Olympique Marseille 3-1 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 6 January 2021
Result
Olympique Marseille 3-1 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 6 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Olympique Marseille 3-1 Montpellier: match report
Olympique Marseille beat Montpellier 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 6 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Nemanja Radonjić opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Nemanja Radonjić (41'), Dimitri Payet (80') and Valère Germain (84'). Montpellier scored through Florent Mollet (52').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 6th on 28 points from 15 and Montpellier 8th on 27 points from 17. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Montpellier 8th with 54.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Montpellier in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Olympique Marseille (8.9), ahead of Boubacar Kamara (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 4 draws and 2 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Montpellier's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Nemanja Radonjić
- 52'Goal · Florent Mollet
- 80'Goal · Dimitri Payet
- 84'Goal · Valère Germain
Head-to-head
Team news
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Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Hiroki Sakai, Álvaro González, Duje Caleta-Car, Yuto Nagatomo, Boubacar Kamara, Pape Gueye, Florian Thauvin, Michaël Cuisance, Nemanja Radonjić, Darío Benedetto
Montpellier line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jonas Omlin, Junior Sambia, Daniel Congré, Nicolas Cozza, Mihailo Ristic, Florent Mollet, Jordan Ferri, Joris Chotard, Il-lok Yun, Gaëtan Laborde, Andy Delort