The period is difficult for Marseille with a host of absentees, between those who left for the CAN with their selection, and the injured. Since the beginning of January, Gattuso has been forced to tinker with what he has and the results are showing with the draw conceded at the very end of the match against Strasbourg (1-1) and the elimination in the Coupe de France against Rennes (1 -1, 9-8 tab). The Marseillais even returned to the locker room under the whistles of the Vélodrome for their first match of the year at home, against the Alsatians. The OM coach feels that the tides could turn in the event of a bad result against Monaco, and called on the supporters to push his players. On the Monegasque side, Adi Hütter’s men could already have widened the gap on the Marseillais in the race for the podium. But their irregularity is costing them dearly and they could see their evening opponent come back to just two points in the event of a defeat!
» We’ll meet around 8:45 p.m. to follow this match together