Nantes Form and Lineup
Nantes sit 17th with 20 points from 31 rounds and a goal difference of -25. Over their last five matches the hosts have not won once, scoring twice and conceding six: 0:0 against Metz, 0:0 against Auxerre, 1:1 with Brest, 0:3 against PSG and 1:2 against Rennes. The team are clinging on to a chance of reaching the relegation play-offs, but the run-in leaves them with minimal hope.
Key numbers:
Over 1.5 total goals has landed in 11 of the last 13 home matches in all competitions this season.
On average the team score 0.97 goals per match.
The side already have 19 defeats in 31 rounds this season — one of the worst records in Ligue 1.
Since Vahid Halilhodzic returned as head coach, Nantes have still not won.
Probable lineup (4-2-3-1): Anthony Lopes — Deiver Machado, Nicolas Cozza, Ali Youssif, Frederic Guilbert — Ibrahim Sissoko, Johann Lepenant — Louis Leroux, Mathis Ablin, Mohamed Kaba — Ignatius Ganago.
Absentees: Dehmaine Tabibou Assoumani — suspended, Kelvin Amian, Fabien Centonze, Tylel Tati, Abakar Sylla — injured, Francis Coquelin — doubtful.
Marseille Form and Lineup
Marseille are experiencing a strange end to the season: after Roberto De Zerbi was dismissed and a heavy 0:5 defeat to PSG, Habib Beye took charge but the new coaching staff have yet to find a recipe for success. In their last five Ligue 1 matches the visitors have recorded two draws, two defeats and only one win. However they are just four points off third place in the table — defeat in Nantes would effectively bury their chances of reaching the Champions League.
Key numbers:
Over 1.5 total goals has landed in 17 of their last 20 away matches in all competitions this season.
In Ligue 1 Marseille average 1.9 goals per match.
Marseille have won the corner count in each of their last four head-to-head meetings away to Nantes.
In Marseille's matches in this Ligue 1 season, Over 2.5 total goals has landed in 19 of 31 cases — 61%.
Probable lineup (3-4-2-1): Geronimo Rulli — Emerson Palmieri, Leonardo Balerdi, Facundo Medina — Tadjidine Mmadi, Tochukwu Nnadi, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Hamed Junior Traore — Mason Greenwood, Quinten Timber — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Absentees: Benjamin Pavard and Timothy Weah — suspended, Nayef Aguerd, Igor Paixao, CJ Egan-Riley, Geoffrey Kondogbia — injured, Amine Gouiri, Bilal Nadir, Hamed Junior Traore — doubtful.
