Marseille 0-1 Olympiakos: nine corners but no goal
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Nine corners, up on a season average of 4.1
- Five saves from Ortega protected the lead
- xG 0.9 v 0.63, yet Marseille lost 0-1
One goal, held for the rest of the match
Olympiakos took the points in Marseille through a single 42nd-minute goal. Santiago Hezze finished the move, with Chiquinho credited with the assist, and the goal cost Marseille −0.8 FN xPts against the +0.7 it earned Olympiakos. From that point the hosts spent the rest of the match chasing a goal that never came.
Plenty of corners, modest shot quality
Marseille's corner count reached nine, against a season average of 4.1 over seven matches. Their shot quality, though, was modest, which suggests plenty of pressure but few clear chances. The ball reached the box regularly, yet very little of what they fired from there carried real value.
Ortega and the back line hold firm
Marseille put five shots on target, but Stefan Ortega made five saves to keep them out. Ahead of him, Jota Silva led all players with six defensive actions from tackles, interceptions and blocks. Olympiakos did not need to attack much to win it: they took fewer shots than the hosts and still came away with the result.
A blank night for the hosts
Marseille failed to score, against a season average of 1.4 goals over seven matches. Igor Paixão had four shots and created more chances than anyone else on the pitch, and the hosts used their substitutions to change the shape of the attack, but the scoreline stayed the same until full-time.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Santiago Hezze 7.9Strong
He scored the 42nd-minute winner and both of his shots were on target.
The FN MOM did most of his work in attack, but he also contributed in midfield, with two tackles and four of seven duels won. He completed 40 of his 44 passes. In a match where Marseille had more of the ball, his goal gave Olympiakos a lead they held for 48 minutes.
Game state
0-1
Marseille ahead 0 min · level 42 min · Olympiakos Piraeus ahead 48 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
42'
Santiago Hezze
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Chiquinho +0.2 · OM −0.8
+0.7
Marseille
Expected (last two seasons) 2.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −1.6→ League points won 0
Olympiakos Piraeus
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.5Own moments +0.7Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +1.8→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
MarseilleOlympiakos Piraeus
0.9Expected goals (xG)0.63
Compared with usual
Marseille
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 0.9 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.63 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 11 | 12.1 | |
| On target | 5 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 16.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 56% | 55.9% | |
| Passes | 534 | 572 | |
| Corners | 9 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 10.7 | |
Timeline
- 36'
Yellow
Keyliane Abdallah
- 42'
Goal
Santiago Hezze competition goal #1 assist Chiquinho
- 43'
Yellow
Panagiotis Retsos
- 60'
Yellow
Bruno Onyemaechi
- 62'
Sub
Tochukwu Nnadi → Amine Harit
- 62'
Sub
Neal Maupay → Amine Gouiri
- 62'
Sub
Emerson → Ulisses Garcia
- 67'
Sub
Gustavo Puerta → Remo Freuler
- 67'
Sub
Roman Yaremchuk → Armando González
- 72'
Sub
Jota Silva → Kostas Fortounis
- 73'
Sub
Bruno Onyemaechi → Nair Tiknizyan
- 75'
Sub
Angel Gomes → Faris Pemi Moumbagna
- 77'
Yellow
Bamo Meïté
- 80'
Sub
Keyliane Abdallah → Geoffrey Kondogbia
- 82'
Sub
Chiquinho → Gustavo Sá
Category leaders
- Key passesIgor Paixão3
- Duels wonBamo Meïté9/14
- DribblesTochukwu Nnadi2/2
- Defensive actionsJota Silva6
- ShotsIgor Paixão4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonGelson Martins3
#Marseille#Olympiakos#Europa League#Santiago Hezze#Stefan Ortega
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.