The essential :
PSG receives Montpellier this Friday for the 21st day of Ligue 1, once again without an audience, Covid-19 requires.
The match starts at 9 p.m.
By winning this match, PSG can make sure to stay ahead of the championship for the day, just ahead of Lille.
Montpellier, for its part, is 11th in the Ligue 1 standings.
Mbappé is eagerly awaited, the Parisian striker has not yet scored in 2021. It was against Montpellier that he scored his 100th goal under the colors of PSG.
»The match to follow minute by minute:
8:45 p.m.
Kick-off is in 15 minutes!
While waiting, the players of PSG warm up.
🏃♂️ Warm-up in progress!
💪 # PSGMHSC pic.twitter.com/rD8rk2X7i5
- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) January 22, 2021
8:41 p.m.
Note that this math will be the hundredth of Neymar with the PSG jersey!
Since joining the Parisian club, the Brazilian has scored 80 goals and provided 46 assists.
8:35 p.m.
Montpellier will play without Andy Delort, injured.
Here is the starting lineup on the Hérault side: Omlin - Souquet, Hilton (cap.), Mendes, Congré - Sambia, Le Tallec, Savanier, Ristic - Mollet - Laborde.
The starting 11 of the MHSC @ Ligue1UberEats pic.twitter.com/csrDusYzvM
- MHSC (@MontpellierHSC) January 22, 2021
8:31 p.m.
The composition has fallen!
The starting 11 is known for PSG.
Here it is: Navas - Florenzi, Marquinhos (cap.), Diallo, Kurzawa - Verratti, Paredes - Di Maria, Neymar, Mbappé - Icardi.
Note the absence of Kimpembe in the scoresheet.
As we said earlier, coach Mauricio Pochettino will be on the bench to coach his team, he who could not be there last Sunday, tested positive for Covid-19.
🆕 The starting 1⃣1⃣ for this #PSGMHSC
🔴🔵 #AllezParis pic.twitter.com/Yi26H8UxjO
- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) January 22, 2021
8:26 p.m.
The Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (MHSC) posted on Twitter a video of the arrival of its players at the Parc des Princes.
The players have arrived at the Parc des Princes ⚽️ #PSGMHSC 🔵🟠 @ Ligue1UberEats pic.twitter.com/1etLcZYaef
- MHSC (@MontpellierHSC) January 22, 2021
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8:25 p.m.
Kylian Mbappé has yet to score in 2021. Will that change?
It is in any case against Montpellier, at the beginning of December, that the Parisian striker had scored his hundredth goal with the PSG jersey.
8:20 p.m.
"Will there be a pilot on the plane?"
We wondered this morning in Le Parisien.
And for good reason: we did not yet know if Mauricio Pochettino would be on the bench.
Tested positive for Covid-19 on January 15, he had coached his team from afar last Sunday - and has been training remotely all week.
Good news for Paris: his Argentine coach will be present at the edge of the lawn to give his instructions.
8:15 p.m.
A week ago, PSG won 1-0 against Angers.
A victory for the Parisian club would allow him to secure first place for this new day of the championship.
Lille - which will face Rennes on Sunday - indeed follows the Parisians with the same number of points in the standings: 42.
8:10 p.m.
Welcome to our live commentary.
Follow with us, minute by minute, the reception of Montpellier by PSG, on behalf of the 21st day of Ligue 1. The kick-off is scheduled at 9 pm.
