Off the pitch, Mason Greenwood is an undeniably controversial figure that many teams (including England’s national side) will not have in their squads. 

But Marseille made a punt on the former Manchester United man, and it is clearly paying off, with the English forward scoring five goals in Marseille’s opening three Ligue 1 games.

A race to the division’s top scorer is already shaping up nicely against PSG’s Bradley Barcola. 

Greenwood will have to work firstly against the local rivals from Nice and also a home record in Le Velodrome that sees Marseille with just four Ligue 1 wins in the team's last 10 games: a record that left Marseille without European soccer this season. 

Nice have had a rocky start to the new Ligue 1 campaign with a shock opening day defeat to newly promoted Auxerre followed by a draw against Toulouse. 

This was at least followed by a win at Angers, but Marseille is set to be the biggest challenge of the season so far, by some margin. 

Saturday: 10:50AM ET - Marseille vs. Nice - live on beIN SPORTS