PSG will start a busy period to close out the calendar year with a home match in Round 14 of Ligue 1 as they look to extend their top 10 points in the standings.
It will feature three superstars – Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar – who have all spent the international break unscathed and will start together. They hope to hit the strides in chemistry they’ve been looking for beyond the individual flashbacks this season.
However, Nantes (11.18 points) will have hope of leaving with something from the Parc des Prince after doing so last year. It has only one loss in its last five matches.
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PSG vs. Nantes
| 1HOUR | 2 family | Final | |
| PSG | first | – | – |
| Nantes | 0 | – | – |
Goal:
PSG – Kylian Mbappe (Leandro Paredes) – 2nd minute.
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30th minute: Minute 30, PSG fans celebrate their 30th birthday:
29th minute: And now it’s Neymar’s turn to be rejected by Lafont. PSG are dominating. And it always goes down the left channel. It’s a copy of Messi’s chance earlier. Nantes looked scared.
22nd minute: The PSG forward trio were clicking and it was another Lafont save. It was Messi who found Mbappe in the box. Good moves of the star players.
20th minute: Before taking the corner, Mbappe must be taken care of. He gets a stomp in the play and one of his pads comes off. He had to change his shoes on the sidelines.
18th minute: What an opportunity for Messi! Neymar found him in the box, but Messi’s shot was saved by Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont. It’s basically one-on-one. Messi is still looking for his first Ligue 1 goal.
16th minute: Nantes’ first real threat of a Coco shot from outside the target’s high-travel box. The away team has not really threatened PSG’s makeshift backline.
10th minute: PSG aim to attack left wing (right wing for Nantes). That’s also where Neymar started scoring.
8th minute: Finally, we see a replay on the broadcast and Lionel Messi himself is offside. Mbappe has been kept for his seventh of the year.
Second minute: The target is PSG! A long shot from Leandro Paredes was saved by Mbappe on the way to goal. At first it looked like Mbappe was offside, but the goal stood.
First minute: We go. We’ll see what the international players look like.
10:55 a.m. ET: Tifo on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of PSG’s Virage Auteuil fanbase:
10:24 a.m. ET: A look at the Pregame warmups from the Parc des Princes.
PSG vs. Nantes
The good news for Paris Saint-Germain fans is that their star trio are starting to top, and Marco Verratti and Leandro Paredes will return to midfield.
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But starting centre-backs like Presnel Kimpembe or Marquinhos are absent. Abdou Diallo and Thilo Kehrer will be introduced. Julian Draxler and goalkeeper Gigi Donnarumma were also not included in the matchday squad.
PSG starting lineup (4-3-3, left to right): 1-Keylor Navas-GK – 14-Juan Bernat, 22-Abdou Diallo, 24-Thilo Kehrer, 2-Achraf Hakimi – 6-Marco Verratti, 27-Idrissa Gueye, 8-Leandro Paredes – 10-Neymar Jr., 7- Kylian Mbappe, 30-Lionel Messi
PSG reserve team (9): 16-Sergio Rico-GK, 17-Colin Dagba, 25-Nuno Mendes, 28-Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, 15-Danilo, 18-Georginio Wijnaldum, 21-Ander Herrera, 11-Angel Di Maria, 9-Mauro Icardi
It will be interesting to see how Nantes’ squad face off against PSG. The canaries will be without the suspended midfielder Nicolas Gallois, but they will still dream of a nasty win at the Parc des Princes for a second straight season.
Nantes starting lineup (4-2-2-2, left to right): 1-Alban Lafont-GK – 24-Sebastien Corchia, 3-Andrei Girotto, 21-Jean-Charles Castelletto, 2-Fabio – 5-Pedro Chirivella, 18-Samuel Moutoussamy – 11-Marcus Coco, 10-Ludovic Blas – 23- Randal Kolo Muani, 7-Kalifa Coulibaly
Sub Nantes (9): 30-Denis Petric-GK, 12-Dennis Appiah, 33-Yannis M’Bemba, 14-Charles Traore, 8-Wylan Cyprien, 31-Gor Manvelyan, 19-William Geubbels, 26-Osman Bukari, 29-Quentin Merlin
How to watch PSG vs. Nantes
- Day: Saturday, November 20
- Time: 11 a.m. ET
- TV Channels: beIN Sports, beIN Sports en Espanol
- Streaming online: fuboTV, beIN Sports Connect
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The match will be conducted by the Ligue 1 copyright holder beIN Sports in both English and Spanish. Both of those beIN Channels are available for live streaming via fuboTV, give new users a 7 days free trial.
