Six days after its eventful trip to Nice, OM receives ASSE this Saturday evening with the objective of winning its first match of the season at home (the odds of the match here). For this big match against the Greens, Jorge Sampaoli is still without Leonardo Balerdi, suspended, and will not be able to count on Duje Caleta-Car, likely to leave the club by the end of the transfer window. On the other hand, the Argentine coach will be able to count on his recent recruit Pol Lirola.
According to L’Equipe, the Spanish right-back could even hold and occupy the hybrid position of right midfielder in the offensive phase and right-back in the defensive phase. Luis Henrique could still be preferred to Konrad de la Fuente, as against Nice. Arkadiusz Milik is still absent, Dimitri Payet should occupy him the role of false nine in the 3-4-3 pattern of Sampaoli.
The probable composition of OM according to L’Equipe: Mandanda – Saliba, Alvaro, Luan Peres – Lirola, Gueye, Guendouzi – Gerson – Ünder, Payet, Luis Henrique
On the side of Provence, we do not see Pol Lirola holder and we rather expect a 3-2-4-1 pattern with Boubacar Kamara holder in place of the Spaniard and Konrad de la Fuente in place of Luis Henrique on the left wing.
The probable composition of OM according to La Provence: Mandanda – Saliba, Alvaro, Luan Peres – Kamara, Gueye – Ünder, Guendouzi, Gerson, Konrad – Payet
On the side of ASSE, Aïmen Moueffek is injured while Ryad Boudebouz and Gabriel Silva have not been summoned by Claude Puel, who should line up his team in 4-3-3 tonight with in particular Wahbi Khazri at the forefront. All the French press is united on the probable composition of the Greens, which should be the same as against Lille, with Nordin and Gourna-Douath in place of Hamouma and Youssouf.
The probable composition of ASSE: Green – Mason, Moukoudi, Sow, Kolodziejczak – Camara, Neyou, Gourna-Douath – Nordin, Khazri, Bouanga
The OM-ASSE match will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on Canal + Sport and will be followed live with commentary on DailyMercato here.