Olympique Marseille and Nice will take on on Sunday the 20th of March at 8:45 pm in the 29th week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Marseille at the Orange Vélodrome. The appointed referee is Jérôme Brisard.
Olympique Marseille occupies the 2nd place in the table with 50 points. It comes from a 1-4 win against Brest in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 14 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Nice occupies the 3rd place in the league with 50 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Montpellier in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 15 times, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 22.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (6 times), 3-2-4-1 (5 times), 4-1-4-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-3-1-3 (2 times), 3-3-3-1 (2 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya is expected to play against Nice with the following players: P. López Sabata, S. Mandanda, W. Saliba, L. Balerdi Rossa, P. Lirola Kosok, B. Kamara, M. Guendouzi Olié, P. Gueye, A. Harit, G. Santos da Silva and A. Milik.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the average age of Olympique Marseille would be 25.55.
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya will probably not be able to employ D. Payet because of injury.
Nice
Nice has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (27 times or 96.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (27 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Olympique Marseille with the following players: W. Benítez, M. Bard, J. Todibo, F. Daniliuc, J. Lotomba, C. Stengs, P. Rosario, M. Lemina, H. Boudaoui, A. Gouiri and A. Delort.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Nice would be 24.82.
Christophe Galtier will probably not be able to employ J. Kluivert because of injury.
Christophe Galtier will not be able to have the presence of D. da Costa Santos who is suspended.
