Marseille, without a home win since the opening weekend, meet the bottom side they have beaten eight times running
Marseille have lost three home matches in a row and all three of their Europa League games. Le Havre are last and without a league win, and Marseille have won the last eight league meetings.
Marseille go into Sunday's match at the Vélodrome, now the CEPAC Vélodrome, without a home win in any competition since the opening weekend of the season. They have lost three home matches in a row and all three of their Europa League games, the last 1-0 at Sturm Graz on Thursday, though a 5-2 win at Angers last weekend showed the goals are there.
Marseille should win with one side kept out and three goals or more in all.
Bruno Genesio has most of his squad: Cornelius is out for some time, and Koum is back after illness. He has also made a point about the summer. Marseille, he says, are the only club in a European competition that made no signings.
Le Havre are bottom, with two points and no win from seven league matches. Didier Digard wants a reaction after a 3-1 home defeat by Auxerre and has Seko back from a one-match ban, but Mambimbi, Mpasi-Nzau, Touré, Zagadou, Pembélé and Jelert are out.
The fixture has been one-sided. Marseille have won the last eight league meetings, 6-2 and 5-1 at home among them. The kick-off stays at 17:15 local time: the league proposed moving it to the evening, but a curfew in the city ruled that out.
