Marseille vs Montpellier

6 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Nemanja Radonjic 41’
Dimitri Payet 80’
Valère Germain 84’

Florent Mollet 52’

Match summary

Marseille won 3-1 at home to Montpellier. Marseille led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nemanja Radonjic put Marseille ahead with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Florian Thauvin. In the second half, Florent Mollet equalised in the 52nd minute, set up by Jordan Ferri, Dimitri Payet put Marseille back in front in the 80th minute, set up by Boubacar Kamara, and Valère Germain made it 3-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Saif-Eddine Khaoui.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.52 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Montpellier's 1.18 from 13.

Match stats

18 Shots 13

8 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.52 xG 1.18

2.52 Non-penalty xG 1.18

10 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Marseille Montpellier

Kick-off

Nemanja Radonjic
Assist: Florian Thauvin

1-0

41’

Half-time1-0

52’

Florent Mollet
Assist: Jordan Ferri1-1

Dimitri Payet
Assist: Boubacar Kamara

2-1

80’

Valère Germain
Assist: Saif-Eddine Khaoui

3-1

84’

Full-time3-1

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.

Marseille 2.52 xGMontpellier 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Montpellier attacking Marseille attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Steve Mandanda	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hiroki Sakai	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.03	1
Duje Caleta-Car	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	1
Álvaro González	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Yuto Nagatomo	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.29	5
Pape Alassane Gueye	MID	90			0	0.00	0.39	1
Florian Thauvin	MID	90		1	5	0.30	0.97	3
Michaël Cuisance	MID	65			1	0.01	0.13	2
Nemanja Radonjic	MID	73	1		3	0.61	0.03	1
Darío Benedetto	FWD	79			4	0.90	0.00	0
Kevin Strootman	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.07	1
Dimitri Payet	Sub	17	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Valère Germain	Sub	11	1		1	0.47	0.00	0
Saif-Eddine Khaoui	Sub	11		1	0	0.00	0.47	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Omlin	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Sambia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.50	1
Nicolas Cozza	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Congré	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mihailo Ristic	DEF	85			2	0.06	0.00	0
Jordan Ferri	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.14	2
Joris Chotard	MID	73			1	0.02	0.04	1
Florent Mollet	MID	90	1		2	0.53	0.08	3
Yun Il-Lok	MID	46			0	0.00	0.33	2
Andy Delort	FWD	90			5	0.49	0.00	0
Gaetan Laborde	FWD	90			2	0.07	0.04	2
Keagan Dolly	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.02	1
Damien Le Tallec	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hilton	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 44% Avg odds 2.18

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18

Montpellier win 26% Avg odds 3.60

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

Form going into the game

Marseille W W L D L

Montpellier L W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Marseille 1-1 Montpellier, 21 Sep 19 Next meeting: Montpellier 3-3 Marseille, 10 Apr 21 All Marseille vs Montpellier 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.

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