana (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': CJ Egan-Riley (Marseille) is shown the red card.
  • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Malick Fofana (Lyon).
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Tyler Morton (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Amir Murillo (Marseille).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Tanner Tessmann (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Karabec.
  • 33': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Hamed Traoré.
  • 34': Substitution, Marseille. Derek Cornelius replaces Bilal Nadir.
  • 35': Foul by Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon).
  • 35': Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Derek Cornelius.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Tanner Tessmann (Lyon) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tyler Morton with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Foul by Adam Karabec (Lyon).
  • 38': Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Malick Fofana (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille). Assisted by Moussa Niakhaté.
  • 41': Foul by Angel Gomes (Marseille).
  • 41': Malick Fofana (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Angel Gomes (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Adam Karabec (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Foul by Mason Greenwood (Marseille).
  • 45': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyler Morton with a cross.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Clinton Mata (Lyon).
  • 45'+1': Hamed Traoré (Marseille) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+3': Attempt saved. Malick Fofana (Lyon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille). Assisted by Clinton Mata.
  • 45'+3': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Gerónimo Rulli.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon).
  • 45'+3': Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille).
  • 45'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+6': Attempt blocked. Adam Karabec (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 45'+6': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Derek Cornelius.
  • 45'+6': Foul by Tanner Tessmann (Lyon).
  • 45'+6': Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+7': Delay in match because of an injury Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
  • 45'+8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+8': First Half ends, Lyon 0, Marseille 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lyon 0, Marseille 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Marseille. Ulisses Garcia replaces Mason Greenwood.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Tanner Tessmann (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille). Assisted by Khalis Merah.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Khalis Merah.
  • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Malick Fofana (Lyon).
  • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 53': Substitution, Lyon. Nicolás Tagliafico replaces Malick Fofana because of an injury.
  • 54': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Abner Vinícius.
  • 56': Foul by Clinton Mata (Lyon).
  • 56': Hamed Traoré (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Adam Karabec (Lyon).
  • 57': Ulisses Garcia (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
  • 59': Gerónimo Rulli (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Derek Cornelius.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Rémy Descamps (Lyon). Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Adam Karabec (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khalis Merah.
  • 64': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Derek Cornelius.
  • 67': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille).
  • 67': Khalis Merah (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Tanner Tessmann (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Abner Vinícius with a cross.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Hamed Traoré (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Rémy Descamps (Lyon).
  • 69': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 71': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Leonardo Balerdi.
  • 71': Substitution, Lyon. Afonso Moreira replaces Abner Vinícius.
  • 71': Substitution, Lyon. Pavel Sulc replaces Khalis Merah.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tyler Morton with a cross following a corner.
  • 72': Substitution, Marseille. Pol Lirola replaces Timothy Weah.
  • 73': Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Afonso Moreira.
  • 76': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Foul by Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille).
  • 77': Attempt missed. Clinton Mata (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 78': Foul by Pavel Sulc (Lyon).
  • 78': Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Derek Cornelius (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
  • 80': Derek Cornelius (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Pavel Sulc (Lyon).
  • 80': Pavel Sulc (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Derek Cornelius (Marseille).
  • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 83': Afonso Moreira (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': Foul by Amir Murillo (Marseille).
  • 85': Substitution, Marseille. Robinio Vaz replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  • 86': Substitution, Marseille. Darryl Bakola replaces Hamed Traoré because of an injury.
  • 87': Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Tanner Tessmann with a headed pass.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Pavel Sulc (Lyon) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  • 87': Goal! Lyon 1, Marseille 0. Pavel Sulc (Lyon) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Lyon. Ruben Kluivert replaces Adam Karabec.
  • 90'+3': Darryl Bakola (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Tyler Morton (Lyon).
  • 90'+4': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Amir Murillo (Marseille).
  • 90'+4': Amir Murillo (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Pol Lirola with a headed pass.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Lyon 1, Marseille 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Lyon 1, Marseille 0.

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/176.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originOLM LYONhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/167.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
11 Fouls 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 9
4 Saves 2
42.1 Possession 57.9
5 SHOTS 18
2 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
252 Accurate Passes 371
321 Passes 429
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 8
13 Crosses 33
0.0 Cross % 0.2
57 Long Balls 43
21 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 5
4 Effective Tackles 4
7 Tackles 5
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
4 Interceptions 9
31 Effective Clearances 17
31 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Groupama Stadium
Location: Lyon, France
Attendance: 52,095

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Lens 15 +13 34
2 Paris Saint-Germain 15 +20 33
3 Marseille 15 +20 29
4 Lille 15 +12 29
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LYON Lyon (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
40 Rémy Descamps (GK)
19 Moussa Niakhaté
22 Clinton Mata
16 Abner Yellow Card
98 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
44 Khalis Merah
23 Tyler Morton
6 Tanner Tessmann
8 Corentin Tolisso
11 Malick Fofana
7 Adam Karabec
Lyon Substitutes:
Dominik Greif, Alejandro Rodríguez, Mathys De Carvalho, Afonso Moreira, Pavel Sulc, Lassine Diarra, Enzo Molébé, Ruben Kluivert, Nicolás Tagliafico.

OLM Marseille (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
4 CJ Egan-Riley Red Card
5 Leonardo Balerdi
22 Timothy Weah
62 Michael Murillo Yellow Card
26 Bilal Nadir
23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
8 Angel Gomes Yellow Card
97 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
20 Hamed Traoré
10 Mason Greenwood
Marseille Substitutes:
Jeffrey de Lange, Amine Gouiri, Pol Lirola, Darryl Bakola, Robinio Vaz, Fodé Camara, Amine Harit, Derek Cornelius, Ulisses Garcia.

Ligue 1 News

Kvaratskhelia brace leads PSG to rout of Rennes
Kvaratskhelia brace leads PSG to rout of Rennes

Paris Saint-Germain returned to winning ways in Ligue 1 by thrashing 10-man Rennes 5-0 to remain a point behind leaders Lens.

Maignan, Foden lead ESPN's Players of the Month for November
Maignan, Foden lead ESPN's Players of the Month for November

Who were the best players in each of Europe's top five leagues? Welcome to ESPN's Players of the Month!

Chelsea-bound Emmanuel Emegha suspended by Strasbourg - sources
Chelsea-bound Emmanuel Emegha suspended by Strasbourg - sources

Strasbourg captain Emmanuel Emegha, who will join Chelsea in the summer, has been suspended by this club for his poor attitude in recent weeks, sources have told ESPN.

Sources: Nice's Moffi, Boga on leave after alleged assault
Sources: Nice's Moffi, Boga on leave after alleged assault

Nice forwards Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga have both been given leave from the team after they were allegedly assaulted by their own fans on Sunday night on their return from a 3-1 defeat at Lorient, sources told ESPN.

Luis Enrique slams PSG's 'worst match of the season' after loss
Luis Enrique slams PSG's 'worst match of the season' after loss

Paris Saint-Germain were handed only their second Ligue 1 defeat of the 2025-26 season after falling 1-0 to AS Monaco on Saturday.