PSG celebrates the club's goalscoring record with Kylian Mbappe (from PSG's official website)
In the shadow of the storm of Christophe Galtier, who promised to sue those who tarnished his name and accused him of racism last week, Paris Saint-Germain will host Lance this evening (Saturday) for a season game that can close the story of the championship in France or open it completely.
Even before that, Rennes will meet Reims, as the 31st round kicked off on Friday with a dramatic 1:2 Lyon draw in Toulouse.
Returns to 11 due to injuries.
Fabian Ruiz (Photo: GettyImages, Jean Catuffe)
Paris Saint-Germain - Lens (22:00)
The Parisian crowd did not like what they saw in the previous two home games, in which the champion lost to Lyon and Rennes, and the Ultras also went against coach Galtier following the publication that in his days in Nice he said "we have too many black and Muslim players".
With all this mess, and even before we mentioned the contempt for Lionel Messi, who daily distances himself from the team or the criticism of Kylian Mbappe against the club, PSG has to overcome a difficult obstacle against the second in the table.
Lance comes after four consecutive victories, celebrated against the Parisians with a 1:3 at home on January 1 and now hopes to win at the Parc de France for the first time since November 2006 and reduce the gap from the top to just three points.
Marco Verratti is still injured, Renato Sanchez was injured in the win in Nice last week and so Fabian Ruiz will return to the 11, with Galtieri continuing with Messi and Mbappe in the 3-5-2 attack.
Wesley Said is injured at Lance, striker Florian Sotoka will continue on the right wing.
The first quarter of an hour of the game will be affected by a strike by AMP Visual TV company employees who are demanding a raise.
This is the company that produces the broadcast of the game and following the protest actions, the viewers will not get replays or close-ups and there will be no VAR.
The broadcast will be transmitted in the opening minutes from one remote camera.
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Still haven't lost an away game with Reims.
Will Steele (Photo: GettyImages, Jean Catuffe)
Rhône - Reims (18:00)
Will Steele's team has lost only once since being appointed, and away from home they are unbeaten in the last 11 games (three wins and eight draws), when they also beat Rann in their last visit to Rohazon Park (0:2 in September 2021).
The host is in seventh place and ahead of Reims by three points, but since the 0:2 in Paris they have lost twice and now want to return to the fifth place which leads to the conference league qualifiers.
Sunday's games:
Lille - Montpellier (14:00)
Auxerre - Nantes (16:00)
Clermont - Angers (16:00)
Strasbourg - Ajaccio (16:00)
Brest - Nice (16:00)
Monaco - Lorraine (18:05)
Marseille - Troyes (21:45)
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