Lorient vs Marseille

10 December 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–4

Romain Faivre 41’
Benjamin Mendy 52’

Chancel Mbemba 3’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 9’, 42’
Leonardo Balerdi 33’

Match summary

Marseille beat Lorient 4-2 on the road. Marseille led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Chancel Mbemba put Marseille ahead from a corner in the 3rd minute, set up by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 0-2 with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Chancel Mbemba, Leonardo Balerdi made it 0-3 with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss, Romain Faivre pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 41st minute, and Aubameyang made it 1-4 in the 42nd minute, set up by Jordan Veretout. In the second half, Benjamin Mendy made it 2-4 in the 52nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.95 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Lorient's 2.12 from 15. Marseille had a player sent off.

Match stats

15 Shots 18

9 Shots on Target 8

4 Corners 6

5 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

2.02 xG 2.89

2.02 Non-penalty xG 2.89

8 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Lorient Marseille

Kick-off

3’

Chancel Mbemba
Assist: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

0-1

9’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Chancel Mbemba

0-2

33’

Leonardo Balerdi
Assist: Jonathan Clauss

0-3

Romain Faivre

1-3

41’

42’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Jordan Veretout

1-4

Half-time1-4

Benjamin Mendy

2-4

52’

Full-time2-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lorient

Julien Laporte
Vincent Le Goff
Bonke Innocent
Benjamin Mendy
Formose Mendy

Marseille

Jonathan Clauss
Leonardo Balerdi
Samuel Gigot
Renan Lodi

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Lorient 2.12 xGMarseille 2.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Marseille attacking Lorient attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yvon Mvogo	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gédéon Kalulu	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Montassar Talbi	DEF	90		1	0.51	0.00	0
Julien Laporte	DEF	51		1	0.04	0.00	0
Vincent Le Goff	DEF	51		0	0.00	0.00	0
Laurent Abergel	MID	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Bonke Innocent	MID	90		2	0.07	0.12	2
Romain Faivre	MID	90	1	2	0.15	0.16	1
Julien Ponceau	MID	71		0	0.00	0.32	2
Benjamin Mendy	MID	85	1	3	0.40	0.10	2
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng	FWD	90		3	0.54	0.32	2
Formose Mendy	Sub	39		0	0.00	0.00	0
Souleymane Isaak Touré	Sub	39		1	0.06	0.00	0
Aiyegun Tosin	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0
Darline Yongwa	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.32	1
Eli Junior Kroupi	Sub	1		1	0.32	0.01	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Pau López	GK	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Leonardo Balerdi	DEF	90	1		2	0.42	0.00	0
Chancel Mbemba	DEF	90	1	1	1	0.59	0.03	1
Samuel Gigot	DEF	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Jonathan Clauss	MID	85		1	2	0.16	0.40	1
Renan Lodi	MID	90			1	0.46	0.02	1
Jordan Veretout	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	2
Azz-Eddine Ounahi	MID	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amine Harit	MID	77			2	0.17	0.36	3
Vitinha	FWD	88			4	0.43	0.16	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	77	2	1	3	0.47	0.79	3
Ismaila Sarr	Sub	13			1	0.09	0.00	0
Pape Alassane Gueye	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amir Murillo	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bamo Meïté	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lorient win 20% Avg odds 4.89

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.74

Marseille win 55% Avg odds 1.73

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lorient L D L L D

Marseille D L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lorient 0-0 Marseille, 09 Apr 23 Next meeting: Marseille 3-1 Lorient, 12 May 24 All Lorient vs Marseille meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.