Match Report
35 points separated the sides: Olympique Marseille 2nd on 65, Saint-Étienne 17th on 30. Saint-Étienne's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 17th in the table. Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Olympique Marseille ran at 2.18 scored and 1.38 conceded, Saint-Étienne at 1.15 and 2.26.
A win had eluded Saint-Étienne for 5 matches. Recent form was uneven: 8/15 points for Olympique Marseille, 2/15 for Saint-Étienne.
The head-to-head ledger counts 28 games: 15 Olympique Marseille wins, 4 for Saint-Étienne, 9 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. 3.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.25.
A. Kherradji took charge of the match — our records show 81 games refereed with an average of 1.6 yellow cards per game. Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, capacity 67,000, hosted the game. Olympique Marseille led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 5-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Olympique Marseille: Amine Gouiri (27'), Mason Greenwood (50'), Amine Gouiri (60'), Michael Murillo (58'), Adrien Rabiot (77') · Saint-Étienne: Lucas Stassin (79')