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.
Line-ups
Marseille 4-2-3-1
Substitutes Geoffrey Kondogbia, Neal Maupay, Keyliane Abdallah, Ulisses Garcia, Kelyann Bezahaf, Angel Gomes, Bamo Meïté, Nouhoum Kamissoko, Théo Vermot
Le Havre 4-3-3
Substitutes Josh Maja, Hakim Dongopandji, Guy Zohouri, Daren Mosengo, Mouhamed N'Diaye, Vincent Sasso, Sota Nakamura, Arnaud Bodart, Kaito Mizuta
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.
