Nice 1-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 28 August 2019

Result

Nice 1-2 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 28 August 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nice 1-2 Olympique Marseille: match report

Nice were beaten by Olympique Marseille 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 28 August 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Darío Benedetto opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Nice's goal came from Wylan Cyprien (66', penalty). Olympique Marseille scored through Darío Benedetto (31') and Dimitri Payet (73', penalty).

Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nice were 5th on 6 points from 2 and Olympique Marseille 17th on 1 point from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Ligue 1 season and is kept for reference.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitri Payet of Olympique Marseille (8.0), ahead of Arnaud Lusamba (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nice wins, 1 draw and 6 for Olympique Marseille.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Darío BenedettoOlympique Marseille
  • 31'Goal · Darío BenedettoOlympique Marseille · 0-1
  • 66'Penalty goal · Wylan CyprienNice · 1-1
  • 73'Penalty goal · Dimitri PayetOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-MelouNice

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 3, draws 1, Olympique Marseille 6.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Walter Benítez, Dante, Patrick Burner, Andy Pelmard, C. Hérelle, Adrien Tamèze, Pierre Lees-Melou, Wylan Cyprien, Ignatius Ganago, Ihsan Sacko, Arnaud Lusamba

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

Steve Mandanda, Hiroki Sakai, Álvaro González, Boubacar Kamara, J. Amavi, Morgan Sanson, Kevin Strootman, Maxime Lopez, Darío Benedetto, Dimitri Payet, Bouna Sarr