Coupe de France: How to watch Marseille vs PSG live on February 8, 2023

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Marseille will go head-to-head with Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of this season's French Cup.

Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain will square off in the Coupe de France's round of 16 on Wednesday night at the Orange Velodrome in the second Le Classique of the season. Both clubs will fancy their chances of progressing to the next stage of the competition and will be eager to draw inspiration from their respective forms to get a favorable outcome.

Over the weekend, Marseille's recent winning streak came to an end. Having successfully put together an impressive 10-game unbeaten run across all competitions, Les Phocéens picked up in a disappointing 3-1 against Nice on Saturday.

Needless to say, Marseille head coach Igor Tudor is pretty conversant with overcoming challenges and, on Wednesday, he will be required to draw out his magic wand considering the opponent they face. While it is often a heated affair between the two clubs, he will hope that his men have enough firepower in them to condemn the visitors to another early exit in successive seasons.

Last year, PSG were knocked out of the Coupe de France at the same stage of the competition by Nice and will be eyeing a different feat this time around. Les Parisiens are in the running to secure an unprecedented 15th title but will need to deal with the adversity they are confronted with before sailing through.

PSG will come into the mid-week affair on the back of 3-1 comeback win over Toulouse over the weekend. So far, they have been decent in their last eight outings, as they have only been on the losing side on just one occasion. Against this backdrop, they should be the favorite for the upcoming encounter, and may well be motivated enough to secure passage into the quarter-finals.

Key stats: Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain

PSG has won the Coupe de France 14 times, compared to Marseille's ten victories.
Additionally, both clubs have advanced to the competition's final 19 times, which is a lot more than any other team in France.
PSG and Marseille last faced off against one another in this competition in the 2017–18 season's quarterfinal. PSG won the match 3-0 at the Orange Velodrome to claim victory.
Marseille last made the final in 2016, and they haven't won the title since 1989.

Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain team news

Marseille will be without defender Eric Bailly as he serves the last of a seven-game ban. Meanwhile fellow centre-back Leonardo Balerdi will be unavailable for selection as a result of yellow card accumulation. Nuno Tavares and Amine Harit are also set miss out due to injury.

For Paris Saint-Germain, Marco Verratti returns from a two-game ban and should be available for selection. Portuguese international Renato Sanches picked up another injury and will be unavailable to feature for Christoper Galtier's team. He joined Mbappe and Nordi Mukiele as the set of players who will be absentees for this match.

On a more positive note, both Neymar and Sergio Ramos have recovered from groin injuries and could be given the opportunity to feature in the game. However, Presnel Kimpembe still remains missing in action as he is yet to return back from an Achilles issue.