Marseille vs Saint-Etienne

3 March 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Mario Balotelli 12’
  • Florian Thauvin 21’ (pen)

Match summary

Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-0. Marseille led 2-0 at half-time.

Mario Balotelli put Marseille ahead from a corner in the 12th minute, set up by Florian Thauvin and Florian Thauvin made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 21st minute.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.58 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Saint-Etienne's 0.23 from 6.

Match stats

Marseille Saint-Etienne
12 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.58 xG 0.23
1.82 Non-penalty xG 0.23
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Marseille Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
Mario Balotelli
Assist: Florian Thauvin1-0 (Marseille)
12’
Florian Thauvin
Penalty2-0 (Marseille)
21’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Bouna Sarr
  • Hiroki Sakai
Saint-Etienne
  • Mathieu Debuchy
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.58 0.23 12’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), 1-0 12’ 21’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), 2-0 21’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.58 0.23 12’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), 1-0 Balotelli 12’ 21’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), 2-0 Thauvin 21’
Marseille 2.58 xGSaint-Etienne 0.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Marseille attacking 
21’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 12’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), from a corner, 0.53 xG, goal 24’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 6’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 83’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 43’ Valère Germain (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 19’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 23’ Neven Subotic (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 56’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 68’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 63’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Valère Germain (Marseille), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Maxime Lopez (Marseille), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Youssef Ait Bennasser (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 12’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), from a corner, 0.53 xG, goal 24’ Florian Thauvin (Marseille), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 6’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 83’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 43’ Valère Germain (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 56’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 68’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 19’ Lucas Ocampos (Marseille), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 23’ Neven Subotic (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 63’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Mario Balotelli (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Valère Germain (Marseille), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Maxime Lopez (Marseille), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Youssef Ait Bennasser (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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 0.000.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Boubacar Kamara DEF900 0.000.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.000
Florian Thauvin MID90112 1.230.693
Maxime Lopez MID901 0.010.442
Morgan Sanson MID872 0.170.172
Lucas Ocampos MID902 0.140.000
Mario Balotelli FWD8013 0.910.000
Valère Germain FWD662 0.120.042
Luiz Gustavo Sub240 0.000.000
Clinton N'Jie Sub100 0.000.000
Kevin Strootman Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 54% Bet365 odds 1.75
Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.75
Saint-Etienne win 21% Bet365 odds 4.50

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

Form going into the game

Marseille LWWWD
Saint-Etienne DLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 2-1 Marseille, 16 Jan 19 Next meeting: Marseille 1-0 Saint-Etienne, 01 Sep 19  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.