Nice 1-3 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 December 2009

Result

Nice 1-3 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice 1-3 Olympique Marseille: match report

Nice lost to Olympique Marseille 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 5 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mamadou Niang opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Nice's goal came from Kafoumba Coulibaly (33'). Olympique Marseille scored through Mamadou Niang (19'), Lucho González (77') and Bakari Koné (86').

Discipline: Nice received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 11th on 20 points from 14 and Olympique Marseille 8th on 22 points from 13. Nice went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Olympique Marseille 1st with 78.

Nice lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nice wins, 0 draws and 6 for Olympique Marseille.

Going into the match Nice's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Olympique Marseille's L-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Benoît CheyrouOlympique Marseille
  • 19'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Kafoumba CoulibalyNice · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · D. DiakitéNice
  • 38'Yellow card · Larrys MabialaNice
  • 44'Red card · Onyekachi ApamNice
  • 71'Yellow card · BrandãoOlympique Marseille
  • 77'Goal · Lucho GonzálezOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 86'Goal · Bakari KonéOlympique Marseille · 1-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Mahamane TraoreNice

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Nice 2, draws 0, Olympique Marseille 6.

Team news

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

David Ospina, Onyekachi Apam, Larrys Mabiala, Ismael Gace, Drissa Diakite, Gregory Paisley, David Hellebuyck, Emerse Fae, Kafoumba Coulibaly, Anthony Mounier, Mamadou Bagayoko

Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Laurent Bonnart, Souleymane Diawara, Benoît Cheyrou, Fabrice Abriel, Mamadou Niang, Bakari Koné, Vitorino Hilton