Marseille vs Saint-Etienne

28 August 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Matteo Guendouzi 23’
  • Gerson 51’
  • Cengiz Ünder 68’
  • Timothée Kolodziejczak 32’

Match summary

Marseille saw off Saint-Etienne 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Matteo Guendouzi put Marseille ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Konrad De la Fuente and Timothée Kolodziejczak equalised with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Adil Aouchiche. In the second half, Gerson put Marseille back in front in the 51st minute, set up by Valentin Rongier and Cengiz Ünder made it 3-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Dimitri Payet.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.74 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Saint-Etienne's 1.23 from 11.

Match stats

Marseille Saint-Etienne
19 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.74 xG 1.23
2.74 Non-penalty xG 1.23
6 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Marseille Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
Matteo Guendouzi
Assist: Konrad De la Fuente1-0 (Marseille)
23’
32’
Timothée Kolodziejczak
Assist: Adil Aouchiche1-1 (Saint-Etienne)
Half-time1-1
Gerson
Assist: Valentin Rongier2-1 (Marseille)
51’
Cengiz Ünder
Assist: Dimitri Payet3-1 (Marseille)
68’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Pape Alassane Gueye
Saint-Etienne
  • Yvann Maçon
  • Mahdi Camara
  • Wahbi Khazri

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 2.74 1.23 23’ Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), 1-0 23’ 32’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), 1-1 32’ 51’ Gerson (Marseille), 2-1 51’ 68’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), 3-1 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.74 1.23 23’ Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), 1-0 Guendouzi 23’ 32’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), 1-1 Kolodziejczak 32’ 51’ Gerson (Marseille), 2-1 Gerson 51’ 68’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), 3-1 Ünder 68’
Marseille 2.74 xGSaint-Etienne 1.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Marseille attacking 
2’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 51’ Gerson (Marseille), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 32’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 70’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 80’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 86’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 83’ Gerson (Marseille), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 83’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 66’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 23’ Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 45’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 81’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 57’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Konrad De la Fuente (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 1’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Jean-Phillipe Krasso (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ William Saliba (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 67’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 65’ Saidou Sow (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Adil Aouchiche (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 2’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 51’ Gerson (Marseille), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 32’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 70’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 80’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 86’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 83’ Gerson (Marseille), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 83’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 66’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 45’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 23’ Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 81’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 57’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Konrad De la Fuente (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 1’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Jean-Phillipe Krasso (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Álvaro González (Marseille), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 17’ William Saliba (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 65’ Saidou Sow (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 83’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Adil Aouchiche (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Steve Mandanda GK900 0.000.051
Luan Peres DEF900 0.000.021
William Saliba DEF901 0.040.000
Álvaro González DEF901 0.050.000
Matteo Guendouzi MID9012 0.110.122
Boubacar Kamara MID901 0.020.021
Cengiz Ünder MID9013 0.220.523
Gerson MID8512 0.650.101
Valentin Rongier MID7414 0.740.531
Konrad De la Fuente MID5611 0.060.091
Dimitri Payet FWD9012 0.180.576
Luis Henrique Sub342 0.670.000
Pape Alassane Gueye Sub160 0.000.000
Pol Lirola Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 57% Avg odds 1.68
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.89
Saint-Etienne win 19% Avg odds 5.11

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

Form going into the game

Marseille LWDWD
Saint-Etienne DLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 1-0 Marseille, 09 May 21 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 2-4 Marseille, 03 Apr 22  All Marseille vs Saint-Etienne 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.