Marseille vs Nantes

28 November 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Mikael Lesage

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Florian Thauvin 2’
  • Dimitri Payet 35’
  • Darío Benedetto 60’ (pen)
  • Ludovic Blas 73’

Match summary

Marseille won 3-1 at home to Nantes. Marseille led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Thauvin put Marseille ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Valentin Rongier and Dimitri Payet made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Michaël Cuisance. In the second half, Darío Benedetto made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 60th minute and Ludovic Blas pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in the 73rd minute, set up by Abdoul Kader Bamba.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.77 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Nantes's 0.33 from 6.

Match stats

Marseille Nantes
15 Shots 6
9 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 7
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.75 xG 0.32
1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.32
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Marseille Nantes
Kick-off
Florian Thauvin
Assist: Valentin Rongier1-0 (Marseille)
2’
Dimitri Payet
Assist: Michaël Cuisance2-0 (Marseille)
35’
Half-time2-0
Darío Benedetto
Penalty3-0 (Marseille)
60’
73’
Ludovic Blas
Assist: Abdoul Kader Bamba3-1 (Nantes)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Álvaro González
  • Valentin Rongier
  • Dimitri Payet
  • Kevin Strootman
Nantes
  • Jean-Charles Castelletto
  • Ludovic Blas

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 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.77 0.33 2’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), 1-0 2’ 35’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 2-0 35’ 60’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 3-0 60’ 73’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), 3-1 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.77 0.33 2’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), 1-0 Thauvin 2’ 35’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 2-0 Payet 35’ 60’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 3-0 Benedetto 60’ 73’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), 3-1 Blas 73’
Marseille 2.77 xGNantes 0.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nantes attacking Marseille attacking 
60’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 22’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 10’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 7’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 2’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 45’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 41’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), from a corner, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 35’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 7’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+1’ Marcus Coco (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Imran Louza (Nantes), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 73’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 33’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Fabio (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 22’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 10’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 7’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 2’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 45’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 41’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), from a corner, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 35’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 7’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+1’ Marcus Coco (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Imran Louza (Nantes), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 73’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 33’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Fabio (Nantes), open play, 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
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.391
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Álvaro González DEF901 0.020.000
Jordan Amavi DEF900 0.000.041
Boubacar Kamara MID901 0.020.000
Valentin Rongier MID7910 0.000.311
Florian Thauvin MID9014 0.450.563
Michaël Cuisance MID9013 0.270.122
Dimitri Payet MID8712 0.510.112
Darío Benedetto FWD7914 1.510.000
Valère Germain Sub110 0.000.000
Kevin Strootman Sub110 0.000.000
Marley Aké Sub30 0.000.000
Yuto Nagatomo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 49% Avg odds 1.96
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.38
Nantes win 23% Avg odds 4.07

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

Form going into the game

Marseille DDWWW
Nantes WLWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 1-3 Nantes, 22 Feb 20 Next meeting: Nantes 1-1 Marseille, 20 Feb 21  All Marseille vs Nantes 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.