Marseille v PSG rescheduled for Monday after storm

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Marseille person not beaten Paris St-Germain astatine location successful Ligue 1 since 2011

The Ligue 1 lucifer betwixt Marseille and Paris St-Germain, which was postponed connected Sunday amid a large wind warning, has been rescheduled for Monday.

Authorities issued an orangish alert for flooding and thunderstorms successful nan Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA) region wherever Marseille is located.

The fixture, known arsenic 'Le Classique', will now get nether measurement astatine 20:45 p.m. section clip (19:45 BST) and clashes pinch nan 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony, which takes spot successful Paris.

PSG guardant Ousmane Dembele is simply a basking favourite to triumph nan grant and will still beryllium capable to be arsenic he continues to retrieve from a hamstring injury.

Injuries are besides group to play successful nan favour of Desire Doue and Joao Neves who person been nominated and should beryllium astatine nan Theatre du Chatelet.

But nominees Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes, Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha are group to play successful nan rescheduled fixture successful Marseille.

Defending champions PSG person made a cleanable commencement to nan existent run - winning each 4 games - and beryllium apical of Ligue 1, pinch Marseille eighth aft 2 wins and 2 defeats.