Having both kicked off 2024 by advancing in the Coupe de France, Marseille and Strasbourg return to Ligue 1 duty with a clash at the Orange Velodrome on Friday night.
Les Olympiens edged past Thionville Lusitanos in the third round of the cup at the weekend, while Patrick Vieira's men made light work of Avoine OCC in a 4-0 romping.
Gennaro Gattuso's side remained without the goal they craved on the hour mark too, but just a couple of moments later, a trademark Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lob broke the Thionville resistance and presented Marseille with a safe passage into the fourth round.
A trip to Rennes now awaits Les Olympiens in the Coupe de France later this month, although few supporters would have been inspired by a one-goal win against an outfit four divisions below them in the French footballing pyramid, having witnessed a distinct lack of ruthlessness from their attacking charges for much of the contest.
However, the Orange Velodrome faithful revelled in a strong end to 2023 for their beloved side, who are on a six-game unbeaten run in the French top flight - taking 14 points from a possible 18 in that sequence - to sit sixth in the table, four points adrift of the top four.
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