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OM kicks off the 126th match against Olympique Lyonnais

The match will be kicked off by Bernard Lacombe's two sons, Sébastien and Aranud. Please note that all OL players' jerseys will be printed with "Lacombe" for this match against OL.

Players from both teams appeared on the Groupama Stadium pitch in a magnificent atmosphere.

The Groupama Stadium is plunged into darkness with a photo of the late Bernard Lacombe on the giant screen. A short clip is shown in tribute to the former Rhône striker who died on June 17th.

For this first big clash of the Ligue 1 season, the Groupama Stadium was sold out with more than 59,000 spectators.

With two days left in the transfer window, Adrien Rabiot has still not found a buyer and remains an Olympique de Marseille player. It is not out of the question that the French midfielder will return to the first team if nothing changes by Tuesday evening.

Olympique de Marseille have two convincing victories over OL in Ligue 1. 3-2 at the Groupama Stadium on September 22nd, then 3-2 at the Vélodrome on February 2nd.

International referee François Letexier will be the referee for this match between OL and OM.

There's also a small surprise in Marseille's line-up with Amine Gouiri not starting. Announced on the wing behind Aubameyang, the Algerian will start on the bench. Hamid Traoré will line up behind the Gabonese. The Marseille eleven is as follows: Rulli – Murillo, Egan-Riley, Balerdi (c), Weah – Hojbjerg, Gomes, Nadir, Greenwood, H. Traoré – Aubameyang

Paulo Fonseca has decided to trust the young Khalis Merah in the playmaker position. As expected after Mikautadze's departure to Villareal on Friday, Czech Adam Karabec will occupy the tip of the OL attack this evening. The Lyon eleven is as follows: Descamps – Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhaté, Abner – Tessman, Morton, Merah, Tolisso, Fofana – Karabec

Arthur Vermeeren, the Belgian international midfielder (6 caps) was loaned to OM today by Atletico Madrid.

The Ligue 1 Plus channel will broadcast this clash exclusively this Sunday evening. The McDonald's Ligue 1 is being broadcast this season on the Ligue 1+ platform, which is distributed by several operators, including DAZN and Prime Video.

Welcome to our website! Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Olympique de Marseille to the Groupama Stadium to close out the 3rd day of Ligue 1. A match to follow with us live commentary. Match starts at 8:45 p.m.