Olympique Marseille vs Paris St. Germain Preview 08/02/2023

Olympique Marseille vs Paris St. Germain – 08/02/2023

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Now we have a heavyweight Coupe de France conflict to get pleasure from on Wednesday evening, as 10-time winners Marseille host 14-time winners Paris Saint-Germain within the final 16.

Whereas PSG clinched six cup triumphs in seven seasons between 2015 and 2021, Marseille have didn’t get their palms of the trophy since 1989 – shedding the 2016 closing to the Parisians.

The Classique rivals are separated by eight factors within the Ligue 1 desk, with first-placed PSG main second-placed Marseille, that means Wednesday’s showdown is destined to be a thriller.

Marseille kicked off their Coupe de France marketing campaign with a 2-0 victory over Hyeres earlier than reserving their place within the final 16 with a 1-0 win in opposition to Rennes.

Meaning they’ve but to concede a aim within the competitors this season, though they’ll battle to increase that file in opposition to free-scoring PSG.

Marseille head into Wednesday’s conflict on the again of a 3-1 loss to Good, ending a run of 9 league video games with out defeat, by which they secured six straight wins.

Though OM have solely misplaced 4 of their 22 Ligue 1 video games this time period – selecting up 14 wins and 4 attracts within the course of – they are going to be dissatisfied to have fallen behind within the title race.

On the subject of the title race, PSG discover themselves firmly in management following back-to-back victories over Montpellier and Toulouse.

If you have a look at the larger image, the Parisians have misplaced simply two of their 22 league matches this season – securing 17 wins and three attracts alongside the way in which.

After beating Chateauroux 3-1 of their first Coupe de France conflict of the marketing campaign, PSG hammered Pays de Cassel 7-0 within the earlier spherical.

Remarkably, Kylian Mbappe scored 5 targets in opposition to Pays de Cassel – that means the 24-year-old has netted 25 targets in 26 video games throughout all competitions this time period.

Head-to-head: PSG have gained every of their final 4 Coupe de France conferences with Marseille, scoring a complete of 11 targets within the course of.

To make issues worse for OM, they’ve solely managed to win certainly one of their earlier 26 matches in opposition to the Parisians in all competitions.

Workforce information: Marseille have reported no contemporary harm issues forward of this conflict, that means supervisor Igor Tudor has a full-strength squad at his disposal.

PSG look set to be with out the injured Mbappe after he missed the earlier sport, whereas Sergio Ramos, Neymar, Nordi Mukiele and Presnel Kimpembe are additionally sidelined.

Given Marseille’s torrid file in opposition to PSG lately, the guests are anticipated to win on Wednesday, even with out a number of key gamers.

Forebet predicts that each groups will rating on the Stade Veledrome. Nonetheless, Paris Saint-Germain boast greater than sufficient attacking firepower to outscore OM.