Marseille vs PSG prediction: predicted line-ups, team news and our Classique call
Sunday at the Vélodrome, a Classique nobody expected like this: European champions PSG on 5 points, Marseille on 3 after three straight defeats and no summer signings. Hakimi a major doubt, no postponement in sight. Predicted line-ups, recent meetings and our call.
Le Classique is played on Sunday 20 September at 20:45 local time at the Vélodrome, and neither side arrives where anyone expected. PSG, European champions for the second year running, have 5 points from four games and only won their first league match last Sunday at Brest. Marseille have 3 points after three straight defeats, and play in the Europa League in Istanbul tonight.
Anyone searching for a postponement will find last year's stories: in September 2025 the fixture was postponed and played on Monday 22nd. This year there is none in sight.
How they arrive
Marseille: 3 points, level with Le Mans and Auxerre (won 1, drawn 0, lost 3; 6 scored, 6 conceded). Recent games:
11/09: Rennes-Marseille 1-0 (Ligue 1)
06/09: Marseille-Paris FC 2-3 (Ligue 1)
30/08: Monaco-Marseille 2-0 (Ligue 1)
21/08: Marseille-Strasbourg 4-0 (Ligue 1)
PSG: 5 points, level with Brest and Lorient (won 1, drawn 2, lost 1; 6 scored, 6 conceded). Recent games:
13/09: Brest-PSG 0-1 (Ligue 1)
09/09: PSG-Slovan Bratislava 6-1 (Champions League)
04/09: PSG-Monaco 1-2 (Ligue 1)
28/08: Lille-PSG 2-2 (Ligue 1)
23/08: Rennes-PSG 2-2 (Ligue 1)
Where the two sides are
Genesio's Marseille made no summer signings in order to get back in line with the financial regulators, and the coach said so plainly: that was the first objective, and more patience will be needed. Weah is now captain. Nnadi is out and Kondogbia is a doubt.
Luis Enrique's PSG won 1-0 at Brest through Ferran Torres on 5 minutes, after losing at home to Monaco. Hakimi came off after 39 minutes of that game with a problem in his right thigh, and is a major doubt for Sunday.
The last Classiques
In February PSG won 5-0 at the Parc des Princes. Marseille's last league win over PSG came in September 2025 at the Vélodrome, 1-0, in that very postponed game.
Predicted line-ups
Marseille (4-2-3-1): De Lange; Weah, Egan-Riley, Aguerd, Emerson; Abdelli, Højbjerg; Harit, Gomes, Paixão; Gouiri.
PSG (4-3-3): Safonov; Zaïre-Emery, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; João Neves, Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz; Dembélé, Ferran Torres, Kvaratskhelia.
These are predicted line-ups: the official teams arrive an hour before kick-off.
Recent meetings
08/02/2026: PSG-Marseille 5-0 (Ligue 1)
08/01/2026: PSG-Marseille 2-2 (French Super Cup)
22/09/2025: Marseille-PSG 1-0 (Ligue 1)
16/03/2025: PSG-Marseille 3-1 (Ligue 1)
Our call
On this game our call is over 1.5 goals, confidence 7 out of 10.
Every game with our calls is on the Ligue 1 page. The record of settled calls is in the results history, and the individual ones are in player predictions.
