The essential
- PSG will want to stock up on confidence against Nice before facing Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.
- The Parisians have won their last four trips to Nice. This is the best series of PSG against the Aiglons.
- For this meeting, the club of the capital is deprived of Mbappé, Hakimi, Paredes, Ramos and Herrera.
Follow the day’s events live:
73″. Launched alone in depth, Di Maria struggles but loses the ball against the Nice defenders.
72″. Nice touched 18 balls in the opposing area against only eight for PSG.
70″. Christophe Galtier makes two changes: Dolberg gives way to Delort while Schneiderlin replaces Lemina.
68″. New corner for Nice which gives nothing. The changes on both sides are long overdue to energize the meeting.
67″. Thuram collapses in the area after a tackle from Marquinhos. The match referee does not whistle a penalty. Still 0-0 between the two teams.
65″. Interesting free kick for PSG 29m from Benitez’s goal, after a foul by Lemina on Verratti. He will give nothing.
63″. Marquinhos, the “Mister Clean” of PSG.
60″. Neymar tries to enter the Nice separation surface thanks to his dribbling. He crosses but only finds Benitez’s gloves.
58″. PSG cannot create chances against the wall of Nice. After a good reversal of play from Messi towards Bernat, Neymar loses the ball.
55″. Gouiri and Thuram combine well in the Parisian defense but come up against Danilo and Diallo. The Parisians emerge.
54″. Nice can bite its fingers! After a counter well led by Amine Gouiri, Kasper Dolberg lost his control… And the ball went straight into Navas’s gloves.
52″. Gouiri dismisses the game on the right but his ball flies into touch. The Frenchman apologizes for his failure.
50″. Wijnaldum does not weigh much on the PSG game. Positioned in midfield, the Dutchman has only touched… 9 balls since the start of the game!
47″. On a corner from Kluivert, Dante wins his duel with a header. Without concern for Navas, who captures the ball well on his line.
46″. It’s been 450 consecutive minutes since Christophe Galtier hasn’t conceded a goal against PSG.
45″. The Niçois kick off the second period.
MI-TEMPS. The stats between Nice and PSG at the break.
MI-TEMPS. Parisians and Nice are back to back at the end of this first period. After a good start to the match, the two teams then lowered the pace. The Parisians have possession of the ball but fail to create chances.
44″. On a cross from Di Maria, Diallo fails to frame his head. The Parisians create few chances.
42″. Marquinhos is once again at the reception of a center from Bard. He clears the ball with his head.
39″. Gouiri tries an outside right foot at the entrance to the surface. The ball is taken carelessly by Navas.
37″. Dolberg strikes 30m from Navas’ cages. It goes way over the top.
36″. Imperial Marquinhos in front of Dolberg. After a cross from Kluivert, the Parisian captain clears the ball perfectly with his head. Still 0-0.
32″. Yellow card for Lemina. After a strike from Nice boxed by Navas, Messi recovers the ball in midfield and is tackled by the Aiglons midfielder.
30″. Di Maria stumbles on the Nice defense. After a great collective action initiated by Messi, “El Fideo” tries to shoot. Without success.
28″. Foul by Danilo on Gouiri in the central circle. The Parisian is not sanctioned by the referee.
25″. 64.7% possession in favor of PSG.
23″. Bard tumbles down the left side and crosses over Rosario’s header. The Niçois totally misses his head. PSG will be able to recover the ball.
18″. Nice defensive intervention from Diallo who pushes Rosario to make a mistake. The two teams watch each other.
17″. The Parisians have their foot on the ball and rotate behind.
15″. The outside of Angel Di Maria’s left foot ends up in Walter Benitez’s gloves.
13″. Bard’s cross ends up in the small net of Keylor Navas. Nice creates a lot of chances.
11″. A new record for PSG.
8″. What a failure of Di Maria! The Argentinian finds himself alone at the entrance to the surface but fails to lob Benitez. Corner for Paris.
6″. Decidedly the trio Thuram – Dolberg – Gouiri shows itself at the start of the match! After a great breakthrough from Thuram, the Dane gives the ball to the former OL player. But his curling strike misses Navas’s cages.
3″. Nice supporters give voice to encourage their team.
1″. First big chance for OGC Nice. After a nice delivery from Kasper Dolberg, Amine Gouiri stumbles on Keylor Navas.
0″. It started between Nice and PSG. The Parisians kick off.
20h57. Parisians and Nice enter the lawn of the Allianz Riviera.
20h50. Only ten minutes left before kick-off!
20h45. Christophe Galtier is Mauricio Pochettino’s pet peeve. In four confrontations against the Argentinian technician’s PSG, the Frenchman has lost only once, whether with Lille or Nice.
20h40. Willy Delajod will be the referee of the meeting tonight.
20h35. Suspended, Kylian Mbappé will not be able to play tonight against Nice. But can Paris survive without the French striker? To learn more, click here.
20h25. Mauricio Pochettino is without Mbappé, Hakimi, Paredes, Ramos and Herrera. For his part, Christophe Galtier must make up for the absences of Atal and Amavi.
20h12. Here is the Parisian starting lineup before facing Nice.
20h05. The official composition of OGC Nice has fallen.
20h. Hello everyone. Welcome to leparisien.fr to follow this match between PSG (1st, 62 points), and Nice (3rd, 46 points), as part of the 27th day of Ligue 1. Kick-off at 9 p.m.!
