Benjamin Pavard starts, Quinten Timber and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg return for OM against Toulouse | OneFootball

Benjamin Pavard starts for OM against Toulouse in Ligue one, with Quinten Timber and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg restored to the line-up.

Three days after being knocked out of the Coupe de France on penalties at the Vélodrome, OM make three changes from that tie. According to L'Équipe, Pavard returns in central defence alongside Leonardo Balerdi, Timber replaces Himad Abdelli, and captain Höjbjerg comes in for Arthur Vermeeren.

Both Timber and Höjbjerg were suspended in midweek. Pavard had been left on the bench by coach Habib Beye during that quarter-final.

For Toulouse, goalkeeper Guillaume Restes returns after Kjetil Haug impressed on Wednesday. Head coach Carles Martinez Novell makes only one other change. Warren Kamanzi starts for the injured Charlie Cresswel, operating as a wing-back which drops Djibril Sidibé into a back three.

OM starting XI, Rulli in goal, a back four of Weah, Pavard, Balerdi and Medina, Kondogbia and Höjbjerg as the midfield pair, Greenwood, Timber and Paixao supporting Aubameyang.

Toulouse starting XI, Restes in goal, Sidibé, Nicolaisen the captain, and McKenzie in defence, Kamanzi and Methalie as wing-backs with Casseres and Diop in midfield, Dönnum, Emersonn and Gboho in attack.

Source: L'Équipe