French Ligue 1
MarseilleMarseille2LilleLille1

Marseille 2-1 Lille

Marseille forward Michy Batshuayi (right) wheels away to celebrate his side's winner against Lille
Marseille forward Michy Batshuayi (right) celebrates his side's winner against Lille

Michy Batshuayi scored the winner to help Marseille beat Lille and move two points clear at the top of Ligue 1.

Paris St-Germain only managed a 0-0 draw against Montpellier on Saturday and Marseille capitalised to move three points clear of their rivals.

Nolan Roux's own goal gave them the lead against Lille and, despite an Idrissa Gueye equaliser, Batshuayi sent in a half-volley for the winner.

Lyon won 5-0 at Bordeaux to leapfrog PSG and move into second place.

Ligue 1 top scorer Alexandre Lacazette scored twice for Lyon as he took his tally to 17 for the season.

Bordeaux were reduced to 10 men after Nicolas Pallois was sent off in the 65th minute, while Corentin Tolisso, Nabil Fekir, Jordan Ferri were Lyon's other scorers.

Line-ups

Marseille

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 30Mandanda
  • 26Dja Djédjé
  • 24Fanni
  • 3N'Koulou
  • 23Mendy
  • 8LeminaSubstituted forRomaoat 75'minutesBooked at 75mins
  • 25Imbula
  • 14ThauvinSubstituted forMorelat 84'minutes
  • 22Batshuayi
  • 10A Ayew
  • 9Gignac

Substitutes

  • 2Aloe
  • 6Bangoura
  • 15Morel
  • 16Samba
  • 19Omrani
  • 20Romao
  • 33Boutobba

Lille

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Enyeama
  • 15Sidibe
  • 14Kjaer
  • 25Basa
  • 23Souaré
  • 4BalmontSubstituted forMeitéat 72'minutes
  • 24Mavuba
  • 5Gueye
  • 27Origi
  • 26RouxSubstituted forFreyat 58'minutesBooked at 63mins
  • 20Mendes da GraçaSubstituted forRodelinat 84'minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Corchia
  • 9Rodelin
  • 11Frey
  • 12Meité
  • 16Elana
  • 22Rozehnal
  • 33Traore
Referee:
Alexandre Castro
Attendance:
62,408

Match Stats

Home TeamMarseilleAway TeamLille
Possession
Home61%
Away39%
Shots
Home13
Away10
Shots on Target
Home1
Away2
Corners
Home10
Away1
Fouls
Home16
Away9

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Marseille 2, Lille 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Marseille 2, Lille 1.

  3. Post update

    Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille).

  4. Post update

    Soualiho Meité (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  5. Post update

    Foul by André Ayew (Marseille).

  6. Post update

    Ronny Rodelin (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  7. Post update

    Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. Post update

    Foul by Divock Origi (Lille).

  9. Post update

    Foul by André Ayew (Marseille).

  10. Post update

    Rio Mavuba (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  11. Post update

    Offside, Lille. Ronny Rodelin tries a through ball, but Divock Origi is caught offside.

  12. Post update

    Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  13. Post update

    Foul by Divock Origi (Lille).

  14. Substitution

    Substitution, Lille. Ronny Rodelin replaces Ryan Mendes.

  15. Substitution

    Substitution, Marseille. Jérémy Morel replaces Florian Thauvin.

  16. Post update

    Foul by Nicolas N'Koulou (Marseille).

  17. Post update

    Djibril Sidibe (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  18. Post update

    Djibril Sidibe (Lille) has gone down, but that's a dive.

  19. Post update

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  20. Post update

    Delay in match Idrissa Gueye (Lille) because of an injury.

Scores, Results & Fixtures

Sunday 21st December 2014

As It Stood

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Marseille19132438172141
2Lyon19123440172339
3PSG19108132131938
4Saint-Étienne19106322121036
5Monaco199552318532
6Bordeaux199462627-131
7Nantes198651917230
8Rennes198472124-328
9Reims198472530-528
10Montpellier197572119226
11Nice196492126-522
12Guingamp1971112031-1122
13Lille185671517-221
14Toulouse1963102229-721
15Lorient1962112126-520
16Lens1954102024-419
17Metz1954101727-1019
18Evian Thonon Gaillard1861112032-1219
19Bastia194691623-718
20Caen1936102232-1015
View full French Ligue 1 table

Top Stories