Marseille vs Dijon

4 April 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Ruddy Buquet

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Leonardo Balerdi 45+1’
  • Álvaro González 79’

Match summary

Marseille beat Dijon 2-0. Marseille led 1-0 at half-time.

Leonardo Balerdi put Marseille ahead with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Dimitri Payet and Álvaro González made it 2-0 with a header in the 79th minute, set up by Dimitri Payet.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Dijon's 0.12 from 4.

Match stats

Marseille Dijon
16 Shots 4
3 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.53 xG 0.12
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.12
10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Marseille Dijon
Kick-off
Leonardo Balerdi
Assist: Dimitri Payet1-0 (Marseille)
45+1’
Half-time1-0
Álvaro González
Assist: Dimitri Payet2-0 (Marseille)
79’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Álvaro González
  • Pape Alassane Gueye
Dijon
  • Senou Coulibaly
  • Ngonda Muzinga
  • Yassine Benzia
  • Moussa Konate

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 0.12 45+1’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), 1-0 45+1’ 79’ Álvaro González (Marseille), 2-0 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 0.12 45+1’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), 1-0 Balerdi 45+1’ 79’ Álvaro González (Marseille), 2-0 González 79’
Marseille 1.53 xGDijon 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Dijon attacking Marseille attacking 
54’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 60’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 46’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.29 xG, goal 62’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+3’ Pol Lirola (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 17’ Moussa Konate (Dijon), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 58’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Álvaro González (Marseille), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Álvaro González (Marseille), set piece, 0.03 xG, goal 37’ Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 9’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Wesley Lautoa (Dijon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Pape Alassane Gueye (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Senou Coulibaly (Dijon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Pol Lirola (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Ngonda Muzinga (Dijon), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 54’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 60’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 46’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.29 xG, goal 62’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+3’ Pol Lirola (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 17’ Moussa Konate (Dijon), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 58’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Álvaro González (Marseille), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Álvaro González (Marseille), set piece, 0.03 xG, goal 37’ Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Wesley Lautoa (Dijon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Pape Alassane Gueye (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Senou Coulibaly (Dijon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Pol Lirola (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Ngonda Muzinga (Dijon), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Steve Mandanda GK900 0.000.000
Leonardo Balerdi DEF9012 0.380.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.000
Álvaro González DEF9012 0.070.000
Pol Lirola MID902 0.100.504
Luis Henrique MID690 0.000.021
Boubacar Kamara MID900 0.000.032
Pape Alassane Gueye MID901 0.020.000
Dimitri Payet MID9024 0.790.414
Florian Thauvin MID903 0.120.143
Arkadiusz Milik FWD812 0.050.351
Michaël Cuisance Sub210 0.000.000
Darío Benedetto Sub90 0.000.000
Saif-Eddine Khaoui Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 64% Avg odds 1.50
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.30
Dijon win 14% Avg odds 6.61

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

Form going into the game

Marseille DLWWL
Dijon LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.