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Marseille team news: Estupinan injured

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Read the preview ahead of Thursday night's game.

By Charlie Hanson • 04 October 2023

By Paul Hazlewood
Pervis Estupinan will miss Thursday night's game.

We play our first ever competitive European away game tonight as we take on Marseille, kick-off 5.45pm (BST).

Team news

By Paul Hazlewood
Pervis Estupinan has made 49 appearances for Albion.

Pervis Estupinan will miss our clash with Marseille according to Roberto De Zerbi because of a muscular injury.

"He's injured and can’t play for a month. He’s an important player we are losing, but we can play in that position with Tariq Lamptey, Igor Julio and other players. we have to be ready to change. We have to be good enough to get the result without important players."

How to follow the game

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The game is live on TNT Sports.

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Player to watch

By Olympique Marseille
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joined Marseille in the summer after departing Chelsea.

While yet to score a league goal for his new club, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has found his form in European competition for Marseille. The striker scored twice in OM’s Champions League third round qualifier defeat to Panathinaikos, before also notching a brace against Ajax in last month’s 3-3 draw Group B opener.

The striker has scored 308 career goals at club level for the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and Barcelona.

Match officials

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
 
Assistant referees: Oleksandr Berkut (Ukraine) and Dmytro Zaporozhenko (Ukraine)
 
Fourth official: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
 
Video assistant referee: Piotr Lasyk (Poland)
 
Assistant video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)