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MSK Zilina v Marseille preview

Image: Cisse: Hamstrung

Marseille will be seeking to boost their hopes of reaching the last 16 when they travel to MSK Zilina.

Zilina at full-strength; Marseille missing Cisse

Marseille will be seeking to boost their hopes of reaching the last 16 when they travel to MSK Zilina on Wednesday night. The French champions recorded their first victory in Group F with a 1-0 success over Zilina a fortnight ago at Stade Velodrome. Zilina are rooted to the foot of the group without a point to their name and in desperate need of a win against Marseille to keep their slim qualification hopes alive. The Slovakians impressed in the first meeting between the sides and they will go into the return clash confident of putting their first points on the board. Zilina coach Pavel Hapal has a fully fit squad to choose from with Babatounde Bello and Mario Pecalka both recently recovering from knocks.

Marseille news

Marseille will be without former West Ham midfielder Edouard Cisse as he is struggling with a hamstring problem. Hilton is also sidelined for Didier Deschamps' men, but Stephane Mbia is fit to play after recovering from a hip injury.