Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain - prediction, team news, lineups

Marseille invited Paris Saint-Germain to the Stade Velodrome connected Sunday evening for the archetypal Le Classique brushwood of the 2026-27 Ligue 1 campaign.

In their erstwhile league outing, Les Olympiens fell to a 1-0 decision against Rennes astatine Roazhon Park, portion Les Parisiens returned to winning ways by beating Brest.

Match preview

Following connected from their runners up decorativeness successful the 2024-25 Ligue 1 campaign, Marseille would person been disappointed to miss retired connected the apical 4 successful May, but having endured a torrid commencement to their latest season, determination volition surely beryllium fears astatine the nine that the concern could get overmuch worse.

Although they started their league run successful emphatic fashion, claiming an awesome 4-0 triumph against Strasbourg astatine the Stade Velodrome connected the opening weekend, Les Olympiens person mislaid to Monaco, Paris FC and Rennes successful their latest 3 fixtures to person them sat a lowly 13th successful the table.

Bruno Genesio’s broadside besides got their UEFA Europa League run disconnected to the worst imaginable commencement connected Thursday evening too, surrendering 3 second-half strikes arsenic they fell to a damning 4-1 decision against Besiktas astatine the Tupras Stadium, the archetypal clip they person conceded much than a trio of goals connected the continent since November 2021.

Marseille’s dense beating successful the week follows a caller inclination of shipping goals, with Les Olympiens having fixed up 10 to the absorption successful their erstwhile 4 outings and 3 of those strikes handing them decision against Paris FC successful their astir caller Ligue 1 location game.

Having mislaid 7 of their erstwhile 8 matches against this weekend’s visitors PSG, including a 5-0 demolition astatine the Parc des Princes successful February, the docket doesn’t get immoderate easier for the hosts, who volition person to beryllium connected apical signifier if they privation to instrumentality to winning ways connected Sunday.

After claiming the Ligue 1 and Champions League treble successful May for the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore seasons, becoming the archetypal broadside since Ajax successful 1973 to bash so, PSG person had a amazingly lethargic commencement to their latest league campaign.

Despite posting a important 1-0 triumph against Brest astatine the Stade Francis-Le Ble connected Sunday evening, Luis Enrique’s men collected conscionable 2 points from their anterior 3 league fixtures, leaving them seventh successful the array and presently 8 points down part leaders Monaco.

Much similar their opposition, it could beryllium argued that antiaircraft frailties implicit that play were the basal origin to their struggles, with Les Parisiens conceding an mean of 1.5 goals a crippled this play successful examination to 0.85 implicit the entirety of past campaign.

However, PSG person managed to bounce backmost implicit the erstwhile fortnight, having cruised to a 6-1 triumph against Slovan Bratislava to apical the Champions League array earlier notching their archetypal league triumph of the play past weekend.

Ahead of a hard tally of fixtures, facing Manchester City, Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais implicit the adjacent six weeks, Enrique would undoubtedly emotion for his broadside to proceed their winning tally by getting revenge connected Marseille this Sunday, having suffered a 1-0 decision astatine the Stade Velodrome past season.

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Team News

Marseille volition beryllium without midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia erstwhile again connected Sunday, with the 33-year-old inactive recovering from a thigh wounded that has ruled him retired for the erstwhile 2 weeks.

Having rejected the prime of country connected a suspected ACL injury, Nigerian midfielder Tochukwu Nnadi is expected to instrumentality to enactment successful the adjacent future, though this play volition apt beryllium to beryllium excessively soon.

It remains to beryllium seen whether Derek Cornelius features aft the 28-year-old was forced disconnected successful the second-half against Besiktas with a knock, though it is apt that Nayef Aguerd volition commencement alongside CJ Egan-Riley successful defence regardless.

Netting 4 Ligue 1 goals truthful acold this season, putting him alongside 3 others atop the division’s scoring charts, Algerian guardant Amine Gouiri is decidedly Les Olympiens’ dangerman and volition beryllium looking to propulsion distant from the contention by striking successful Le Classique.

Les Parisiens’ main wounded interest up of this weekend’s clash is Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi, who was forced disconnected successful the first-half against Brest and is simply a large uncertainty with a strain successful his close thigh.

With the 27-year-old expected to beryllium sidelined for the archetypal clip this season, it is much than apt that Enrique opts to deploy Warren Zaire-Emery successful his place, competing a backline besides consisting of Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho and Marquinhos.

Having some been near retired of the matchday squad for the travel to Brest, it remains to beryllium seen whether either Ilya Zabarnyi oregon Senny Mayulu tin diagnostic connected what is definite to beryllium a precise beardown PSG seat this Sunday.

Signing for Les Parisiens successful the summertime pursuing his winning onslaught successful July’s World Cup final, Ferran Torres continues to beryllium Enrique’s biggest menace successful beforehand of extremity this season, already netting six times since his arrival.

Marseille imaginable starting lineup:

De Lange; Weah, Egan-Riley, Aguerd, Emerson; Abdelli, Hojbjerg; Harit, Gomes, Paixo; Gouiri

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Zaire-Emery, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Neves, Vitinha, Ruiz; Dembele, Torres, Kvaratskhelia

We say: Marseille 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain

After ending their winless commencement to the play with triumph against Brest past weekend, PSG volition beryllium assured that they tin support the consciousness bully origin by snatching each 3 points astatine the Stade Velodrome this weekend.

That is precisely what we deliberation volition hap too, with Enrique’s broadside climbing backmost towards the Ligue 1 acme and Marseille losing 4 of their opening 5 matches successful a league run for the archetypal clip successful the club’s history.

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