Nice vs Marseille

28 August 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Wylan Cyprien 66’ (pen)
  • Darío Benedetto 31’
  • Dimitri Payet 73’ (pen)

Match summary

Marseille beat Nice 2-1 on the road. Marseille led 1-0 at half-time.

Darío Benedetto put Marseille ahead in the 31st minute, Wylan Cyprien equalised from the penalty spot in the 66th minute, and Dimitri Payet won it from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Nice created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Marseille 1.65 from 12.

Match stats

Nice Marseille
12 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.74 xG 1.65
0.98 Non-penalty xG 0.89
4 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nice Marseille
Kick-off
31’
Darío Benedetto0-1 (Marseille)
Half-time0-1
Wylan Cyprien
Penalty1-1 (Nice)
66’
73’
Dimitri Payet
Penalty1-2 (Marseille)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Pierre Lees-Melou
Marseille
  • Darío Benedetto

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.74 1.65 31’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 0-1 31’ 66’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), 1-1 66’ 73’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 1-2 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.74 1.65 31’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 0-1 Benedetto 31’ 66’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), 1-1 Cyprien 66’ 73’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 1-2 Payet 73’
Nice 1.74 xGMarseille 1.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Marseille attacking Nice attacking 
66’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 73’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 22’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 50’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 57’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 31’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 40’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+2’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 11’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Ibrahim Cisse (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 40’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Patrick Burner (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 43’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Kevin Strootman (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Valère Germain (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Kevin Strootman (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Arnaud Lusamba (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 73’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 22’ Adrien Tameze (Nice), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 50’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 57’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 31’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 40’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+2’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 11’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Ibrahim Cisse (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 40’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Patrick Burner (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 43’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Kevin Strootman (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Wylan Cyprien (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Valère Germain (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Arnaud Lusamba (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Kevin Strootman (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Ignatius Ganago (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Walter Benítez GK900 0.000.000
Patrick Burner DEF901 0.030.000
Dante DEF900 0.000.000
Christophe Herelle DEF600 0.000.000
Andy Pelmard DEF850 0.000.000
Wylan Cyprien MID9015 0.980.051
Pierre Lees-Melou MID900 0.000.551
Adrien Tameze MID661 0.550.000
Ignatius Ganago FWD902 0.070.031
Arnaud Lusamba FWD901 0.020.052
Ihsan Sacko FWD900 0.000.000
Ibrahim Cisse Sub301 0.050.000
Youcef Atal Sub241 0.030.000
Mickael Le Bihan Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 28% Avg odds 3.44
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Marseille win 42% Avg odds 2.25

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

Form going into the game

Nice DLWWW
Marseille LWWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 1-0 Nice, 10 Mar 19 Next meeting: Marseille 3-2 Nice, 17 Feb 21  All Nice 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.