Olympique Marseille 2-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2008

Result

Olympique Marseille 2-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Olympique Marseille · Nice · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Marseille 2-1 Nice: match report

Olympique Marseille won against Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 6 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Karim Ziani opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Karim Ziani (14') and Mamadou Niang (44', penalty). Nice scored through Habib Bamogo (48').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 4th on 28 points from 16 and Nice 5th on 28 points from 15. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Nice 9th with 50.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 2 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Karim ZianiOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 44'Penalty goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Habib BamogoNice · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Onyekachi ApamNice
  • 61'Yellow card · T. TaïwoOlympique Marseille
  • 68'Yellow card · D. DiakitéNice
  • 79'Yellow card · Cyril RoolNice
  • 80'Yellow card · Boudewijn ZendenOlympique Marseille

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Olympique Marseille 4, draws 0, Nice 2.

Team news

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

Steve Mandanda, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Ronald Zubar, Benoît Cheyrou, Modeste M'bami, Mamadou Niang, Vitorino Hilton, Hatem Ben Arfa

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