Lyon vs Marseille

23 September 2018 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Houssem Aouar 27’
Bertrand Traoré 51’, 60’
Nabil Fekir 74’ (pen)

Florian Thauvin 39’
Clinton N'Jie 82’

Match summary

Lyon beat Marseille 4-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Houssem Aouar put Lyon ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Tanguy NDombele Alvaro and Florian Thauvin equalised in the 39th minute, set up by Dimitri Payet. In the second half, Bertrand Traoré put Lyon back in front in the 51st minute, set up by Tanguy NDombele Alvaro, Traoré made it 3-1 in the 60th minute, set up by Nabil Fekir, Nabil Fekir made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 74th minute, and Clinton N'Jie pulled one back to make it 4-2 in the 82nd minute, set up by Dimitri Payet.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 2.18 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Marseille's 0.80 from 9. Marseille had a player sent off.

Match stats

17 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 1

2.18 xG 0.80

1.42 Non-penalty xG 0.80

3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lyon Marseille

Kick-off

Houssem Aouar
Assist: Tanguy NDombele Alvaro

1-0

27’

39’

Florian Thauvin
Assist: Dimitri Payet

1-1

Half-time1-1

Bertrand Traoré
Assist: Tanguy NDombele Alvaro

2-1

51’

Bertrand Traoré
Assist: Nabil Fekir

3-1

60’

Nabil Fekir
Penalty

4-1

74’

82’

Clinton N'Jie
Assist: Dimitri Payet

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Lyon

Pape Cheikh

Marseille

Duje Caleta-Car
Luiz Gustavo
Kevin Strootman

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.

Lyon 2.18 xGMarseille 0.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Marseille attacking Lyon attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Dubois	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jason Denayer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Bertrand Traoré	MID	90	2		3	0.18	0.08	1
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	90		2	1	0.02	0.29	4
Pape Cheikh	MID	76			1	0.14	0.00	0
Houssem Aouar	MID	90	1		2	0.13	0.00	0
Nabil Fekir	MID	89	1	1	6	1.10	0.75	5
Memphis Depay	FWD	61			1	0.45	0.12	2
Moussa Dembele	Sub	29			2	0.14	0.00	0
Lucas Tousart	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Terrier	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Yohann Pelé	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hiroki Sakai	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Luiz Gustavo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Duje Caleta-Car	DEF	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Amavi	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Morgan Sanson	MID	90			3	0.34	0.00	1
Kevin Strootman	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Thauvin	MID	90	1		1	0.24	0.00	0
Dimitri Payet	MID	90		2	1	0.01	0.64	4
Lucas Ocampos	MID	65			1	0.07	0.07	2
Kostas Mitroglou	FWD	65			1	0.05	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valère Germain	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clinton N'Jie	Sub	13	1		1	0.08	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 48% Bet365 odds 1.95

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50

Marseille win 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lyon W L W L D

Marseille W L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

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