What a stop from Bernardoni
What an opportunity for Payet and OM! The Reunionese was very close to a double following an excellent service from Under. Bernardoni makes a superb parade.
Saliba’s head straight into Bernardoni’s gloves
On a free kick from Dimitri Payet, William Saliba gets the better of the Saint-Etienne defenders and places his header but Bernardoni catches the ball without any problem.
Nice defense of Nadé
The Marseillais are already on the offensive in this second act. Bamba Dieng is overtaken in the penalty area by Nadé.
Under replaced Kolasinac
Jorge Sampaoli has already made a substitution at half-time. Turkey’s Cengiz Under replaced Sead Kolasinac.
Second half kick off
It’s back to Geoffroy-Guichard. Clément Turpin has just kicked off the second half.
It’s half time
Clément Turpin sends the 22 actors back to the locker room. OM returned to equality just before half-time. Denis Bouanga had opened the scoring and Dimitri Payet answered him on a penalty.
Dimitri Payet transforms
The OM captain does not flinch and deceives Paul Bernardoni just before half-time. Dimitri Payet takes the penalty in the middle of the cages. The Phocaeans are back up.
Clément Turpin awards a penalty to OM
Mangala is at fault on Caleta-Car. It’s a penalty for OM. The defender of the Greens has surrounded the Marseille defender in the area, he receives a yellow card.
VAR looks at an action
Clément Turpin puts his finger on the headset and is in communication with his assistants for a contentious situation in the Saint-Etienne penalty area. Clément Turpin will view the images.
Clément Turpin warned Julien Sablé
One of Pascal Dupraz’s assistants, Julien Sablé, receives a yellow card for contesting the decision to cancel the second goal from Stéphane.
Bouanga scores but the goal is disallowed
Denis Bouanga was sure he had scored a brace but the assistant referee raised his flag for an offside position. Still 1-0 for ASSE.
Guendouzi’s long shot puts Bernardoni to work
What a great strike from Guendouzi. The Marseille midfielder might not find solutions and therefore took his chance from afar. Bernardoni must work to deflect the ball for a corner.
Half time is approaching
There are less than 10 minutes left in the first half of this game. The Marseillais were surprised from the start by a goal from Bouanga. They dominate but are not very dangerous on the Saint-Etienne cages.
Kamara takes her chance
On a corner kick taken by Payet at the far post, Boubacar Kamara is alone to volley at close range but his attempt escapes the frame.
Nice defensive gesture from Kolasinac
The former Arsenal side makes a superb defensive intervention. On an opening by Boudebouz, the defender cuts the trajectory of a header towards his goalkeeper.
OM pushes
OM are largely dominant but do not really manage to be dangerous on the cages of Bernardoni.
Amine Harit asks for the penalty
After making the difference in front of Nadé, Amine Harit falls into the penalty area and asks for the penalty. Clément Turpin does not flinch.
Bouanga untenable since the start of the match
Since the start of the game, Denis Bouanga has posed a lot of problems for the Olympian defence. He has just gotten a fault once more following making a nice little bridge over Kamara.
Clément Turpin warns Nadé
After a succession of faults, the Saint-Etienne defender Mickael Nadé is lectured by the referee of the meeting who might warn him if he commits a new fault.
Payet’s free kick goes over
Dimitri Payet sets off but his free kick poses no problem for Paul Bernardoni to the delight of the Greens supporters.
Very good free kick to follow for OM
Gerson gets a foul in front of Youssouf regarding twenty meters from Bernardoni’s cages.
Many mistakes
As the 20th minute of play approaches, Clément Turpin has had work to do since the start of the game. There are a lot of mistakes.
ASSE wants to evolve once morest
The game plan of the Greens seems quite clear since the start of the meeting. ASSE plays low and tries to put a lot of verticality in the recovery game to surprise the OM defence.
Valentin Rongier remains on the ground
After an aerial duel, Valentin Rongier gets up with difficulty.
Bouanga opens the scoring
The opener is for the Stéphanois! After an opening from Camara, the Gabonese international took advantage of a favorable counter and took his chance with a crushed strike. Pau Lopez is guilty of a huge hand error.
Payet receives projectiles
As he was regarding to take a corner, Dimitri Payet received projectiles, probably snowballs, from Saint-Etienne supporters. Clément Turpin asks the delegate to intervene. The match can resume following a few seconds of interruption.
What an opportunity for Payet
What an opportunity to open the scoring for Payet and OM! Mangala loses a ball once morest Dieng and the French international recovers the ball and takes his chance but Bernardoni makes a nice save.
Bernardoni’s first intervention
Paul Bernardoni is already involved in this meeting. Kolasinac overflows on the left side and sends a cross low to the ground but the doorman of the Greens intervenes.
Dimitri Payet already picks up
This is certainly what Jorge Sampaoli asked him. Dimitri Payet is already picking up to touch balls in his own half of the field.
Bernardoni’s first failed clearance
Already a clumsiness in the defense of the Greens. Paul Bernardoni receives a ball back and totally tears up his recovery which goes into touch.
Let’s go to Geoffroy-Guichard
Clément Turpin whistles the start of this ASSE-OM, one of the big matches of this 30th day of Ligue 1. ASSE wants to get out of the red zone while the Olympians want to regain 2nd place in the standings.
OM are the best away team in the Championship
If Geoffroy-Guichard seems to have become an impregnable fortress in recent matches, the Marseillais are the best in Ligue 1 away from home with 30 points collected in 14 matches played away from home this season.
The imbroglio around the postponement of the match
After the postponement of the match this Saturday evening, the VAR might never have worked this followingnoon. In a press release Canal + had indeed questioned the “unilateral” decision of the LFP to postpone the match to 3 p.m. today and had posed the threat of the non-presence of video assistance. But Clément Turpin will finally be accompanied by these video accessors this Sunday. On the other hand, there will be six cameras to film the match once morest twelve if the meeting had taken place this Saturday.
ASSE is confident at home
After a nightmarish first part of the season, ASSE is looking to maintain it. And since the arrival of Pascal Dupraz, the mission which seemed almost impossible has become more than possible. For 4 meetings at Geoffroy-Guichard, the Greens are undefeated.
The composition of OM, with the surprise Harit
On the OM side, in the absence of Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik, Jorge Sampaoli decided to align Dimitri Payet at the forefront of his attack in a false 9 role. Harit was preferred to Gueye.
The composition of OM
Lopez – Rongier, Saliba, Caleta-Car, Kolasinac – Kamara – Dieng, Guendouzi, Harit, Gerson – Payet
Substitutes
Mandanda, Lirola, Targhalline, Gueye, Benyahia, Under, Ben Seghir, Luis Henrique, Bakambu.
The composition of ASSE
Pascal Dupraz renewed his three-man defense which seems to have given him satisfaction before the international break. Here is Saint-Étienne’s starting XI:
The composition of ASSE:
Bernardoni – Camara, Mangala, Nadé – Thioub, Gourna-Douath, Youssouf, Kolodziejczak – Bouanga, Boudebouz, Nordin.
Replacements:
Green, Moukoudi, Gabriel Silva, Diousse, Aouchiche, B. Sako, Crivelli, Dieye, Rivera.
Good morning all
Hello everyone and welcome to RMC Sport to follow with us the match between ASSE and OM which counts for the 30th day of Ligue 1.
