Paris Saint-Germain will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table in Ligue 1 with a win against Marseille on Sunday. The defending champions finally have a three-point cushion over Marseille as both teams had been fighting for the number-one spot until the last matchday.
If OM win, they can go drew level on points with PSG, although Christophe Galtier's team will likely still have the advantage due to their superior goal difference. Igor Tudor's team suffered their first defeat of the season in their last league outing against Ajaccio and that also leaves PSG as the only unbeaten team in Ligue 1 this season.
PSG will want to return to winning ways after registering three back-to-back draws. They were twice held by Benfica in the Champions League and Reims in the league.
The fact that Sporting ended the game with nine men was undoubtedly a significant help to Tudor's crop, who can move level on points with PSG should they prevail in Sunday's Classique, but their loss to Ajaccio presented Lorient with the chance to leapfrog them into second place.
Prior to the defeat to Ajaccio, Marseille had strung together a 10-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1 and have been the away-day specialists so far this term, winning each of their last three road fixtures against Nice, Auxerre and Angers without conceding a single goal.
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Marseille meanwhile, comes into the tie at the back of a 1-2 league loss against lowly Ajaccio and its momentum will be tested in Paris.
Already without Presnel Kimpembe due to a hamstring injury, PSG will now have to manage without Sergio Ramos, who was shown red-card during the match against Reims and is facing a two match suspension.
Meanwhile, the MNM trio of Mbappé, Neymar and Lionel Messi could be back for “Le Classique” against Marseille.
Messi has missed PSG’s last two games in all competitions because of a slight calf problem. Coach Christophe Galtier said the Argentina great is feeling better and is likely to return on Sunday.
Paris Saint-Germain are the box-office draw of the French top flight with some of the world's very best players including Lionel Messi and Neymar plying their trade in the capital.
After Lille produced one of the shocks of recent seasons in the European game by pipping them to the post in 2020/21, PSG returned to the summit of the French game in 2022.
Saint-Etienne are the record winners with 10 league titles in their illustrious history, but none since 1981. Marseille have won it nine times while Monaco, who are actually based in a foreign country making it a cross-border competition, eight-time champions.
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