Marseille relish chance to pressure PSG in race for Ligue 1 crown

Christophe Galtier (left) will lead his Ligue 1 pacesetters Paris Saint-Germain into a clash at Marseille on Sunday night. Igor Tudor (right) has steered his side into second place and victory will bring them to within two points of PSG. REUTERS - ERIC GAILLARD

With the benefit of hindsight, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille clashes have prefigured current economic worries – a whole heap of inflation without the boom – so far ahead have PSG been.

However, on Sunday night at the Vélodrome, a title race would be set in motion if Marseille were to beat their eternal rivals.