French Ligue 1

Marseille vs AC Ajaccio 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 15': Dimitri Payet (P)
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1 - 2
  • 25': Bevic Moussiti-Oko
  • 47': Leonardo Balerdi (OG)

Marseille's second place under threat after Ajaccio defeat

Olympique de Marseille's second place in Ligue 1 was under threat on Saturday as they slumped to a 2-1 home defeat by AC Ajaccio.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 11': Youssouf Koné (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 15': Goal! Marseille 1, Ajaccio 0. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 25': Goal! Marseille 1, Ajaccio 1. Bevic Moussiti-Oko (Ajaccio) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vincent Marchetti.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Marseille 1, Ajaccio 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Marseille. Jordan Veretout replaces Pape Gueye.
  • 47': Own Goal by Leonardo Balerdi, Marseille. Marseille 1, Ajaccio 2.
  • 56': Substitution, Marseille. Luis Suárez replaces Gerson.
  • 56': Substitution, Marseille. Cengiz Ünder replaces Dimitri Payet.
  • 57': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  • 60': Substitution, Ajaccio. Ismaël Diallo replaces Youssouf Koné.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Mickaël Alphonse replaces Cyrille Bayala.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Jean Botué replaces Bevic Moussiti-Oko because of an injury.
  • 77': Substitution, Marseille. Bamba Dieng replaces Issa Kaboré.
  • 86': Oumar Gonzalez (Ajaccio) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Substitution, Ajaccio. Thomas Mangani replaces Vincent Marchetti.
  • 88': Substitution, Ajaccio. Clément Vidal replaces Oumar Gonzalez.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 63,312

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Paris Saint-Germain 28 63 1
+17 Brest 29 53 6
+15 AS Monaco 28 52 6
+17 Lille 28 49 5
Full Table

Statistics

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18 Fouls 17
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 11
1 Saves 0
34.8 Possession 65.2
6 SHOTS 10
1 ON GOAL 2
0.2 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
204 Accurate Passes 441
296 Passes 547
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
11 Crosses 26
0.2 Cross % 0.2
61 Long Balls 62
22 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 2
12 Effective Tackles 10
19 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
16 Interceptions 16
19 Effective Clearances 11
19 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

OLM Marseille (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
36 Rubén Blanco (GK)
5 Leonardo Balerdi
4 Samuel Gigot
99 Chancel Mbemba
22 Pape Gueye
21 Valentin Rongier
30 Nuno Tavares
29 Issa Kaboré
70 Alexis Sánchez
10 Dimitri Payet
8 Gerson

ACA AC Ajaccio (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Benjamin Leroy (GK)
21 Cédric Avinel
25 Oumar Gonzalez Yellow Card
99 Youssouf Koné Yellow Card
20 Mohamed Youssouf
6 Mathieu Coutadeur
8 Vincent Marchetti
5 Riad Nouri
14 Cyrille Bayala
11 Bevic Moussiti-Oko
7 Mounaim El Idrissy

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