Overview
- Mason Greenwood scored twice to reach 10 league goals and move clear atop the Ligue 1 scoring chart.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring before Timothy Weah and Igor Paixao added goals, with Mohamed-Ali Cho replying for Nice.
- The derby saw crowd trouble with projectiles aimed at Greenwood striking Emerson, a benches melee, and a brief late stoppage for fireworks.
- Marseille were without defensive regulars Nayef Aguerd, Facundo Medina and Amir Murillo, while Nice missed several starters in a reshuffled back line.
- The victory put OM provisionally top pending PSG’s match against Le Havre, in a sold-out Allianz Riviera celebrating Populaire Sud’s 40th under a travel ban on Marseille fans upheld by a local tribunal.