Coupe de France 2022-23: Marseille vs Paris Saint Germain: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

The round of 16 of the competition is set to be underway

Marseille will be looking to have a tough fight in the French Cup when they face PSG in the Round of 16. Les Parisiens are currently eight points clear of Marseille at the top of the table, defeating Toulouse 2-1 on Saturday, Since the domestic campaign resumed following the conclusion of the World Cup, PSG has not looked nearly as dominant in this competition, Marseille is doing their utmost to challenge PSG and surprise package Lens at the top of the Ligue 1 standings this season.  Marseille knows that they will have to beat the very best of French football if they are to win any silverware this season and pick up their first league trophy since the 2009-10 season.

Kick-off:

Wednesday, 08-02-2023, 8:10 PM (GMT)Thursday, 09-02-2023, 1:40 AM (IST)

Marseille Form (All Competitions): W-D-W-W-D-W

PSG Form (All Competitions): L-W-W-D-W-W

Players to Watch

Alexis Sanchez

Alexis is a super-creative player who’s been given the freedom to create chances; he’s constantly looking to pass forwards and impact the game in the final third, and he has the ability to do so. Sanchez is special in the sense that he’s an attacker that embodies every hard-working mannerism that you’d want from a defender. Sanchez is also impressive regarding the variety of goals he delivers, as he’s adept at scoring tap-ins, and headers, from long distances and from set-pieces including free-kicks and penalties.

Lionel Messi

Messi has more of a free role and fewer defensive responsibilities than any other player on the side. He always finds a pocket of free space and creates some brilliant opportunities to score goals. The little man from Rosario can create a lot of threats from his creativity and his dribbling ability.

Match Facts

The most common result of matches between Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain when Olympique Marseille is playing at home is 1-0. 6 matches have ended with this result.

During the last 64 meetings, Olympique Marseille has won 16 times, there have been 16 draws while Paris Saint-Germain has won 32 times. The goal difference is 94-62 in favour of Paris Saint-Germain.

During the last 28 meetings with Olympique Marseille playing at home, Olympique Marseille has won 10 times, there have been 8 draws while Paris Saint-Germain has won 10 times. The goal difference is 37-33 in favour of Paris Saint-Germain.

Injury and team news

PSG have announced that Kylian Mbappe will spend three weeks out with the thigh injury he sustained in Ligue 1 win over Montpellier HSC. Nordi Mukeiele(hamstring) and Kimpembe(Achilles) also remain absent for the French champions, who added that Ramos would undergo further tests after coming off with a head injury at the Stade de la Mosson.

Marseille will remain without centre-back Eric Bailly as the Manchester United loanee continues to serve a five-match suspension for a horror tackle during the Coupe de France victory at fourth-tier Hyeres. Wing-back Jonathan Caluss is still a few weeks away from returning to action after picking up a groin injury in the win at Montpellier at the start of January, an absence that has been felt on the right side of the Marseille side in recent matches.

Head-to-head stats

Matches: 60

Marseille: 16

PSG: 32

Draws: 12

Predicted Lineup

Marseille Predicted Lineup (3-4-3):

Blanco; Balerdi, Gigot, Kolasinac; Under, Rongier, Veretout, Tavares; Malinovskyi, Guendouzi, Sanchez

Paris Saint Germain Predicted Lineup(4-2-3-1):

Donnarumma; Mendes, Pembele, Marquinhos, Hakimi; Verratti, Pereira, Vitinha, Soler; Ekitike, Messi

Prediction

Both teams will look to qualify for the next round of the french cup and it will be a mouthwatering clash. PSG even though they have the likes of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe they have struggled to win matches after the World Cup, whereas Marseille has also struggled a bit. But PSG will come on top as they have the best-attacking threat in the leagues.

Prediction: Marseille 0-1 PSG

Telecast

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