Olympique de Marseille vs Nimes Olympique, Ligue 1 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Olympique de Marseille vs Nimes Olympique — Ligue 1 at Orange Velodrome.
- Olympique de Marseille 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
- Nimes Olympique 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Julien Aube
- Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj Salem
- Referee Jeremy Stinat
- Referee Julien Haulbert
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Jan Nimes Olympique H 1–2 L 09 Jan Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 0–0 D 06 Jan Montpellier HSC H 3–1 W 23 Dec Angers SCO A 1–2 L 19 Dec Stade de Reims H 1–1 D 16 Dec Stade Rennais FC 1901 A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Jan Olympique de Marseille A 2–1 W 09 Jan Lille OSC H 0–1 L 06 Jan RC Strasbourg Alsace A 0–5 L 23 Dec Dijon Football Cote d'Or H 1–3 L 20 Dec AS Saint-Etienne A 2–2 D 16 Dec OGC Nice H 0–2 L Key Stats
83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Olympique de Marseille this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Olympique de Marseille0-153/–16-30–/131-45–/–46-603/661-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Nimes Olympique kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Dimitri Payet needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Red cards this season.
- 10' It looks surprising Nimes Olympique does not make any changes. Anthony Briancon has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 18' Time for substitution for Olympique de Marseille. Boubacar Kamara is replaced by Pape Gueye.
- 19' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andres Cubas on 19.
- 20' Andres Cubas is having his name booked by the referee on 20.
- 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Renaud Ripart made 340 appearances and scored 38 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Zinedine Ferhat suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 45' 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.
- 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 54' Niclas Eliasson puts Nimes Olympique on the lead.
- 55' Niclas Eliasson with the second goal in the match!
- 57' What a strike from Niclas Eliasson! The score is 0-3.
- 58' Goal! Niclas Eliasson scores his 19 goal in 387 matches.
- 60' Olympique de Marseille receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 60.
- 61' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Valentin Rongier.
- 65' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Morgan Sanson by Mickael Cuisance on 65 minute.
- 66' The whistle greets Florian Thauvin as he departs to be replaced by Valere Germain.
- 67' It’s a booking for Olympique de Marseille player. Duje Caleta-Car gets a Yellow card.
- 68' Duje Caleta-Car was booked on 68.
- 73' Nimes Olympique seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 78' Nimes Olympique started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 78.
- 83' 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.
- 84' What a strike from Dario Benedetto! The score is 1-4.
- 84' Another substitution for Nimes Olympique to replace Niclas Eliasson by Yassine Benrahou on 84 minute.
- 85' Dario Benedetto with the second goal in the match!
- 89' A meaty challenge results in booking for Anthony Briancon on 89.
- 90' Karim Aribi is replacing Moussa Kone for the Nimes Olympique side.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Anthony Briancon. He receives a Yellow card.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.
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Lineups
Olympique de Marseille Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
- 26
- 16
- 2
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4
Boubacar Kamara ↓ Pape Gueye 18'
- 8
- 10
- 15
- 3
- 29
- 9
Bench
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24
Saif-Eddine Khaoui ↑ 66'
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28
Valere Germain ↑ 66'
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7
Nemanja Radonjic ↑ 66'
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22
Pape Gueye ↑ 18'
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17
Mickael Cuisance ↑ 65'
- 25
- 5
- 23
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Coach Andre Villas-BoasNimes Olympique Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 30
- 8
- 10
- 23
- 20
- 29
- 12
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28
Moussa Kone ↓ Karim Aribi 90'
- 18
- 3
Bench
- 25
- 21
- 26
- 15
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22
Yassine Benrahou ↑ 84'
- 11
- 40
- 33
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13
Karim Aribi ↑ 90'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Dario Benedetto 8 Niclas Eliasson 4 Valere Germain 2 Florian Thauvin 1 Lucas Deaux 1 Denis Bouanga 1 Zinedine Ferhat 1 Renaud Ripart 1 Head to Head
Olympique de Marseille Form
2021-01-16 Olympique de Marseille 1–2 Nimes Olympique L 2021-01-09 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 0–0 Olympique de Marseille D 2021-01-06 Olympique de Marseille 3–1 Montpellier HSC W 2020-12-23 Angers SCO 2–1 Olympique de Marseille L 2020-12-19 Olympique de Marseille 1–1 Stade de Reims D 2020-12-16 Stade Rennais FC 1901 2–1 Olympique de Marseille LNimes Olympique Form
2021-01-16 Olympique de Marseille 1–2 Nimes Olympique W 2021-01-09 Nimes Olympique 0–1 Lille OSC L 2021-01-06 RC Strasbourg Alsace 5–0 Nimes Olympique L 2020-12-23 Nimes Olympique 1–3 Dijon Football Cote d'Or L 2020-12-20 AS Saint-Etienne 2–2 Nimes Olympique D 2020-12-16 Nimes Olympique 0–2 OGC Nice L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.76 Olympique de Marseille xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.21 Nimes Olympique xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Nimes Olympique winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.97Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Olympique de Marseille or Draw 74%Draw or Nimes Olympique 51%Olympique de Marseille or Nimes Olympique 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.8%2 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 8.2%2 – 0 7.8%0 – 0 6.9%1 – 2 Actual2 – 2 5.6%3 – 1 5.4%0 – 1 5.4%3 – 0 4.5%0 – 2 3.7%3 – 2 3.4%Asian Handicap — Olympique de Marseille
Handicap Olympique de Marseille covers Push Nimes Olympique covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 22% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Olympique de Marseille keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Nimes Olympique keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.