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Previews: Police on alert for Marseille-PSG

Marseille police are on the alert before the arrival of around 2,000 Paris St Germain fans for Sunday's game between the Ligue 1 arch rivals.

PSG said in a statement that 1,200 people would travel aboard buses chartered by the club but 800 would be making their own way to Marseille.

Girondins Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc could rest some key players for Saturday's match against struggling Le Mans.

"We'll host Le Mans with the squad that defeated Bayern Munich on Wednesday in the Champions League but it doesn't mean I'll field the same team," the former French international told a news conference.

"We played a great game... but now we must turn over the page of the Champions League and focus on the championship. We lost our last two games and we mustn't allow our opponents to think they can easily beat us," he added.

"It's not a serious injury but we'll probably rest Hugo on Saturday," Lyon coach Claude Puel told journalists.

"The players know that staying at the top will be more difficult that reaching it," coach Rene Girard said.