In what promises to be a mouth-watering encounter on the pitch, the 35th match of the season between the current 2nd and 3rd place in Ligue 1 will be played in front of a capacity home crowd. 

With more than three weeks to go before the fixture and whilst the finalised date and time are still to be confirmed by the LFP, all of the tickets that were put on sale (excluding the away end) have been snapped up for the clash against Paris (weekend of 29 and 30 April).

After starting with priority for season ticket holders, now 15 days later the ticket office closed on Thursday night having sold 32 000 tickets (season tickets included) surpassing the previous highest attendance of the season recorded against Marseille in September (31 194).

It is now a case of waiting to see the uptake in the away end before we can know if the record established in May 2016 against St Etienne (35 596 spectators) is likely to be beaten.

Before that, the Gym will welcome Nancy (Saturday 15 April), another major stage in the final sprint and an encounter that equally deserves the attendance of the Niçois.

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