Only three days after the end of the 18th day of the championship, Ligue 1 is already back! Current third in the standings behind PSG (47 pts) and RC Lens (41 pts), Olympique de Marseille (39 pts) faces FC Lorient this Saturday at the Orange Vélodrome stadium as part of the 19th outing of the season. Igor Tudor’s men, successive winners of Toulouse (6-1), Montpellier (1-2) and Troyes (0-2) since the resumption, will try to win a sixth consecutive match in the league in order to consolidate their place in the top 3 and continue to put pressure on the Sang et Or. For their part, the Merlus, authors of a historic start to the season in the history of the club (6th, 32pts), will want to surf on their positive dynamic after the last two encouraging outings against Angers (2-1) and Monaco (2-2). A meeting that will be followed live live commented on the Foot Mercato site from 7 p.m.
For this nineteenth outing of the season, Igor Tudor does not change his plans with the implementation of his 3-4-3, performing since his arrival on the Cannebière. Chancel Mbemba, Leonardo Balerdi and Samuel Gigot form the defence, while the midfield is made up of Jordan Veretout and Mattéo Guendouzi. Not recovered from a groin injury, Jonathan Clauss is replaced on the right flank by Valentin Rongier, while Sead Kolasinac is aligned on the left to compensate for the suspension of Nuno Tavares. Finally, the attacking trio will consist of new recruit Ruslan Malinovskyi, Alexis Sanchez and Cengiz Ünder. Dimitri Payet, back in the group, is on the bench. On the visitors’ side, Régis Le Bris renewed his 4-2-3-1 and logically aligned his serial scorer Terem Moffi (11 goals) at the forefront of the attack. The Nigerian will be replaced by Dango Ouattara, Enzo le Fée and Yoann Cathline. Deprived of the match against ASM, Chrislain Matsima is making his return to the Lorient central hinge.
Composition of the teams:
Om: Lopez – Mbemba, Balerdi, Gigot – Rongier, Guendouzi, Veretout, Kolasinac – Ünder, Malinovskyi – Sanchez
Lorient: Mannone – Kalulu, Matsima, Talbi, Le Goff – Abergel, Ponceau – Ouattara, The Fairy, Cathline – Moffi
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