Champions PSG to face Marseille in early Ligue 1 fixture

Champions Paris Saint-Germain will play host to fierce rivals Marseille in their third game of the new Ligue 1 season in mid-September as the French fixture calendar was unveiled on Thursday.

The match at the Parc des Princes is due to be played on the weekend of 13 September, but the 2020-21 campaign is set to begin on the weekend of 22 and 23 August.

That is two weeks later than had initially been planned before the coronavirus pandemic forced French football authorities into a rethink, despite the controversial decision to end the last season early in late April with 10 rounds of matches unplayed.

PSG were declared champions for the third year running having been 12 points clear of Marseille at the top, with a game in hand, when the season was suspended in mid-March. (ThisDay)

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