Caen 1-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 August 2007
Result
Caen 1-2 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Saturday 25 August 2007, 15:10 UTC · half-time 0-1
Caen 1-2 Olympique Marseille: match report
Caen were beaten by Olympique Marseille 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 25 August 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Julien Rodriguez opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Caen's goal came from Stephane Samson (90+2'). Olympique Marseille scored through Julien Rodriguez (43') and Mamadou Niang (54').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Caen were 14th on 3 points from 3 and Olympique Marseille 13th on 3 points from 4. Caen went on to finish that season 11th with 51 points, and Olympique Marseille 3rd with 62.
Caen lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Caen's last five read L-L-W and Olympique Marseille's D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Julien Rodriguez
- 54'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 90+2'Goal · Stephane Samson
Team news
Caen line-up (4-3-1-2)
Vincent Planté, Florian Boucansaud, Jérémy Sorbon, Cédric Hengbart, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Nicolas Florentin, Julien Toudic, Issam Jemâa, Nicolas Seube
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Julien Rodriguez, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Karim Ziani, Benoît Cheyrou, Samir Nasri, Djibril Cissé, Mamadou Niang