Nice vs Marseille Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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The Derby de la Mediterranee sees the return of Ligue 1 action as a strong Nice team welcome title challenging Olympique de Marseille to the Allianz Riviera.
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How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – beIN Sports
How to watch online: UK – Amazon Prime PPV & Ligue 1+ / US – beIN Sports Connect
Nice preview: Strong Nice
Coached by Lucien Faivre, Nice sit firmly in the middle-of-the-table but their performances have perhaps been better than that as the southerners headed into the November international break on the back of back-to-back defeats.
The home team come into this one on the back of a 2-1 defeat to a resurgent Metz side in their most recent outing at Stade Saint Symphorien as a result of a come from behind win with an 84th minute winner scored by Habib Diallo.
Marseille preview: De Zerbi’s Marseille
Coached by former Brighton and Hove Albion manager Roberto De Zerbi, Olympique de Marseille are brilliant to watch and are involved in a Ligue 1 title race as a result of his coaching, but his antics are perhaps the reason they can’t clinch the league.
Marseille went into the break on the back of a stellar performance as they dispatched of Stade Brest by three goals to nil at Stade Velodrome a couple of weeks ago, courtesy of goals from Angel Gomes, Mason Greenwood and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Nice team news: Defensive injuries
Nice have a few defensive injury issues to deal with for this one as Canada international centre-back Moise Bombito is sidelined alongside both Mohamed Abdelmonem and Youssouf Ndayishimiye.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Diouf; Mendy, Juma Bah, Peprah Oppong; Clauss, Boudaoui, Vanhoutte, Abdi; Diop; Kevin Carlos, Cho
Unavailable: Moise Bombito (Injured), Ndayishimiye (Injured), Abdelmonem (Injured)
Questionable:
Marseille team news: Michael Amir Murillo a doubt
Panama international defender Michael Amir Murillo picked up an injury over the international break and so he is a doubt, with fellow defenders Nayef Aguerd and Facundo Medina both sidelined.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Rulli; Pavard, Egan-Riley, Emerson; Bakola, Vermeeren, Hojbjerg, Gomes, Greenwood; Igor Paixao, Aubameyang
Unavailable: Aguerd (Injured), Medina (Injured), Gouiri (Injured)
Questionable: Michael Amir Murillo (Injured), Balerdi (Injured), Nadir (Injured), Traore (Injured)
Nice vs Marseille prediction
Nice struggled at the start of this season with a poor summer transfer window brought about by the neglect of ownership group INEOS, who have made it clear that their priority, almost exclusively, is now with Manchester United. They have improved but fallibilities were shown again. That said, drawing Marseille into a frantic and potentially hostile encounter is the best way of throwing them off their game and this should be a fun watch for the neutral down on the south coast of France.
Nice vs Marseille tip: Both teams to score
