Ligue 1
September 16, 2012
AS Nancy Lorraine
0 - 1
Marseille
Ligue 1
19:00 +00:00, September 16, 2012
Marcel-Picot, France
AS Nancy Lorraine 0-1 Marseille
Scoring Summary
| AS Nancy Lorraine | Marseille |
|---|---|
| Jordan Ayew (53') |
Teams
| AS Nancy Lorraine | Marseille |
|---|---|
| 1 Guy N'Dy | 30 Steve Mandanda |
| 28 Sebastien Puygrenier | 3 Nicolas N'Koulou |
| 3 Joël Sami | 24 Rod Fanni |
| 17 Massadio Haidara | 15 Jérémy Morel |
| 26 Vincent Muratori | 19 Charles Kaboré |
| 20 Salif Sane | 28 Mathieu Valbuena |
| 18 Loosemy Karaboue | 7 Benoit Cheyrou |
| 29 Romain Grange | 13 Rafidine Abdullah |
| 9 Benjamin Moukandjo | 9 Andre-Pierre Gignac |
| 8 Yohan Mollo | 10 Andre Ayew |
| 11 Djamel Bakar | 8 Jordan Ayew |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 Damien Gregorini | Gennaro Bracigliano 1 |
| 6 Thomas Mangani | Pape M'Bow 14 |
| 4 Jordan Loties | Alexander Ndoumbou 17 |
| 22 Simon Zenke | Sénah Mango 22 |
| 27 Thomas Ayasse | Florian Raspentino 27 |
| 25 Jeff Louis | Billel Omrani 25 |
| 33 Jean-Landry Bassilekin | Gael Andonin 32 |
| Substitutions | |
| Jeff Louis for Romain Grange (45) | Florian Raspentino for Mathieu Valbuena (84) |
| Thomas Mangani for Benjamin Moukandjo (45) | |
| Jordan Loties for Massadio Haidara (49) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Salif Sane (43) | |
| Jeff Louis (88) | |
| · Squads: AS Nancy Lorraine | Marseille | |
Marseille continued their perfect start to the season tonight as Jordan Ayew's second-half goal earned them a hard-fought win at Stade Marcel Picot.
OM had won all four of their games coming into the game and shaded a nip-and-tuck affair tonight, with Ayew's strike enough to see off a Nancy side teetering just above the drop zone at this early stage.
They did little to suggest that will be changing any time soon, with Elie Baup's Marseille doing all the running until their goal, which finally woke Nancy up.
Marseille set down a market early on, with Ayew's cross finding brother Andre, but his low strike was cleared off the line by Vincent Muratori.
Andre-Pierre Gignac then tried his luck but was blocked by keeper Guy N'dy Assembe, before the stopper kept out the same player after Mathieu Valbuena had played him in.
Gignac was not on his game and was soon blasting over following an inch-perfect cross from Jordan Ayew, while his volley from an Andre Ayew centre was beaten away by N'dy Assembe.
Fortunately for him, though, Jordan Ayew was on the money when he was presented with a chance, taking Andre Ayew's ball in and ramming home with 53 minutes gone.
That was the kick Nancy needed to get going but even then they did little to make a comeback, with Lossemy Karaboue having an effort deflected and Steve Mandnanda tipping away following a scramble their only moments of promise.