Marseille vs Le Havre - prediction, team news, lineups

Marseille invited Le Havre to the Stade Veledrome connected Sunday day for circular 8 of the 2026-27 Ligue 1 campaign.

In their erstwhile league outing, L’OM claimed an important 5-2 triumph distant to Angers, portion Les Ciel et Marine fell to a 3-1 decision against Auxerre astatine the Stade Oceane.

Match preview

Having secured their spot successful European contention for the sixth clip successful a 7 twelvemonth span past season, finishing 5th successful the Ligue 1 table and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League, Marseille volition surely beryllium acrophobic with however they started their latest apical formation campaign.

Despite posting a resounding 4-0 triumph against Strasbourg connected the archetypal play of the season, their largest borderline of triumph since beating Lorient by the aforesaid scoreline successful September 2025, L’OM mislaid each of their adjacent 5 league matches to beryllium second-bottom of the part heading into the September planetary break.

Bruno Genesio’s men person not conscionable struggled successful Ligue 1 but besides successful their UEFA Europa League run too, having followed up a thumping nonaccomplishment to Besiktas successful their opening clash by falling to decision against some Olympiacos and Sturm Graz successful caller weeks, leaving them a dismal 34th successful the league signifier table.

However, Marseille looked to person turned their league fortunes astir successful caller weeks arsenic aft ending their losing streak by beating Troyes 2-0 a fortnight ago, L’OM enactment 5 past Angers astatine the Stade Raymond-Kopa connected Sunday day to ascent to ninth successful the array and present way league leaders Lyon by lone 5 points.

Looking to proceed their promising rebound this play erstwhile they look Le Havre, who they person beaten successful each of the erstwhile 12 meetings betwixt the sides, Marseille volition beryllium assured that they tin assertion their 3rd consecutive Ligue 1 triumph and borderline person towards the division’s European qualification places.

After narrowly avoiding the driblet to Ligue 2 erstwhile again past season, claiming a 2-0 triumph distant to Lorient connected the last time to decorativeness conscionable 3 points supra Nice successful the relegation playoff place, Le Havre look astir definite to beryllium successful for a akin combat successful the 2026-27 campaign.

Earning conscionable 2 points from their 7 league fixtures truthful far, Didier Digard’s men are the lone broadside successful the part that are yet to triumph a lucifer and arsenic a effect find themselves astatine the ft of the table, with a 5 constituent spread to Angers extracurricular the relegation zone.

Only netting much goals than Nantes and Angers past season, Les Ciel et Marine’s biggest contented has erstwhile again undoubtedly been their potency successful onslaught this campaign, with Sunday’s visitors sitting connected lone 5 strikes, the lowest successful the part alongside Troyes.

Facing a Marseille broadside that they person besides scored against conscionable 7 times successful the latest 12 meetings betwixt the sides, conceding 35 implicit that stretch, Le Havre volition surely request a overmuch improved show successful beforehand of extremity if they are to get thing retired of this weekend’s match.

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Team News

After picking up a hep wounded earlier this month, 28-year-old Canadian Derek Cornelius is apt to beryllium unavailable for the remainder of the twelvemonth for Marseille, portion chap defender Alexi Koum Mbondo is simply a uncertainty with an illness.

Although helium has been grooming with the remainder of the squad implicit the erstwhile mates of weeks, Cameroonian guardant Faris Moumbagna is simply a uncertainty for the hosts this play having missed their erstwhile 2 matches.

Netting 5 league goals truthful acold this season, including a rebounded punishment successful past weekend’s travel to Angers, Algerian guardant Amine Gouiri presently sits 3rd successful the Ligue 1 scoring charts and has undoubtedly been L’OM’s biggest attacking menace during the 2026-27 campaign.

Le Havre are without some Swiss guardant Felix Mambimbi and goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi-Nzau for the foreseeable aboriginal arsenic the brace proceed their betterment from Achilles tendon issues.

With Stephan Zagadou, Elias Jelert and Timothee Pembele each sidelined, Les Ciel et Marine’s biggest occupation is surely their antiaircraft options, though some Jelert and Pembele are expected to instrumentality successful the coming weeks.

Le Havre’s lengthy wounded database is rounded disconnected by Abdoulaye Toure, who has not featured since the visitors’ 3-0 decision against Paris Saint-Germain successful November 2025 and does not yet person a acceptable instrumentality date.

Marseille imaginable starting lineup:

De Lange; Weah, Egan-Riley, Kondogbia, Emerson; Nnadi, Kamissoko; Harit, Abdelli, Paixo; Gouiri

Le Havre imaginable starting lineup:

Gallon; Ouziad, Mwanga, Touba, N'Diaye; Ndiaye, Ebonog, Richardson; Nakamura, Maja, Samatta

We say: Marseille 3-0 Le Havre

With Marseille enduring a dilatory commencement to their campaign, Sunday’s clash could beryllium Le Havre’s champion accidental yet to station their maiden triumph of the play and assertion a archetypal ever triumph astatine the Stade Velodrome.

However, contempt a brace of dismal European performances, Marseille person been overmuch improved successful caller weeks and we are backing them to triumph their 3rd Ligue 1 lucifer connected the trot this weekend.

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