Marseille v PSG - Preview and possible lineups

Toby Craven 5 years ago 2.9k
Neymar is a certain starter for PSG. AFP

We take a look ahead to Sunday's Ligue 1 fixture between Olympique Marseille and PSG at the Stade Velodrome.

Marseille:

Florian Thauvin is still a doubt, meaning that Morgan Sanson could be asked to play in midfield in his place. Luiz Gustavo and Lucas Ocampos missed last weekend's league action through suspension and should both start here.

PSG:

Presnel Kimpembe remains unavailable after being sent off against Lyon. Dani Alves and Layvin Kurzawa are unavailable, whilst Thiago Silva is a doubt with an Achilles injury.

Marseille manager Rudi Garcia on reacting to their Europa League defeat to Lazio:

“We were all angry at the end of the match but we have to look forward, we have a difficult game against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday and we have to react. Lazio fought hard on the pitch and that was the difference. We have to fight even more if we want a good result on Sunday.”

PSG manager Thomas Tuchel on the threat of Marseille:

"For me it's not so important what Marseille played so far because tomorrow will be different for them. We have a lot of respect for the quality they have. They are used to playing big matches. They have a lot of individual quality and with their supporters in that kind of stadium, anything can happen. Games like this are like an overload of emotions. We need to be very calm and focus on our qualities and objectives. We have a long, long series of victories and a big, big chance to make it 11, and to make it 11 in Marseille is one of the biggest challenges you can have in France."

Form:

Did you know?

PSG have scored at least 3 goals in their last 10 Ligue 1 games.

Marseille have scored at least 2 goals in their last 8 home matches.

PSG have won 14 of their last 16 matches against Marseille in all competitions.

Possible lineups:

Marseille: Mandanda; Arnavi, Kamara, Rami, Sarr; Sanson, Strootman, Lopez; Radonjic, Germain, Payet

PSG: Areola; Bernat, Kehrer, Marquinhos, Meunier; Rabiot, Verratti; Di Maria, Neymar, Mbappe; Cavani

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