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LIVE: PSG vs Nimes

LIVE: PSG vs Nimes

35' Into the sidenetting! Dagba does really well down the right wing to beat his marker, but then drills a shot towards goal, rather than crossing to Kean in the box and it flies wide, striking the sidenetting.

33' Decent chance! Nimes with their first attack of the game, after a corner is only half cleared by PSG and it falls to Meling on the edge of the box. However, his volleyed effort flies well over the crossbar.

31' We’re past the half an hour mark here and it remains PSG who lead 1-0, thanks to Di Maria'a goal on 18 minutes.

29' Free-kick to PSG in a good position down the right wing after Di Maria is brought down and he looks like he is going to whip the ball into the box. However, it comes to nothing.

27' Nimes have won only one of their last 10 Ligue 1 games (D1 L8), it was against Marseille on 16th January 2021 (2-1).

25' It looks like it is only a matter of time before PSG double their lead here, the chances are starting to come thick and fast as they try and wrap up the victory early on.

23' OFF THE BAR! Almost another for PSG! Kehrer meets a deep corner at the far post, squares it across goal and Kimpembe gets up first and heads the ball towards goal, but it strikes the top of the crossbar, bounces down onto the line and Nimes then clear. Very unlucky as that was so close to crossing the line.

23' CHANCE! PSG take a free-kick short, with Di Maria playing it off to Paredes to his left, rather than whipping it into the box. Paredes drills his shot towards goal, but Reynet makes a superb diving save to deny him.

20' It is going to be a tough task for Nimes to get back into this game now, they will have wanted to keep the scoreline 0-0 for as long as possible and perhaps catch PSG out at the back on the counter-attack.

15' Nimes have barely touched the ball so far, they are struggling to get out of their own half and it looks like they are going to have a lot of defending to do today.

13' PSG have won each of their last five Ligue 1 games against Nimes – keeping a clean sheet in four of these games – their best run against this opponent in their top-flight history.

11' OFF THE POST! Brilliant cross from the right by Dagba, which Kean meets at the near post and tries to flick the ball on into the far left-hand corner of the net. It has Keynet scrambling across his goal in attempt to reach it, but it strikes the bottom of the post and flies wide. So close.

9' Kean does brilliantly to take the ball off Kean down the left and he then tries to feed Mbappe in the box, but his cross is too close to the keeper, who makes a comfortable save.

7' Not too far away! Mbappe is allowed time and space on the edge of the box, he shifts the ball past a couple of players and then fires a shot towards goal, but he drags it wide of the visitors goal.

5' SAVE! First chance of the game for PSG and it falls to Sarabia! They work it well and Sarabia is allowed time and space to get into the penalty area and he drills a low shot towards goal, but it is too close to Reynet and he makes a good save.

4' Nimes try and play the ball out from the back, but PSG press them high and Meling ends up getting stuck near the corner flag. He goes down under pressure from Di Maria, but nothing is given. Di Maria then sprints towards goal, but his cross is poor.

3' As you might expect, it is PSG who are dominating the early posession here, with every PSG player in the visitors half of the pitch, who are sitting deep and soaking up the pressure.

1' We're under way!

The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!

Meanwhile the visitors have made four changes to their starting line-up, with Burner, Miguel, Ahlinvi and Duljevic all coming into the team, Alakouch, Deaux, Eliasson and Kone drop out.

Pochettino has made six changes to his side that were beaten by Lorient, with Neymar missing from the squad and Florenzi, Kurzawa, Pereira, and Icardi also dropping out. They have been replaced by Dagba, Bakker, Sarabia, Gueye and Kean.

NIMES SUBS: Marco Majouga, Lucas Deaux, Moussa Kone, Lucas Buades, Amjhad Nazih, Yassine Benrahou, Gaetan Paquiez, Sofiane Alakouch, Niclas Eliasson.

NIMES (4-4-2): Baptiste Reynet; Patrick Burner, Anthony Briancon, Florian Miguel, Birger Meling; Lamine Fomba, Adrian Cubas, Matteo Ahlinvi; Zinedine Ferhat, Haris Duljevic, Renaud Ripart.

PSG SUBS: Xavi Simons, Timothee Pembele, Julian Draxler, Layvin Kurzawa, Alessandro Florenzi, Rafinha, Danilo Pereira, Mauro Icardi, Alexandre Letellier.

PSG (4-3-3): Sergio Rico; Colin Dagba, Thilo Kehrer, Presnel Kimpembe, Mitchel Bakker; Pablo Sarabia, Idrissa Gueye, Leandro Paredes, Kylian Mbappe; Angel Di Maria, Moise Kean.

Meanwhile Nimes are rock bottom of the table with just 15 points so far and they suffered a 3-1 defeat against Angers last time out. However, before that they did manage to beat Marseille 2-1 in a surprise result.

Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat as PSG manager last time out against Lorient, who came from behind to win 3-2. This loss saw PSG drop to third in the Ligue 1 in table, behind Lille and Lyon.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Ligue 1 clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Nimes at Parc Des Princes.

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