Nantes vs Marseille - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to adjacent the relegation playoff gap, Nantes instrumentality to Stade de la Beaujoire connected Saturday, hopeless for points against Marseille.

With 3 matches remaining, La Maison Jaune are 2nd from bottommost successful the Ligue 1 table, narrowly losing 2-1 to Rennes the past clip out, portion Marseille beryllium sixth aft a 1-1 gully with Nice.

Match preview

It is genuinely desperation clip for Nantes, who are moving retired of opportunities to prevention themselves from relegation.

Vahid Halilhodzic remains without a triumph since taking complaint of this squad for a 2nd time, arsenic they beryllium 5 points beneath Auxerre successful the conflict for the relegation playoffs.

Another decision this play would severely hamper their chances of staying up, portion it would besides people the archetypal clip Halilhodzic volition person suffered 3 consecutive losses since taking over.

Two of their remaining 3 league games instrumentality spot astatine Stade de la Beaujoire, wherever this squad are winless successful their past 3 top-flight outings.

That said, their past triumph occurred connected location soil, portion they person conceded a extremity oregon less successful 4 of their erstwhile 5 home affairs successful Nantes.

Of their 19 defeats suffered this season, 11 person been by conscionable a azygous goal, with six taking spot astatine Stade de la Beaujoire.

Inconsistency remains salient astatine Marseille, who find themselves narrowly supra the European places heading into this weekend.

For the moment, they are 2 points supra Monaco, who are connected the extracurricular of Europe, portion 4 points presently abstracted OM from Lyon and Lille for the Champions League positions.

Habib Beye’s men person mislaid their past 2 league games distant from home, and connected Saturday could endure 3 consecutive roadworthy defeats successful this contention for the archetypal clip since February to April of past year.

Four times successful 2026, this squad person netted the opening extremity and failed to look victorious, dropping 9 points arsenic a result.

The third-highest scoring broadside successful Ligue 1 heading into this matchday person scored a extremity oregon less successful their erstwhile 5 games arsenic the visitors successful this competition.

Les Olympiens are unbeaten successful their erstwhile six visits to Stade de la Beaujoire versus Nantes, winning this nonstop fixture past play 2-1.

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Team News

Expect to spot Kelvin Amian connected the Nantes sidelines erstwhile again arsenic helium recovers from a knock, Francis Coquelin has a thigh strain, Fabien Centonze is retired with a cruciate ligament wounded and Tylel Tati is doubtful owed to a limb issue.

Ignatius Ganago had the equaliser for Nantes astatine Rennes past week, lone for his broadside to concede a victor successful stoppage time.

Over astatine Marseille, Nayef Aguerd (groin), CJ Egan-Riley (muscle), Geoffrey Kondogbia (thigh), Amine Gouiri (hamstring), Igor Paixao (calf) and Bilal Nadir (knock) volition each beryllium questionable connected Saturday with injuries.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had the lone onslaught for them astatine location to Nice, the 3rd of the Ligue 1 run for the nine captain.

Nantes imaginable starting lineup:

Lopes; Guilbert, Yousif, Cozza, Machado; Tabibou, Lepenant, Sissoko, Leroux; Abline, Ganago

Marseille imaginable starting lineup:

Rulli; Pavard, Balerdi, Medina; Weah, Hojbjerg, Timber, Palmieri; Greenwood, Traore; Aubameyang

We say: Nantes 1-1 Marseille

Nantes cannot look to spot disconnected a lucifer contempt immoderate beardown starts, portion Marseille are successful a slump and indecisive distant from home, and erstwhile you enactment it each together, that seems to adjacent a azygous constituent for each.

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