Marseille vs Nimes

21 December 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sofiane Alakouch 46’ (og)
  • Darío Benedetto 65’
  • Dimitri Payet 81’
  • Anthony Briancon 90+2’

Match summary

Marseille beat Nimes 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Alakouch's own goal put Marseille ahead in the 46th minute, Darío Benedetto made it 2-0 in the 65th minute, Dimitri Payet made it 3-0 in the 81st minute, set up by Nemanja Radonjic, and Anthony Briancon pulled one back to make it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Zinedine Ferhat.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.28 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Nimes's 1.15 from 12.

Match stats

Marseille Nimes
19 Shots 12
9 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.97 xG 1.15
1.97 Non-penalty xG 1.15
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Marseille Nimes
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Sofiane Alakouch
Own goal1-0 (Marseille)
46’
Darío Benedetto2-0 (Marseille)
65’
Dimitri Payet
Assist: Nemanja Radonjic3-0 (Marseille)
81’
90+2’
Anthony Briancon
Assist: Zinedine Ferhat3-1 (Nimes)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Boubacar Kamara
  • Morgan Sanson
  • Dimitri Payet
Nimes
  • Gaetan Paquiez
  • Sidy Sarr

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.28 1.15 46’ Sofiane Alakouch (Marseille) own goal, 1-0 46’ 65’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 2-0 65’ 81’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 3-0 81’ 90+2’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), 3-1 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.28 1.15 46’ Sofiane Alakouch (Marseille) own goal, 1-0 Alakouch 46’ 65’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 2-0 Benedetto 65’ 81’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 3-0 Payet 81’ 90+2’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), 3-1 Briancon 90+2’
Marseille 2.28 xGNimes 1.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nimes attacking Marseille attacking 
65’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.82 xG, goal 83’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 65’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 90+2’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 58’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 81’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 17’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 76’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 56’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 78’ Haris Duljevic (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 43’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 57’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Marley Aké (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 5’ Gaetan Paquiez (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Jordan Amavi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 23’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Sofiane Alakouch (Nimes), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 46’ Sofiane Alakouch (Nimes), own goal 65’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.82 xG, goal 83’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 65’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 90+2’ Anthony Briancon (Nimes), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 58’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 81’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 17’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 76’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 78’ Haris Duljevic (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 56’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 43’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Marley Aké (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 5’ Gaetan Paquiez (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Jordan Amavi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 23’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Sofiane Alakouch (Nimes), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 46’ Sofiane Alakouch (Nimes), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Yohann Pelé GK900 0.000.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF901 0.040.000
Álvaro González DEF901 0.040.000
Jordan Amavi DEF901 0.030.000
Boubacar Kamara MID900 0.000.031
Morgan Sanson MID902 0.440.311
Valentin Rongier MID853 0.060.052
Nemanja Radonjic FWD9014 0.470.222
Darío Benedetto FWD8413 0.890.111
Dimitri Payet FWD8913 0.250.577
Bouna Sarr Sub60 0.000.000
Maxime Lopez Sub50 0.000.051
Marley Aké Sub11 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 68% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.83
Nimes win 12% Avg odds 7.84

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

Form going into the game

Marseille WWWWD
Nimes LDLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 2-1 Nimes, 13 Apr 19 Next meeting: Nimes 2-3 Marseille, 28 Feb 20  All Marseille vs Nimes 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.