World News – US – Laporte, De Bruyne and Foden among five changes for City

Next come Aymeric Laporte, Oleks Zinchenko, Ferran Torres, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden, with Joao Cancelo, Eric Garcia, Bernardo, Riyad Mahrez and Sergio Aguero

Zinchenko and Laporte come in the bottom four, with De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan backing Rodrigo in midfield

Pep Guardiola will have targeted three of three wins in the first half of the group matches, with the likelihood that if that could be achieved one more win should be enough to bring City to the round of 16

But all that doesn’t matter in this game which, on paper, seems like a tricky obstacle

Marseille may consider themselves unlucky to have lost their first group game against Olympiacos, with the Greek side scoring deep in extra time

Expect the French team to be organized, disciplined and physical if needed – and in Dmitri Payet, they have a player who can inspire those around him to much greater heights.

Marseille are currently fourth in Ligue 1 after losing just one of their first eight domestic matches

The club which represents France’s second-largest city started the campaign with a 3-2 victory in Brest and followed with an excellent 1-0 away away against Paris St Germain – an explosive game that has resulted in a mass brawl and five red cards in extra time – two from Marseille

It proved that the « Olympians » can mix things up when needed and get results where they perhaps considered the underdogs

They followed this 2-0 home victory against Saint-Etienne and successive draws against Lille Metz and Lyon

And between the Ligue 1 victories against Bordeaux and Lorient, a first defeat in the group stage of the Champions League against Olympiacos

Benjamin Mendy was a Marseille player between 2013 and 2016, making 101 appearances in all competitions before moving to Monaco, from where he joined City the following year He had been in Le Havre from 2010 to 2013

Samir Nasri spent four years with Marseille between 2004 and 2008, making 166 appearances for the club

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