Marseille vs Nice

10 March 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mario Balotelli 61’

Match summary

Marseille won 1-0 at home to Nice. It was goalless at half-time.

Mario Balotelli put Marseille ahead with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Lucas Ocampos.

There was little between the sides on chances: Marseille created 0.67 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Nice 0.51 from 6.

Match stats

Marseille Nice
12 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.67 xG 0.51
0.67 Non-penalty xG 0.51
4 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Marseille Nice
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Mario Balotelli
Assist: Lucas Ocampos1-0 (Marseille)
61’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Boubacar Kamara
  • Lucas Ocampos
Nice
  • Christophe Herelle

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 0.51 61’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), 1-0 61’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 0.51 61’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), 1-0 Balotelli 61’
Marseille 0.67 xGNice 0.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Marseille attacking 
61’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 23’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice), open play, 0.22 xG, saved 50’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 70’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 8’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Valère Germain (Marseille), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 51’ Patrick Burner (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 72’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 43’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 23’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice), open play, 0.22 xG, saved 50’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 70’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 8’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Valère Germain (Marseille), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Patrick Burner (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 72’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 43’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Steve Mandanda GK900 0.000.000
Bouna Sarr DEF900 0.000.011
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Boubacar Kamara DEF900 0.000.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.031
Florian Thauvin MID884 0.170.051
Morgan Sanson MID900 0.000.000
Maxime Lopez MID880 0.000.092
Lucas Ocampos MID9013 0.080.302
Valère Germain FWD901 0.050.000
Mario Balotelli FWD7813 0.330.031
Kevin Strootman Sub120 0.000.000
Dimitri Payet Sub21 0.040.000
Nemanja Radonjic Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 63% Bet365 odds 1.50
Draw 21% Bet365 odds 4.50
Nice win 16% Bet365 odds 6.00

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

Form going into the game

Marseille WWWDW
Nice LWLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 0-1 Marseille, 21 Oct 18 Next meeting: Nice 1-2 Marseille, 28 Aug 19  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.