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Expected information about the match

France Ligue 1 28.Round

10.3 20:00

Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Capacity: 60031

Turf: Grass

Distance: 201 km (125 mi.)

Olympique Marseille

Grégory Sertic is out of selection by coach decision

Grégory Sertic - Defense (CB) - Rotation player

3

1

9

1

3

107

0

1

0

Tomas Hubocan is out of selection by coach decision

Tomas Hubocan - Defense (CB) - Rotation player

2

0

9

0

2

67

0

1

0

Abdallah Ali Mohamed is out of selection by coach decision

Abdallah Ali Mohamed - Defense (RB) - Back-up player

0

5

0

Jordan Amavi will miss and it can be big blow for team

Jordan Amavi - Defense (LB) - Regular player

27

24

8

2

4

2214

0

2

7

0

2

Marseille have now won their last three Ligue 1 (L1) home games to nil, and will be confident of doing the league double over Nice here, a side that’s lost their last three away games to nil.

The hosts are enjoying a five-game unbeaten run in the league (W4, D1), where they’ve netted eight goals, and conceded just twice - only Lille have conceded less over the last five rounds. Having a good home campaign so far (W8, D3, L2), starting strong has been fundamental to much of their success, with Marseille winning at half-time in seven of those L1 home victories.

Key battles: All eyes will be on ex-Nice attacker Mario Balotelli, who has scored three goals across his last four games for Marseille. He’ll be up against former teammate and Nice shot stopper, Walter Benítez, who has conceded eight goals in his last three L1 away games.

Stat attack: Marseille have now scored in 12 consecutive L1 matches.

Olympique de Marseille coach Rudi Garcia has announced a group of nineteen players for the reception of OGC Nice, scheduled for Sunday evening (9 pm, Vélodrome Stadium) as part of the 28th day of League 1. Jordan Amavi is still absent, on suspension. Abdallah Ali Mohamed strengthens the Olympian group. Aymen Abdennour, Tomas Hubocan and Florian Chabrolle are, in turn, not convened.

Nice

Yoan Cardinale is out of selection by coach decision

Yoan Cardinale - Goalkeeper (GK) - Rotation player

3

6

0

270

0

Olivier Boscagli is out of selection by coach decision

Olivier Boscagli - Defense (LB) - Regular player

13

10

18

3

4

863

0

1

0

Eddy Sylvestre is out of selection by coach decision

Eddy Sylvestre - Midfielder (AM) - Back-up player

4

3

7

2

266

0

1

0

Maxime Pelican is out of selection by coach decision

Maxime Pelican - Attack (LW) - Back-up player

2

1

2

1

91

0

Bassem Srarfi is out of selection by coach decision

Bassem Srarfi - Attack (LW) - Rotation player

20

8

22

8

14

817

1

0

2

0

Paul Wade is out of selection by coach decision

Paul Wade - Defense (CB) - Back-up player

1

0

2

0

1

7

0

Myziane Maolida will miss and it can be big blow for team

Myziane Maolida - Attack (CF) - Regular player

12

10

5

8

4

959

0

2

0

That’s a stat that will worry Nice, who have been trailing at half-time in their last four L1 away games. In fact it could be game over if Nice concede the first goal - they’ve only collected two points from a possible 21 when they’ve conceded the opening goal away from home this season (D2, L5).

Whilst on paper the visitor’s top-flight away form this term looks decent (W4, D5, L5), the reality is that Nice haven’t won on the road since November (D3, L4). In particular they’ve struggled upfront, netting just nine goals - an average of 0.64 per away league outing.

There have been under 2.5 match goals in 17 of Nices last 19 top-flight fixtures.

Both teams have scored in five of the last six H2H meetings. Both teams scored in the first half in three of those.

For the trip to Marseille on Sunday night (21h) as part of the 28th day of Ligue 1, Patrick Vieira called a group of 18 players. Maolida is still absent due to injury and Danilo Barbosa is suspended for this meeting.