Montpellier 2-3 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 August 2021

Result

Montpellier 2-3 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 August 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Montpellier 2-3 Olympique Marseille: match report

Montpellier lost to Olympique Marseille 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Montpellier's goals came from an own goal by Luan Peres (30') and Gaëtan Laborde (34'). Olympique Marseille scored through Cengiz Ünder (68'), Dimitri Payet (75') and Dimitri Payet (80').

Discipline: Montpellier received no yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card.

Montpellier went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Olympique Marseille 2nd with 71.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitri Payet of Olympique Marseille (9.1), ahead of Cengiz Ünder (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Montpellier wins, 4 draws and 4 for Olympique Marseille.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Own goal · Luan PeresMontpellier · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Gaëtan LabordeMontpellier · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Luan PeresOlympique Marseille
  • 68'Goal · Cengiz ÜnderOlympique Marseille · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Dimitri PayetOlympique Marseille · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Dimitri PayetOlympique Marseille · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 2, draws 4, Olympique Marseille 4.

Team news

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Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dimitry Bertaud, Junior Sambia, Matheus Thuler, Maxime Estève, Nicolas Cozza, Jordan Ferri, Joris Chotard, Gaëtan Laborde, Florent Mollet, Elye Wahi, Andy Delort

Olympique Marseille line-up (3-2-4-1)

Steve Mandanda, William Saliba, Leonardo Balerdi, Luan Peres, Boubacar Kamara, Pape Gueye, Cengiz Ünder, Mattéo Guendouzi, Gerson, Konrad de la Fuente, Dimitri Payet