Nice 0-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 13 May 2009
Result
Nice 0-2 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 13 May 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Nice 0-2 Olympique Marseille: match report
Nice were beaten by Olympique Marseille 0-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 13 May 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Mamadou Niang opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Nice did not score. Olympique Marseille scored through Mamadou Niang (26') and Brandão (61').
Discipline: Nice received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 8th on 48 points from 34 and Olympique Marseille 1st on 68 points from 34. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Olympique Marseille 2nd with 77.
Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nice wins, 0 draws and 5 for Olympique Marseille.
Going into the match Nice's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Olympique Marseille's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 33'Yellow card · Chaouki Ben Saada
- 36'Yellow card · Mathieu Valbuena
- 51'Yellow card · Gerald Cid
- 59'Yellow card · Lorik Cana
- 61'Goal · Brandão
- 67'Yellow card · Onyekachi Apam
- 74'Yellow card · Laurent Bonnart
- 76'Yellow card · Brandão
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)
Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni
Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Steve Mandanda, Lorik Cana, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Laurent Bonnart, Ronald Zubar, Karim Ziani, Mamadou Niang, Bakari Koné, Vitorino Hilton, Hatem Ben Arfa