Olympique Marseille 2-1 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 May 2018
Result
Olympique Marseille 2-1 Nice
Ligue 1 · Sunday 6 May 2018, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Olympique Marseille 2-1 Nice: match report
Olympique Marseille won against Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 6 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Valère Germain (13') and Dimitri Payet (72'). Nice scored through Mario Balotelli (5').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card; Nice received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 4th on 70 points from 35 and Nice 7th on 51 points from 35. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 4th with 77 points, and Nice 8th with 54.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nice in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitri Payet of Olympique Marseille (9.6), ahead of Frank Anguissa (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 1 draw and 5 for Nice.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Nice's D-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 13'Goal · Valère Germain
- 39'Yellow card · B. Kamara
- 40'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 72'Goal · Dimitri Payet
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Akio Kogiku, Bouna Sarr, J. Amavi, Luiz Gustavo, Boubacar Kamara, Lucas Ocampos, Dimitri Payet, Florian Thauvin, Frank Anguissa, Valère Germain
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Walter Benítez, Arnaud Souquet, Marlon, Maxime Le Marchand, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Wylan Cyprien, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa