#3 Marseille - French Ligue 1
Last 10 matches: WWDWWWWWWL - 25 points
PSG's superior players and quality is so glaring that dethroning them from the summit of the French league is virtually impossible.
However, Marseille are playing their part in ensuring we have something of a semblance of a title race in France and they would be on hand to take advantage of any unlikely slip-up by the defending champions.
Having started the campaign in poor form - winning just four of their opening ten matches - the nine-time Ligue 1 champions turned a corner following their 4-0 trouncing to PSG on matchday 11.
Marseille are yet to taste defeat since that embarrassing defeat, with their only dropped points coming in the 1-1 draw with Metz.
They have accrued a total of 25 points, scoring 18 goals and conceding 10 in their last 10 league matches.
Andres Villas-Boas has helped transform Marseille's fortunes since his appointment last summer, while Dimitri Payet and Darío Benedetto have led the charge on the field.