Marseille vs Lorient: prediction for the Ligue 1 match

Marseille got off to a decent start in the Europa League, in first two matches team drew to Lokomotiv (1:1) and Galatasaray (0:0), those results brought a third spot in the group standings. 

As for the Ligue 1, White-Blues are at the 5th spot after eight rounds. Provencals have four victories in their asset, they also two draws, those results earned them 14 points. Team is 13 points adrift from the leader. After a draw against Angers (0:0) southerners suffered two consecutive defeats - to Lens (2:3) and Lille (0:2).

Payet, Under and Harit are unavailable this weekend. 

Lorient surprised everyone at the start of the season, team recorded consecutive victories over Monaco (1:0) and Lille (2:1). After nine rounds of the current season Christophe Pelissier's men have three victories and five draws in their asset, which brought them 14 points, they are tied with their today opponent.

After a victory over Nice (1:0) Les Merlus had two draws - against Lyon (1:1) and Clermont (1:1). 

Morel, Lemoine and Grbic won't be able to play in the match against Marseille.