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Olympique de Marseille vs Apollon FC Lemesos, Europe 2018-19 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2018-19
Olympique de Marseille
1 – 3
Full Time
Apollon FC Lemesos
Thu 13 Dec 2018 · 17:55 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Boubacar Kamara 8' R
Y 49' Valentin Roberge
Bouna Sarr 61' Y
Luiz Gustavo 64' Y
Lucas Ocampos 71' Y
Duje Caleta-Car 90' Y
Lucas Ocampos 90' R

Overview

Match Preview

Olympique de Marseille vs Apollon FC Lemesos — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee Radu Petrescu
  • Referee Adrian Ghinguleac
  • Referee Mircea Grigoriu
  • Referee Marcel Birsan
  • Referee Constantin Coltescu
  • Referee Vladimir Urzica

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompié 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahçe SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
1
Olympique de Marseille 2 games · Avg 4.0 goals Apollon FC Lemesos
Last 5 meetings
2018-12-13 Olympique de Marseille 1–3 Apollon FC Lemesos 2018-10-04 Apollon FC Lemesos 2–2 Olympique de Marseille

Recent Form

Olympique de Marseille
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Dec Apollon FC Lemesos H 1–3 L
05 Dec FC Nantes A 2–3 L
02 Dec Stade de Reims H 0–0 D
29 Nov Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–4 L
25 Nov Amiens SC A 3–1 W
11 Nov Dijon Football Cote d'Or H 2–0 W
Apollon FC Lemesos
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Dec Olympique de Marseille A 3–1 W
29 Nov SS Lazio H 2–0 W
08 Nov Eintracht Frankfurt H 2–3 L
25 Oct Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–2 L
04 Oct Olympique de Marseille H 2–2 D
20 Sep SS Lazio A 1–2 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
Olympique de Marseille this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Olympique de Marseille
0-15
–/2
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/2
61-75
–/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Olympique de Marseille
Keyliane Abdallah 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Olympique de Marseille welcome Apollon FC Lemesos for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 8' Against the run of play, Anton Maglica has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 8' Boubacar Kamara was booked on 8.
  • 11' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Florian Thauvin makes it 1-1.
  • 16' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Olympique de Marseille needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 21' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 26' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 30' Anton Maglica makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Apollon FC Lemesos are in front.
  • 35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Rudi Garcia will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 40' With 0 assists to his name this season, Dimitri Payet is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Apollon FC Lemesos.
  • 45' It looks surprising Olympique de Marseille does not make any changes. Hiroki Sakai has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 46' Another substitution for Apollon FC Lemesos to replace Kevin Bru by Fotios Papoulis on 46 minute.
  • 49' Valentin Roberge has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 49.
  • 54' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 54 minutes.
  • 56' Marios Stylianou makes no mistake. The score reads 1-3 and Apollon FC Lemesos are in front.
  • 59' Bouna Sarr has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kevin Strootman on 59 minute.
  • 61' The referee shows Olympique de Marseille player a Yellow card on 61.
  • 62' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Florian Thauvin by Nemanja Radonjic on 62 minute.
  • 64' Luiz Gustavo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 69' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 71' Controversy at the stadium! Lucas Ocampos argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 71' Richard Soumah is ready to make an impact after coming on for Anton Maglica at the 71 minute mark.
  • 75' A change in the Olympique de Marseille ranks — Dimitri Payet exits the field as Clinton Njie enters on 75.
  • 80' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 85' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Duje Caleta-Car.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Olympique de Marseille.

Lineups

Olympique de Marseille Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rudi Garcia

Apollon FC Lemesos Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sofronis Avgousti

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Anton Maglica 2
Marios Stylianou 1
Luiz Gustavo 1
Dimitri Payet 1
Luiz Gustavo 1
Dimitri Payet 1
Sasa Markovic 1
Emilio Zelaya 1

Head to Head

2018-12-13 Olympique de Marseille 1–3 Apollon FC Lemesos 2018-10-04 Apollon FC Lemesos 2–2 Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille Form

2018-12-13 Olympique de Marseille 1–3 Apollon FC Lemesos L 2018-12-05 FC Nantes 3–2 Olympique de Marseille L 2018-12-02 Olympique de Marseille 0–0 Stade de Reims D 2018-11-29 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Olympique de Marseille L 2018-11-25 Amiens SC 1–3 Olympique de Marseille W 2018-11-11 Olympique de Marseille 2–0 Dijon Football Cote d'Or W

Apollon FC Lemesos Form

2018-12-13 Olympique de Marseille 1–3 Apollon FC Lemesos W 2018-11-29 Apollon FC Lemesos 2–0 SS Lazio W 2018-11-08 Apollon FC Lemesos 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt L 2018-10-25 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Apollon FC Lemesos L 2018-10-04 Apollon FC Lemesos 2–2 Olympique de Marseille D 2018-09-20 SS Lazio 2–1 Apollon FC Lemesos L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.33 Olympique de Marseille xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.51 Apollon FC Lemesos xG
I would bet for: Olympique de Marseille or Apollon FC Lemesos 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Olympique de Marseille34% Draw28% Apollon FC Lemesos38%
Actual: Apollon FC Lemesos win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.84
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 32%
68%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

Olympique de Marseille or Draw
62%
Draw or Apollon FC Lemesos
66%
Olympique de Marseille or Apollon FC Lemesos
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Olympique de Marseille25% Draw46% Apollon FC Lemesos29%
Actual: Apollon FC Lemesos win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.7%
1 – 2
8.5%
0 – 1
7.9%
0 – 0
7.7%
2 – 1
7.5%
1 – 0
6.8%
0 – 2
6.5%
2 – 2
5.7%
2 – 0
5.1%
1 – 3
Actual
3 – 1
3.4%
0 – 3
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Olympique de Marseille

Handicap Olympique de Marseille covers Push Apollon FC Lemesos covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 10% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 18% 68%
-0.5 32% — 68%
+0.5 60% — 40%
+1 60% 20% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 12% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Apollon FC Lemesos keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.