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2¹ NICO WILLIAMS's shot was well saved by the Marseille 'keeper. 4¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from SÁNCHEZ. 5¹ A delightful save prevented DYBALA from scoring a good goal. 13¹ A pin-point pass found WATKINS and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide. 15¹ GOAL!! A long ball from TAPSOBA had the Marseille defence back-pedalling and WATKINS made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-0 Sporting) 18¹ A free-kick from LIROLA raced wide. 21¹ A right foot shot from GIGOT was blocked by the 'keeper. 33¹ A great effort from McTOMINAY scraped the outside of the righthand post. 34¹ WATKINS was put clear by STONES and he turned the 'keeper but struck his shot just wide. 38¹ GOAL!! A delightful dummy from DOUGLAS LUIZ allowed KONSA to lay a exceptional ball off to NICO WILLIAMS who struck the ball over the line. (2-0 Sporting) 39¹ BEN SEGHIR fluffed an easy chance. 41¹ A strike from NICO WILLIAMS held no problem for MANDANDA. 44¹ CALETA-CAR waltzed round DOUGLAS LUIZ and poked a tame shot over the bar. 45¹ GERSON floated the ball to SÁNCHEZ who forced it inches over. 7² A cross from McTOMINAY left DOUGLAS LUIZ in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 19² A penalty box meleé resulted in ZUBIMENDI cracking the ball wide. 25² GOAL!! An energetic McTOMINAY ran down the left wing and pulled the ball back for DYBALA to drive home. (3-0 Sporting) 27² A useful ball from KOOPMEINERS on the right fell to MANDANDA who mishit his effort just beyond the near post. 30² GERSON beat DOUGLAS LUIZ and fired the ball to SÁNCHEZ who hit his shot wide. 31² AYEW beat four Sporting players and fired an effort inches wide. 39² The motionless Marseille 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from NUNO TAVARES fell just over. 40² NICO WILLIAMS's shot was well held by the Marseille 'keeper.

Sporting   League position: 3 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: WWLWWWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Gregor KOBEL 7½ 1 7  Steve MANDANDA(c) (c)Ezri KONSA 7  2 6½ Pol LIROLA José DIOGO DALOT 7  3 6  NUNO Albertino TAVARES DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares 8  4 7  Teun KOOPMEINERS John STONES 7  5 7  Duje CALETA-CAR Edmond TAPSOBA 7½ 6 6  Samuel GIGOT Martín ZUBIMENDI 7  7 6½ GERSON Santos Scott McTOMINAY 8  8 5½ Alexis SÁNCHEZ (p)Ollie WATKINS 7½ 9 5½ Salim BEN SEGHIR(p) Paulo DYBALA 8  10 6  Lucas OCAMPOS(f) (f)NICO WILLIAMS 7½ 11 6½ Jordan AYEW John Pickford Manager Julian BRANDT    12    Valère GERMAIN Giorgio SCALVINI    13    Simone SCUFFET GONÇALO Matias RAMOS    14    Morgan SANSON ÁLEX BAENA    15    Rémy CABELLA Pervis ESTUPIÑAN    16    Dimitri PAYET

Marseille   League position: 22 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: XLLWXLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Sporting 3 Marseille 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 67,589, Stadium: José Alvalade XXI, Referee: Eric Farro 9½) Watkins 15¹, Nico Williams 38¹, Dybala 25² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession               2 8 6 12 8 1 9 3 9 8 18 11 4 3 60% 40% ¶ Man of the match: Scott McTominay ¶