Preview: Lorient vs Marseille – prediction, team news, lineups

For the primary time since 2023, Marseille will go to Stade du Moustoir in Brittany to face Lorient in Ligue 1 motion on Saturday night.

A 2-0 defeat at Lyon dropped Lorient right down to ninth, whereas OM are fourth regardless of a 3-1 win at dwelling versus Metz the final outing.

Match preview

Playing in Europe subsequent season is not possible for Lorient, who’re 12 factors behind Rennes for sixth place with 5 matchdays remaining.

While that will not occur, Olivier Pantaloni can take pleasure in understanding {that a} victory on Saturday would formally assure them a spot within the 2026-27 prime-flight season.

Lorient are winless in two of their final three Ligue 1 encounters, netting a aim or fewer in every of these cases.

At dwelling, nevertheless, they’ve but to lose a prime-flight outing this yr, successful two of these final 4 such matches on this competitors.

If they will win 4 of their remaining 5 league encounters, they’d attain the 50-level plateau for under the second time this decade within the prime-flight.

So far in 2026, they’ve but to lose a Ligue 1 contest versus a team at the moment within the prime 4, defeating Lens 2-1 at dwelling in mid-March.

A scarcity of consistency in current occasions has put Marseille’s possibilities of an automated place within the League Phase of the Champions League very a lot up within the air.

Heading into matchday 30, they’re some extent under Lille for that final spot, having misplaced two of their earlier three prime-flight affairs.

Three of their closing 5 league fixtures will happen exterior Stade Velodrome, with Habib Beye‘s males dropping factors in 4 of their final 5 Ligue 1 away video games.

More than half of their targets conceded domestically in 2026 (23) have been away from dwelling (12), with Marseille permitting a number of strikes 5 occasions.

To surpass their factors whole from 2024-25 (65), OM should win every of their remaining 5 league fixtures this season.

Les Olympiens have gained their final three Ligue 1 conferences with Lorient, whereas they’re unbeaten in 13 successive video games in opposition to them on this competitors.

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Team News

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A calf pressure could stop Montassar Talbi from that includes for Lorient, Isaak Toure has a knock, Laurent Abergel is questionable on account of an ankle difficulty, as is Theo Le Bris due to a hamstring pressure.

Mohamed Bamba could be a sport-time choice as he’s recovering from an sickness, and Arsene Kouassi will probably be suspended for this contest.

On the Marseille aspect, Nayef Aguerd has a groin pressure, CJ Egan-Riley is coping with muscle soreness and Geoffrey Kondogbia will probably be a query mark with a thigh harm.

Pierre-Emerick AubameyangIgor Paixao and Hamed Traore all discovered the again of the web for OM final week, propelling them to a cushty victory.

Lorient doable beginning lineup:

Mvogo; Meite, Faye, Adjei; Silva, Cadiou, Avom, Fadiga; Makengo, Pagis; Dieng

Marseille doable beginning lineup:

Rulli: Pavard, Balerdi, Medina; Weah, Hojbjerg, Nadir, Paixao; Greenwood, Gouiri; Aubameyang

We say: Lorient 1-3 Marseille

Lately, Lorient have been taking part in like a team in a cushty place, with nothing to lose or achieve, which, at this stage, is comparatively correct.

That mentioned, Marseille are nonetheless within the hunt for a Champions League berth, and we anticipate that desperation, mixed with their firepower, will propel them to a different massive triumph.

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