{"id":298969,"date":"2025-11-22T05:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298969\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:07:04","slug":"nice-1-5-marseille-nov-21-2025-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298969\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice 1-5 Marseille (Nov 21, 2025) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mason Greenwood<\/a>‘s brace maintained his scintillating form as Marseille<\/a> cantered to a 5-1 win over Nice<\/a> that lifted them to the top of Ligue 1<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

Greenwood’s goals were his seventh and eighth in the last five league games and took his tally to 11 for the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Further goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a>, United States<\/a> international Timothy Weah<\/a> and Igor Paix\u00e3o<\/a> ensured Roberto De Zerbi’s side claimed the bragging rights in the Riviera derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The win took the south coast club to 28 points, one ahead of champions Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>, who play Le Havre on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Aubameyang got the opener in the 11th minute but much of the credit went to France World Cup winner Benjamin Pavard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nice goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf<\/a> palmed Pavard’s header over the bar for a corner and the defender was first to meet the in-swinging kick. His effort was goal bound but Aubameyang pounced to help it on its way.<\/p>\n

It was the veteran striker’s 400th career goal.<\/p>\n

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Greenwood made it 2-0 22 minutes later when his shot took a decisive deflection that wrong-footed Diouf.<\/p>\n

The goal survived a VAR check for a potential foul in the build-up and Nice were not happy, sparking ugly scenes amid a scuffle between players and benches, as well as an object thrown from the crowd, that delayed the restart by several minutes.<\/p>\n

Tempers eventually calmed but Marseille had not lost their fire.<\/p>\n

Greenwood scored his second and Marseille’s third eight minutes after the break when he drilled a low shot into the far corner of the net from the edge of the penalty box.<\/p>\n

He now has 31 Ligue 1 goals in his two seasons in Ligue 1, eight more than any other player in the span.<\/p>\n

That was followed by another from Weah as De Zerbi’s men piled on the misery for an insipid home side.<\/p>\n

Mohammed-Ali Cho got a goal back for Nice with a glancing header in the 63rd but the outstanding Aubameyang set up Brazilian Paix\u00e3o to score a fifth for Marseille 16 minutes from time.<\/p>\n

Nice remained in ninth place in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n

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