The Orange Vélodrome hosted OM and FC Nantes for the third day of Ligue 1. The match ended with a score of 2 to 1 for Olympique de Marseille.

The Marseille workforce played in 3-4-2-1, with Alexis Sánchez at the forefront, a system chosen by Tudor, while Kombouaré chose a rather attacking 3-5-2.

No goals were scored in the first half.

Mbemba finally opened the scoring, on penalty, in the 71st for the Phocaeans.

Then, the own goal of Blas, scored in the 77th minute, came to delight the Marseillais.

The last goal of the match was scored by Pallois in the 82nd, for the Canaries.

This meeting between the two teams was tense.

Rongier received a yellow card, as did Veretout, Pau and Guessand.

After receiving two yellow cards, Gigot returned to the locker room.

The ranking changes following this victory for OM.

By gaining a place, the club is ahead of PSG and is positioned in 2nd position.

FC Nantes remains in 13th position, ahead of OGC Nice.

 OM and FC Nantes: the next matches 

For their next match, OM will face OGC Nice at the Allianz Riviera on August 28 at 3 p.m.

For its part, FC Nantes will meet TFC the same day at 1 p.m., at La Beaujoire.

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 The match sheet: line-ups, goals and refereeing 


OM - FC Nantes: 2-1 (0-0 at half-time)

In Marseille (Orange Vélodrome), August 20, kick-off at 9 p.m.

FC Nantes coach: Antoine Kombouaré

Composition of FC Nantes: Alban Lafont (1), Jean-Charles Castelletto (21), Nicolas Pallois (4), Andrei Girotto (3) [then Marcus Coco in 87th], Fábio da Silva (2) [then Dennis Appiah in the 63rd], Ludovic Blas (10), Samuel Moutoussamy (8), Pedro Chirivella (5) [then Lohann Doucet in the 88th], Quentin Merlin (29), Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon (27), Evann Guessand (7) [then Mostafa Abdelaziz Mohamed in the 62nd]

OM coach: Igor Tudor

Composition of OM: Pau Lopez Sabata (16), Chancel Mbemba (99), Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares (30), Jonathan Clauss (7), Leonardo Balerdi Rossa (5) [then Sead Kolasinac in the 65th], Samuel Gigot (4), Jordan Veretout (27), Valentin Rongier (21), Gerson Santos Da Silva (8) [then Luis Suárez Charris in 54th], Mattéo Guendouzi (6) [then Dimitri Payet in 66th], Alexis Sánchez ( 70) [then Cengiz Ünder at the 65th] 

Goals: Mbemba (71st sp), Blas (77th csc), Pallois (82nd)

Warnings: Rongier (55th), Gigot (60th and 77th), Pau (76th), Veretout (94th) for OM, Guessand (59th) for FC Nantes

Expelled players: Gigot for OM

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