Marseille hold on to beat Le Havre 4-3 at the Vélodrome

Marseille beat Le Havre 4-3 at Stade Vélodrome and needed every minute. They led 4-0 by the 55th, then watched Le Havre score three times in the last 13 minutes.

The game turned in the first five minutes of the second half. Igor Paixão made it 3-0 at 50' with a right-footed shot from the centre of the box, set up by Amine Gouiri after a set piece. Himad Abdelli added a top-corner finish at 55'. CJ Egan-Riley had opened the scoring with a header at 5', and Timothy Weah made it 2-0 at 33'. Paixão took player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.5 and one goal.

Josh Maja pulled one back from the penalty spot at 77'. Lamine N'Diaye headed in at 86', and Maja scored again at 89' with a header. Le Havre ran out of time and fell to 0-2-6. Marseille improved to 4-0-4. Chirp's Sim gave Marseille 57% over 10,000 simulations, and it called it.