Marseille vs Nice

17 February 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Mikael Lesage

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Álvaro González 14’
Saif-Eddine Khaoui 42’, 53’

Amine Gouiri 47’
Malik Sellouki 87’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Álvaro González put Marseille ahead from a corner in the 14th minute and Saif-Eddine Khaoui made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Luis Henrique. In the second half, Amine Gouiri pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 47th minute, set up by Hichem Boudaoui, Khaoui made it 3-1 from a corner in the 53rd minute, and Malik Sellouki made it 3-2 in the 87th minute, set up by Amine Gouiri.

Nice can feel hard done by, creating 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Marseille's 0.65 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 10

4 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.65 xG 1.21

0.65 Non-penalty xG 1.21

5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Marseille Nice

Kick-off

Álvaro González

1-0

14’

Saif-Eddine Khaoui
Assist: Luis Henrique

2-0

42’

Half-time2-0

47’

Amine Gouiri
Assist: Hichem Boudaoui

2-1

Saif-Eddine Khaoui

3-1

53’

87’

Malik Sellouki
Assist: Amine Gouiri

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Marseille

Hiroki Sakai
Boubacar Kamara

Nice

Pierre Lees-Melou

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 0.65 xGNice 1.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nice attacking Marseille 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
Steve Mandanda	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hiroki Sakai	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Duje Caleta-Car	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álvaro González	DEF	90	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Yuto Nagatomo	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Pape Alassane Gueye	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Saif-Eddine Khaoui	MID	77	2		4	0.51	0.00	0
Dimitri Payet	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Luis Henrique	MID	68		1	1	0.02	0.37	1
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valère Germain	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Thauvin	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentin Rongier	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Amavi	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Walter Benítez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andy Pelmard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Robson Bambu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stanley N'Soki	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hassane Kamara	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.01	1
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	80		1	0	0.00	0.62	2
Rony Lopes	MID	77			1	0.02	0.08	2
Alexis Claude Maurice	MID	90			0	0.00	0.36	2
Pierre Lees-Melou	MID	73			2	0.08	0.00	0
Alexis Trouillet	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amine Gouiri	FWD	90	1	1	4	1.01	0.05	1
Morgan Schneiderlin	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan Ndoye	Sub	17			1	0.01	0.00	0
Malik Sellouki	Sub	13	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Kephren Thuram	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 38% Avg odds 2.48

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.10

Nice win 31% Avg odds 3.04

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

Form going into the game

Marseille L L D L D

Nice W L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nice 1-2 Marseille, 28 Aug 19 Next meeting: Nice 3-0 Marseille, 20 Mar 21 All Marseille vs Nice 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.