Valenciennes 2-1 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 15 August 2007

Result

Valenciennes 2-1 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 15 August 2007, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Valenciennes 2-1 Olympique Marseille: match report

Valenciennes beat Olympique Marseille 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 15 August 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

Karim Ziani opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Valenciennes's goals came from Steve Savidan (62') and Steve Savidan (87'). Olympique Marseille scored through Karim Ziani (57').

Discipline: Valenciennes received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Valenciennes were 8th on 3 points from 2 and Olympique Marseille 12th on 2 points from 2. Valenciennes went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Olympique Marseille 3rd with 62.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valenciennes wins, 1 draw and 1 for Olympique Marseille.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · R. MaterValenciennes
  • 38'Yellow card · JeovânioValenciennes
  • 48'Yellow card · Lorik CanaOlympique Marseille
  • 57'Goal · Karim ZianiOlympique Marseille · 0-1
  • 62'Goal · Steve SavidanValenciennes · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille
  • 87'Goal · Steve SavidanValenciennes · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Valenciennes 0, draws 1, Olympique Marseille 1.

Team news

Valenciennes line-up (4-4-2)

Nicolas Penneteau, Guillaume Rippert, Rudy Mater, Jeovânio, Carlos Sánchez, Yacine Bezzaz, Steve Savidan, Gregory Pujol, A. Ouaddou, Geoffrey Doumeng, Éric Chelle

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

Cédric Carrasso, Julien Rodriguez, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Karim Ziani, Benoît Cheyrou, Boudewijn Zenden, Modeste M'bami, Djibril Cissé, Habib Beye