Toulouse Vs Marseille: Pavard Starts as Timber and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg Return

Marseille named a changed starting XI for toulouse vs marseille, handing Benjamin Pavard a place in central defence and bringing Quinten Timber and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg back into the side as the team seeks quick revenge after its Coupe de France exit.

Toulouse Vs Marseille: the confirmed lineups

Kickoff is scheduled at 21h05 on the 25th matchday of Ligue 1. Marseille will line up in a 4-3-3 with Rulli in goal; Weah, Pavard, Balerdi and Medina form the back four, Kondogbia sits alongside Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg and Quinten Timber in midfield, and Greenwood, Aubameyang and Paixão lead the attack.

Toulouse set up in a 3-4-3 with Guillaume Restes back between the posts. The Toulouse back three reads Sidibé, Nicolaisen and McKenzie, the midfield four are Kamanzi, Diop, Methalie and Casseres, and the front three are Dönnum, Emersonn and Gboho.

Marseille adjust three players after Cup elimination

Three days after being eliminated from the Coupe de France, Marseille made three changes to the side that lost on penalties: Benjamin Pavard returns to partner Leonardo Balerdi in central defence, Quinten Timber replaces Himad Abdelli, and captain Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg—suspended in the cup—replaces Arthur Vermeeren in midfield.

The changes reflect direct roster moves from the cup game: Pavard had been left on the bench for that match, Timber had missed the cup tie through suspension, and Höjbjerg was unavailable for the cup and is now restored to the starting XI.

How Toulouse reshuffled its back line

Toulouse coach Carles Martinez Novell made one enforced change from the Cup-winning XI: Warren Kamanzi replaces Charlie Cresswel, who is injured and declared unavailable for the match, with Kamanzi deployed as a piston that pushes Djibril Sidibé back into the three-man defence.

Guillaume Restes returns in goal after yielding his place to Kjetil Haug in the Coupe de France quarter-final, and the Toulouse front three of Dönnum, Emersonn and Gboho remain tasked with troubling Marseille’s defence.

For fans and viewers, the confirmed match details are clear: the lineup changes set the tone for a direct rematch three days after the cup tie, with kickoff at 21h05 on the 25th matchday.