Montpellier vs Marseille

8 August 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–0

Luan Peres 30’ (og)
Gaetan Laborde 34’

Cengiz Ünder 68’
Dimitri Payet 75’, 80’

Match summary

Marseille came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 away at Montpellier. Montpellier led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Peres's own goal put Montpellier ahead in the 30th minute and Gaetan Laborde made it 2-0 from a corner in the 34th minute, set up by Nicolas Cozza. In the second half, Cengiz Ünder pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Konrad De la Fuente, Dimitri Payet equalised with a direct free kick in the 75th minute, and Payet won it in the 80th minute, set up by Pape Alassane Gueye.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Montpellier's 0.76 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 21

1 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 11

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.76 xG 2.16

0.76 Non-penalty xG 2.16

2 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Montpellier Marseille

Kick-off

Luan Peres
Own goal1-0

30’

Gaetan Laborde
Assist: Nicolas Cozza2-0

34’

Half-time2-0

68’

Cengiz Ünder
Assist: Konrad De la Fuente

2-1

75’

Dimitri Payet

2-2

80’

Dimitri Payet
Assist: Pape Alassane Gueye

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Marseille

Luan Peres

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.

Montpellier 0.76 xGMarseille 2.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Marseille attacking Montpellier attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dimitry Bertaud	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Sambia	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.09	1
Thuler	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxime Estève	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Cozza	DEF	88		1	0	0.00	0.03	1
Jordan Ferri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	3
Joris Chotard	MID	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gaetan Laborde	MID	84	1		2	0.06	0.45	1
Florent Mollet	MID	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Sepe Elye Wahi	MID	63			2	0.54	0.00	0
Andy Delort	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Stephy Mavididi	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Leroy	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Béni Makouana	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaud Souquet	Sub	2			1	0.07	0.00	0
Mihailo Ristic	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Steve Mandanda	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Balerdi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luan Peres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
William Saliba	DEF	90			1	0.33	0.45	2
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Pape Alassane Gueye	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.12	1
Cengiz Ünder	MID	86	1		6	0.72	0.09	2
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			2	0.06	0.38	2
Gerson	MID	63			0	0.00	0.02	1
Konrad De la Fuente	MID	90		1	2	0.09	0.51	3
Dimitri Payet	FWD	90	2		6	0.41	0.09	2
Darío Benedetto	Sub	27			2	0.47	0.06	1
Luis Henrique	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Montpellier win 27% Avg odds 3.54

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Marseille win 46% Avg odds 2.08

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

Form going into the game

Montpellier L L W D W

Marseille W D L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Montpellier 3-3 Marseille, 10 Apr 21 Next meeting: Marseille 2-0 Montpellier, 10 Apr 22 All Montpellier vs Marseille 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.

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