Marseille vs Nimes

16 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jeremy Stinat

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Darío Benedetto 85’
  • Niclas Eliasson 55’, 58’

Match summary

Nimes won 2-1 away at Marseille. It was goalless at half-time.

Niclas Eliasson put Nimes ahead in the 55th minute, set up by Sofiane Alakouch, Eliasson made it 0-2 in the 58th minute, set up by Sofiane Alakouch, and Darío Benedetto pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 85th minute.

Marseille can feel hard done by, creating 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Nimes's 1.59 from 8. Florian Thauvin missed a penalty for Marseille.

Match stats

Marseille Nimes
14 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.16 xG 1.59
1.40 Non-penalty xG 1.59
6 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Marseille Nimes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
55’
Niclas Eliasson
Assist: Sofiane Alakouch0-1 (Nimes)
58’
Niclas Eliasson
Assist: Sofiane Alakouch0-2 (Nimes)
Darío Benedetto1-2 (Marseille)
85’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Duje Caleta-Car
  • Valentin Rongier
Nimes
  • Anthony Briancon
  • Adrián Cubas

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.17 1.59 55’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), 0-1 55’ 58’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), 0-2 58’ 85’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-2 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.17 1.59 55’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), 0-1 Eliasson 55’ 58’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), 0-2 Eliasson 58’ 85’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-2 Benedetto 85’
Marseille 2.17 xGNimes 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nimes attacking Marseille attacking 
58’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.84 xG, goal 35’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.59 xG, saved 55’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 85’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 11’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 46’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 19’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+5’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 16’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+6’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+5’ Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 64’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.84 xG, goal 35’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.59 xG, saved 55’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 85’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 46’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 11’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 19’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+5’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 16’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+6’ Michaël Cuisance (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+5’ Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 64’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Yohann Pelé GK900 0.000.000
Pol Lirola DEF900 0.000.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Álvaro González DEF900 0.000.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF680 0.000.000
Valentin Rongier MID903 0.130.000
Boubacar Kamara MID170 0.000.000
Florian Thauvin MID682 0.860.152
Morgan Sanson MID671 0.060.000
Dimitri Payet MID682 0.090.622
Darío Benedetto FWD9014 0.980.101
Pape Alassane Gueye Sub730 0.000.000
Michaël Cuisance Sub231 0.030.071
Valère Germain Sub220 0.000.000
Nemanja Radonjic Sub220 0.000.000
Saif-Eddine Khaoui Sub221 0.020.031

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 65% Avg odds 1.47
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.43
Nimes win 14% Avg odds 6.75

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

Form going into the game

Marseille LDLWD
Nimes LDLLL

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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.