Marseille vs Nice - prediction, team news, lineups

Marseille tin guarantee they stay successful a European presumption with a triumph implicit Nice connected Sunday astatine Stade Velodrome.

Heading into matchday 31, OM beryllium sixth successful the Ligue 1 array pursuing a 2-0 decision astatine Lorient, portion Nice drew 0-0 with Lille are presently sitting successful 15th place.

Match preview

At the moment, Marseille look to beryllium doing everything imaginable to debar playing successful Europe, losing 3 of their erstwhile 4 league fixtures.

That has dramatically changed their presumption arsenic they went from a broadside holding down a spot successful the adjacent Champions League Phase to 1 presently conscionable 2 points supra Monaco for a Conference League spot.

Things could not beryllium overmuch tighter, though, with a specified 2 points presently separating Habib Beye’s broadside from Lyon, who are third.

Marseille person won 3 of their erstwhile 4 location matches successful the top-flight portion netting 3 times successful 2 of those triumphs.

Dating backmost to the erstwhile campaign, this squad person scored successful 18 of their past 19 league encounters astatine Stade Velodrome with lone Nantes keeping them disconnected the scoresheet implicit that agelong (2-0 successful January).

Six of their erstwhile 8 location meetings with Nice ended with Les Minots collecting maximum points, portion they avoided decision connected 7 of those occasions.

While the league run has gone astir arsenic severely arsenic they could person hoped Nice are heading into this play successful a assured mood.

That is due to the fact that they booked a spot successful the last of the Coupe de France connected Wednesday by earning an unexpected 2-0 triumph astatine Strasbourg.

Claude Puel’s men person posted a cleanable expanse successful their past 2 competitory games, and connected Sunday, could spell astatine slightest 3 matches without conceding crossed each competitions for the archetypal clip since September to November 2023 (eight).

A triumph this weekend, combined with a Nantes defeat, would conscionable astir guarantee they debar automatic relegation, with the second presently 9 points down them with 4 matchdays remaining.

Nice person managed to debar decision successful 4 of their erstwhile 5 competitory games distant from home, with their lone 2 Ligue 1 victories this twelvemonth coming extracurricular the Allianz Riviera.

Le Gym person points successful 2 of their erstwhile 3 visits to Stade Velodrome, with their past specified triumph occurring successful 2023 (3-1).

Marseille Ligue 1 form:

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Team News

A groin strain whitethorn support Nayef Aguerd retired of the Marseille fold this weekend, Igor Paixao is questionable with a sore calf, portion CJ Egan-Riley and Geoffrey Kondogbia are doubtful owed to limb injuries.

Amine Gouiri and Quinten Timber are some listed arsenic questionable for this outing due to the fact that of knocks they precocious sustained.

At Nice, Moise Bombito is inactive recovering from a little limb issue, portion Dante and Youssouf Ndayishimiye person calf injuries.

Mohamed Abdelmonem inactive has a musculus strain, and Everton Pereira is doubtful erstwhile again arsenic helium recovers from an ankle injury.

Marseille imaginable starting lineup:

Rulli; Pavard, Balerdi, Palmieri; Weah, Nadir, Hojbjerg, Medina; Greenwood, Nwaneri; Aubameyang

Nice imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Mendy, Oppong, Bah; Clauss, Diop, Coulibaly, Sanson, Bard; Cho, Wahi

We say: Marseille 2-0 Nice

Marseille ever look to beryllium astatine their champion connected location soil, and we expect to spot a beardown absorption from them arsenic has often been the lawsuit pursuing a defeat.

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