The time is almost upon us for the Marseille vs Nice Ligue 1 clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the players have now been announced.
First off, the starting XI for Marseille which is confirmed as follows:
Marseille
Gerónimo Rulli
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: La Plata, Argentina
Emerson Palmieri dos Santos #33
Also known as Emerson
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Santos, Brazil
Facundo Medina #32
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Leonardo Balerdi #5
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Villa Mercedes, Argentina
Benjamin Pavard
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 30
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Maubeuge, France
Arthur Vermeeren #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Lier, Belgium
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Tochukwu Nnadi #28
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Nigeria
Quinten Timber
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Utrecht, Netherlands
Timothy Weah
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 26
Nationality: USA
Place of birth: New York City, USA
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang #9
Forward
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Gabon
Place of birth: Paris, France
The starting line-up for Nice has also been confirmed as:
Nice
Yehvann Diouf #88
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Senegal
Place of birth: Montreuil, France
Melvin Bard #26
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 25
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Ecully, France
Kojo Peprah Oppong #37
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 21
Juma Bah #28
Defender
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 20
Antoine Mendy #33
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Senegal
Place of birth: Marseille, France
Jonathan Clauss
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 33
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Troyes, France
Salis Abdul Samed
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 26
Hicham Boudaoui #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Algeria
Place of birth: Béchar, Algeria
Morgan Sanson #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 31
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Saint-Doulchard, France
Mohamed-Ali Cho #25
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 22
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Stains, France
Elye Wahi #11
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ivory Coast
Place of birth: Courcouronnes, France
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