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Ligue 1

Aug 11, 2013 at 8pm UK

Guingamp Guingamp
1-3
Marseille

Yatabare (75')

FT(HT: 0-3)

Gignac (2'), Payet (5', 16')

Team News: Gilbert Imbula, Dmitri Payet make Marseille debuts

By Michael Penkman, Reporter | 11 August 2013

Gilbert Imbula and Dmitri Payet will make their Marseille debuts against Guingamp, while the newly-promoted side have four players making their bows for the club.

Marseille coach Elie Baup has handed a debut to midfield starlet Gilbert Imbula against his former team Guingamp.

Last year's Ligue 1 runners-up take on the newly-promoted Brittany outfit at the Stade du Roudourou this evening.

Dmitri Payet also makes his debut for Les Phoceens following his move from Lille, as does 23-year-old defender Benjamin Mendy, who spent the last two years with Le Havre.

Meanwhile, Younousse Sankhare, Steeven Langil, Jeremy Sorbon and Claudio Beauvue all make their debuts for the host side.

Guingamp: Samassa; Pereira, Kerbrat, Sorbon, Lemaitre; Beauvue, Mathis, Sankhare, Langil; Yatabare, Giresse

Marseille: Mandanda; Fanni, Diawara, N'Koulou, Mendy; Romao Imbula; Payet, Valbuena, A. Ayew; Gignac