Bordeaux v Marseille live updates - latest Ligue 1 score

... owing to the Covid situation at the Matmut Atlantique, though many Bordeaux fans have turned up anyway. As is tradition, they have greeted the team coaches with banners, drums and a wall of red flares.

Given their opponents' depleted state, Les Olympiens are well aware that they have an excellent chance to end 44 years of hurt this evening. Asked about their long wait for an away win against Bordeaux before the match, Marseille midfielder Amine Harit said: "These are the vagaries of football. Every curse is meant to be broken.

"This gives a little more to this meeting. This is important, it would be a pleasure to end this curse."

This game is set to go ahead despite Bordeaux submitting a formal request for a postponement earlier this week owing to an ongoing Covid outbreak at the club. On Wednesday, the club announced that 17 members of the first-team squad were "unavailable for Covid-related reasons".

Speaking before the match, Bordeaux sporting director Admar Lopes said: "The players are entertainers and we do not respect their physical and psychological state… I am very disappointed with the situation." Les Girondins have a 44-year unbeaten home record against their old rivals, which is now in serious jeopardy.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - BORDEAUX: Costil, Kwateng, Mexer, Gregersen, Pembele, Sissokho, Lacoux, Dilrosun, Oudin, Elis, Hwang. /// MARSEILLE: Lopez, Saliba, Caleta-Car, Luan Peres, Lirola, Kamara, Guendouzi, Under, Harit, Luis Henrique, Payet.

Hello and welcome to this evening's coverage of Marseille's Ligue 1 fixture against Bordeaux. Jorge Sampaoli's side will climb above second-placed Nice with either a draw or a win, while their hosts are looking to pull away from the relegation zone.