Olympique Marseille 2-1 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Olympique Marseille 2-1 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 30 August 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Olympique Marseille · Sochaux · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Marseille 2-1 Sochaux: match report

Olympique Marseille defeated Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 30 August 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Karim Ziani opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Karim Ziani (39') and Bakari Koné (61'). Sochaux scored through M. Erdinç (73').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Sochaux received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Sochaux 18th on 1 point from 3. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Sochaux 14th with 42.

Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sochaux in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Olympique Marseille wins, 1 draw and 3 for Sochaux.

Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read W-W-D and Sochaux's D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Stephane DalmatSochaux
  • 30'Yellow card · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille
  • 39'Goal · Karim ZianiOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Rabiu AfolabiSochaux
  • 61'Goal · Bakari KonéOlympique Marseille · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · M. ErdinçSochaux · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Olympique Marseille 2, draws 1, Sochaux 3.

Team news

Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-5-1)

Steve Mandanda, Laurent Bonnart, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Lorik Cana, Julien Rodriguez, Ronald Zubar, Modeste M'bami, Samir Nasri, Benoît Cheyrou, Djibril Cissé, Mamadou Niang

Sochaux expected line-up (4-4-2)

Teddy Richert, Jeremie Brechet, Rabiu Afolabi, Stéphane Pichot, Damien Perquis, Stephane Dalmat, Nicolas Maurice-Belay, Fabrice Pancrate, Guirane N'Daw, Mickael Isabey, Romain Pitau