Olympique de Marseille moves to the lawn of Lorient this Sunday, April 9 on the occasion of the 30th day of Ligue 1 and is obliged to win to hope to follow the pace of Lens and PSG. Follow the match live with commentary.
21:07 – The Marseillais have the ball
After a little over 20 minutes of play in this Lorient – OM, the Marseillais have 65% possession of the ball even if the chances are few.
21:06 – Lopez lays down on the ball
Balerdi fends off the ball as best he can, which returns to Romain Faivre’s feet. The former Lyonnais applies but a little too much to deceive Pau Lopez.
21:05 – Kolasinac is late
The OM defender is behind Romain Faivre and makes a mistake. Willy Delajod verbally warned Sead Kolasinac.
9:03 p.m. – Leg back in place
For the moment, Samuel Gigot can keep his place in this Lorient – OM. The Marseille defender returns to his defence.
21:01 – Leg remains on the ground
Samuel Gigot remains on the ground after a duel with Darlin Yongwa on the left side. The Marseille defender requests the intervention of the healers and seems to be affected behind the knee.
20:59 – No problem for Lopez
Adil Aouchiche recovers a ball in his half of the field, projects himself into the opposing camp and ends up hitting from outside the area but Pau Lopez seizes the leather without the slightest difficulty.
20:57 – Vito Mannone stands out with a superb save!
The first big chance of this Lorient – OM is for the Marseillais. Sanchez does a superb job before finding Ünder who hits the wrong foot but the Lorient goalkeeper makes a decisive save.
20:56 – Rongier commits the fault
Bamba Dieng came to help his defense and managed to eliminate Valentin Rongier to go on the counter, but the Marseille captain made a mistake.
20:53 – Cathline does not get fooled
On a superb recovery from Pau Lopez, Nuno Tavares tries to pick up speed but Yoann Cathline is vigilant and does not let himself be fooled by the Portuguese side.
20:51 – Balerdi makes a huge mistake
Fortunately for Balerdi, Samuel Gigot returned to the feet of Faivre who had taken advantage of a gross error by the Argentine defender in this Lorient – OM. The former Lyonnais cannot adjust his strike because of the return of the OM defender.
20:49 – The first corner of the match
Nuno Tavares does the pressing and ends up getting the first corner for this Lorient – OM.
20:48 – No black armband
While the Marseillais had to wear a black armband in this Lorient – OM following the collapse of a building in Marseille on the night of Saturday to Sunday, the Phocéens did not finally have one following an imbroglio.
20:47 – Marseille supporters make noise
From the start of this Lorient – OM, the Marseille supporters who made the trip made a lot of noise.
20:45 – Let’s go to Lorient!
The kick off of this duel between FC Lorient andOlympic Marseillecounting for the 30th day, has just been given by the referee of the meeting, at the Stade du Moustoir.
20:41 – Kick-off is approaching
The kick-off of this Lorient – OM should be given in less than five minutes now as the two teams enter the lawn of the Yves-Allainmat stadium in Lorient.
20:34 – The first leg won by OM
This Lorient – OM is the match of the return phase of this season of Ligue 1. The first leg which took place at the Vélodrome in January on the occasion of the 19th day had seen OM win (3-1) while the Hakes had opened the scoring through Terem Moffi who left the club in the meantime. On the Olympian side, Kolasinac, Sanchez and Veretout were the scorers.
20:27 – Igor Tudor has confidence
The Croatian coach of OM remains confident before facing Lorient this Sunday evening and before facing the home stretch of this Ligue 1 season: “I saw my players totally concentrated, diligent, and I am very confident for the rest of the operations, starting with the match this Sunday in Lorient.”
20:20 – OM will wear a black armband
The Phocaeans will wear a black armband this Sunday evening on the occasion of this Lorient – OM to pay tribute to the victims of the collapse of a building on the night of Saturday to Sunday in the Marseille city. According to the latest information from AFP, eight people are missing and five are injured.
20:13 – OM can’t stop winning away from home
Before this Lorient – OM, the Marseillais remain on an impressive series outside in Ligue 1 with 8 straight wins away from home. When OM play away, they almost always win and only Napoli and Barça do better in Europe.
20:06 – Lorient takes care of its last home outings
Before this Lorient – OM, the Hakes are rather confident when they receive opponents. Indeed, at Moustoir, Regis Le Bris’ men have won three of their last five receptions in Ligue 1.
19:59 – Team compositions
The team compositions of this Lorient – OM are now official. Regis Le Bris, deprived of several important players, had to tinker in midfield and in defense. Darlin Yongwa is established in the left lane to compensate for the absence of Théo Le Bris Former Marseillais Bamba Dieng is in charge of the attack Here is the starting lineup for Les Merlus: Mannone – Yongwa, Meïté, Talbi, Le Goff – Makengo – Faivre, Ponceau, Aouchiche, Cathline – Dieng.
On the OM side, Igor Tudor is without Ruslan Malinovskyi in his starting lineup while Balerdi, back from suspension, is the starter. Here is the Olympian line-up: Lopez – Balerdi, Gigot, Kolasinac – Clauss, Rongier, Veretout, Tavares – Ünder, Guendouzi – Sanchez.
19:52 – OM must win
The calculations are simple for the Phocaeans in this Lorient – OM. Indeed, the Marseillais must win to join the Racing club of Lens in 2nd place which won at the start of the 30th day of Ligue 1 against Strasbourg (2-1). The Parisian leader also won against Nice this Saturday (2-0) and regained the lead at the top of the Championship.
19:45 – Good evening everyone
Good evening everyone and welcome to the Internet site to follow live commentary on the last match of the 30th day of Ligue 1 between Lorient and OM. The Marseillais can return to Lens, 2nd.