Olympique Marseille 1-2 Nîmes: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 January 2021
Result
Olympique Marseille 1-2 Nîmes
Ligue 1 · Saturday 16 January 2021, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Olympique Marseille 1-2 Nîmes: match report
Olympique Marseille were beaten by Nîmes 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 16 January 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Niclas Eliasson opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Darío Benedetto (85'). Nîmes scored through Niclas Eliasson (55') and Niclas Eliasson (58').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 6th on 32 points from 17 and Nîmes 20th on 12 points from 19. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Nîmes 19th with 35.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nîmes in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niclas Eliasson of Nîmes (8.4), ahead of Baptiste Reynet (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 1 for Nîmes.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read D-W-L-D-L and Nîmes's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · A. Cubas
- 35'Missed penalty · F. Thauvin
- 55'Goal · Niclas Eliasson
- 58'Goal · Niclas Eliasson
- 61'Yellow card · Valentin Rongier
- 68'Yellow card · Duje Caleta-Car
- 85'Goal · Darío Benedetto
- 90'Yellow card · Anthony Briançon
Head-to-head
Team news
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Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yohann Pelé, Pol Lirola, Álvaro González, Duje Caleta-Car, Hiroki Sakai, Valentin Rongier, Boubacar Kamara, Florian Thauvin, Morgan Sanson, Dimitri Payet, Darío Benedetto
Nîmes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Baptiste Reynet, Sofiane Alakouch, Anthony Briançon, Lucas Deaux, Birger Meling, Andrés Cubas, Zinedine Ferhat, Lamine Fomba, Renaud Ripart, Niclas Eliasson, Moussa Koné