Nimes vs Marseille

28 February 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

  • Zinedine Ferhat 5’
  • Lucas Deaux 90+2’
  • Darío Benedetto 10’, 36’, 69’

Match summary

Marseille came from behind to win 3-2 away at Nimes. Marseille led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Zinedine Ferhat put Nimes ahead in the 5th minute, Darío Benedetto equalised in the 10th minute, set up by Bouna Sarr, and Benedetto put Marseille in front in the 36th minute, set up by Dimitri Payet. In the second half, Benedetto made it 1-3 in the 69th minute, set up by Duje Caleta-Car and Lucas Deaux pulled one back to make it 2-3 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Yassin Benrahou.

Nimes can feel hard done by, creating 2.47 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Marseille's 1.97 from 13.

Match stats

Nimes Marseille
16 Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 9
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.42 xG 1.97
2.42 Non-penalty xG 1.97
3 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Nimes Marseille
Kick-off
Zinedine Ferhat1-0 (Nimes)
5’
10’
Darío Benedetto
Assist: Bouna Sarr1-1 (Marseille)
36’
Darío Benedetto
Assist: Dimitri Payet1-2 (Marseille)
Half-time1-2
69’
Darío Benedetto
Assist: Duje Caleta-Car1-3 (Marseille)
Lucas Deaux
Assist: Yassin Benrahou2-3 (Nimes)
90+2’
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Nimes
  • Gaetan Paquiez
  • Loïck Landre
  • Sidy Sarr
  • Zinedine Ferhat
Marseille
  • Steve Mandanda
  • Álvaro González
  • Dimitri Payet

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 2.47 1.97 5’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), 1-0 5’ 10’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-1 10’ 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-2 36’ 69’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-3 69’ 90+2’ Lucas Deaux (Nimes), 2-3 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.47 1.97 5’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), 1-0 Ferhat 5’ 10’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-1 Benedetto 10’ 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-2 Benedetto 36’ 69’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), 1-3 Benedetto 69’ 90+2’ Lucas Deaux (Nimes), 2-3 Deaux 90+2’
Nimes 2.47 xGMarseille 1.97 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Marseille attacking Nimes attacking 
10’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 62’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), set piece, 0.55 xG, off target 62’ Loïck Landre (Nimes), set piece, 0.51 xG, saved 5’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 90+2’ Lucas Deaux (Nimes), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 69’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.44 xG, goal 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 5’ Nolan Roux (Nimes), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 51’ Nolan Roux (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Bouna Sarr (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 84’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 86’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 81’ Bouna Sarr (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Valère Germain (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 18’ Bouna Sarr (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Jordan Amavi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 30’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 64’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Pablo Martinez (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 10’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 62’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), set piece, 0.55 xG, off target 62’ Loïck Landre (Nimes), set piece, 0.51 xG, saved 5’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 90+2’ Lucas Deaux (Nimes), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 69’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), set piece, 0.44 xG, goal 36’ Darío Benedetto (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 5’ Nolan Roux (Nimes), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 51’ Nolan Roux (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Bouna Sarr (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 84’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 86’ Renaud Ripart (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Valère Germain (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Bouna Sarr (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Bouna Sarr (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Jordan Amavi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 30’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 64’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 20’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Pablo Martinez (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Paul Bernardoni GK900 0.000.000
Gaetan Paquiez DEF900 0.000.000
Loïck Landre DEF901 0.510.000
Pablo Martinez DEF901 0.010.000
Renaud Ripart DEF902 0.590.000
Sidy Sarr MID902 0.030.562
Lamine Fomba MID701 0.050.000
Zinedine Ferhat MID9013 0.540.703
Yassin Benrahou MID9012 0.080.502
Romain Philippoteaux MID701 0.010.011
Nolan Roux FWD902 0.160.011
Lucas Deaux Sub2011 0.490.031
Moussa Koné Sub200 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nimes win 28% Avg odds 3.44
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29
Marseille win 43% Avg odds 2.18

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

Form going into the game

Nimes WWWWL
Marseille DWWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 3-1 Nimes, 21 Dec 19 Next meeting: Nimes 0-2 Marseille, 04 Dec 20  All Nimes 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.