Olympique Marseille 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 3 March 2019
Result
Olympique Marseille 2-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Sunday 3 March 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Olympique Marseille 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Olympique Marseille beat Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 3 March 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Mario Balotelli (12') and F. Thauvin (21', penalty). Saint-Étienne did not score.
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 6th on 41 points from 26 and Saint-Étienne 4th on 43 points from 26. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Saint-Étienne 4th with 66.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-4-2 and Saint-Étienne in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Olympique Marseille (8.8), ahead of Morgan Sanson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Olympique Marseille wins, 5 draws and 1 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Saint-Étienne's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Hiroki Sakai
- 12'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 19'Yellow card · Mathieu Debuchy
- 21'Penalty goal · F. Thauvin
- 25'Yellow card · Bouna Sarr
- 85'Yellow card · Wahbi Khazri
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-4-2)
Steve Mandanda, Bouna Sarr, Boubacar Kamara, Duje Caleta-Car, Hiroki Sakai, Florian Thauvin, Maxime Lopez, Morgan Sanson, Lucas Ocampos, Valère Germain, Mario Balotelli
Saint-Étienne line-up (3-4-1-2)
Stéphane Ruffier, Loïc Perrin, Neven Subotić, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Mathieu Debuchy, Youssef Aït Bennasser, Yann M'Vila, Pierre-Yves Polomat, Rémy Cabella, Romain Hamouma, Wahbi Khazri