Marseille vs Toulouse 2-0

Marseille won 2-0 at the Orange Vélodrome, with both goals coming in the first half. Amine Harit struck after a minute and Amine Gouiri added the second on 25 minutes, leaving Toulouse with too much to do.

Harit opened the scoring in the first minute from an assist by Amine Gouiri for 1-0, and Gouiri made it 2-0 on 25 minutes after a pass from Igor Paixão. Marseille reached half-time 2-0 ahead.

Toulouse had the better of possession after the break and created more on target, but Marseille held the two-goal lead. The visitors had a goal ruled out by VAR on 68 minutes, when Casper Tengstedt's effort was cancelled, and Toulouse's changes came in batches at 45, 57, 67 and 89 minutes. Marseille made two changes on 73 minutes, with Himad Abdelli and Amine Harit going off, then two more on 87 minutes as Amine Gouiri and Tochukwu Nnadi were replaced.

The numbers point to a tighter contest than the scoreline suggests. Toulouse had 57% possession, 610 passes to Marseille's 478, 14 shots to 13 and 7 shots on target to Marseille's 3, while Marseille had 4 corners to 3 and Toulouse's six saves were matched by just one at the other end. xG was 1.6 to 1.12, and both sides finished level on 14 fouls.

Marseille were booked twice, with Pierre-Emile Højbjerg cautioned on 44 minutes and CJ Egan-Riley on 78. Toulouse's only yellow card went to Santiago Hidalgo on 86 minutes.