Two new big waterfalls in Marseille before Clermont!
At the end of the 25th day of Ligue 1, OM welcome Clermont this evening. Before this match, the Marseillais received two good news.
Attendance record for OM-Clermont
In the midst of a controversy around Arkadiusz Milik and Jorge Sampaoli, Olympique de Marseille is preparing to face Clermont Foot, this Sunday at 8:45 p.m., at the Orange Vélodrome. Present on the set of the Late Football Club, the former striker of Paris Saint-Germain, Mickaël Madar, hinted that the Marseille coach could do without the Polish striker if he believes that his team plays better without him.
But three days after its success against Karabakh in the Europa League Conference, Thursday (3-1), the Olympian team is expected at the turn in Ligue 1. Especially after the disappointment of PSG against FC Nantes (1-3) after its victory in the Champions League against Real Madrid on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes. Against Clermont, OM leave with the favor of the forecasts, but Dimitri Payet and his teammates could count on a public gain for their cause. Indeed, the newspaper La Provence predicts an influx of 52,000 spectators in the stands of the Marseille stadium, more than against Karabakh three days ago. Good news for the men of Sampaoli who could therefore count on the support of their fans tonight. But that’s not all.
A lucky tree for Marseille
Provence also points out that the other sign encouraged for Olympique de Marseille for the match against the team led by Pascal Gastien could be the referee for this match: Willy Delajod. The regional daily reports that the 29-year-old international referee has officiated only one OM match this season and it went rather well since Jorge Sampaoli’s group won against Stade Rennais on September 19 ( 2-0), at the Stade Vélodrome on behalf of the 6th day of the championship.
Sampaoli’s composition against Clermont
With the surprise defeat of PSG against the Canaries of Nantes, Olympique de Marseille could return to 10 points from the leader of Ligue 1 in the event of victory against the Clermontois (15th), who wants to maintain after a good victory against OGC Pleasant. This is why the Argentine coach of the Marseille team will rely on a starting lineup worthy of a European meeting. Jorge Sampaoli will thus be able to count on the return of Valentin Rongier. Konrad de la Fuente and Amine Harit are absent.
OM’s starting lineup: Lopez – Lirola – Saliba – Caleta-Car – Kolasinac – Rongier – Guendouzi, Gerson, Payet, Milik, Under.