Monaco hope big crowd can help beat drop

Monaco will be able to rely on an almost full Louis II stadium for a change when they take on Olympique Lyon as they look to avoid relegation.

"People will come from Brittany, North, East, Savoie region. Nobody wants Monaco's 2,000th Ligue 1 game to be the one that sends the club down," Norbert Siri, the head of the Club des Supporters, told sports daily L'Equipe on Friday.

Olympique Lyon received a morale boost on Thursday when the club won the Women's Champions League by beating Potsdam 2-0 in the final at Craven Cottage in London.

"Tonight's game will help the whole club," club president Jean-Michel Aulas said.

Sow is looking to secure top spot in the scoring charts after netting 22 goals this season, to Lorient striker Kevin Gameiro's 21.

"We're going to do everything so that he finishes on top," strike partner Gervinho told sports daily L'Equipe.

Former France holding midfielder Claude Makelele is expected to be fit for Paris Saint-Germain's trip to St Etienne, as his club battles it out for a Champions League berth.

Makelele, who was replaced during PSG's last game against Lille, has been nursing a hip injury.

"It will up to us to follow the tactics that will have been decided in the dressing room," said midfielder Julien Ferret.