Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Ligue 1 top of the table clash between league leaders PSG and second-placed Lille. Lille have led for portions of the season but a 2-1 home loss to relegation-threatened Nimes before the international break caused them to relinquish pole position to PSG, who despite their fluctuating form this season convincingly beat Lyon 4-2 on the same day. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 16:00.
Ligue 1 / Matchday 31
Parc des Princes / 03.04.2021
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Updated 03/04/2021 at 17:00 GMT
5'
Djalo heads away Neymar's free-kick for a corner.
4'
Lovely work from Neymar and Diallo down the left tempts Lille captain Fonte into making a rash challenge, which he gets booked for.
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J. Fonte
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Fouls1
1st Half
1'
KICK-OFF: PSG get the game underway!
15:54
15:45
Great article detailing the contrast between Lille's successes on the pitch this season and their struggles off it...
15:29
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
15:24
STAT ATTACK
- This is the 95th competitive game between the two sides.
- Les Parisiens have the stronger overall record, with 39 victories, 25 draws and 30 defeats.
- Three players set to play tonight - Idrissa Gueye, Jonathan Ikone and Timothy Weah have played for both teams, while Lille's Mike Maignan and Boubakary Soumaré came through PSG's academy.
15:18
CLOSE AT THE TOP!
There's so little separating the four teams at the top. Hopefully it does go down to the wire, but this afternoon's result here will likely have a huge bearing on how the title race goes.
15:10
LILLE TEAM NEWS
Christophe Galtier makes four changes to his starting XI from the shock 2-1 home loss to Nimes before the international break.
Zeki Celik has tested positive for Covid-19 along with his Turkey teammate Yusuf Yazici, so Tiago Djalo is filling in for the former at right-back.
In midfield, Xeka is not in the squad amidst rumours that a family member tested positive for Covid-19, so the duo of Renato Senches and Boubakary Soumare enter the line-up.
Lastly, Burak Yilmaz and Timothy Weah have both been benched in favour of Jonathan Ikone, who has returned from France Under-21 duty.
15:05
PSG TEAM NEWS
Just three changes for Pochettino's side from from the 4-2 away win over Lyon before the international break.
An injury to Danilo and a positive Covid test for Marco Verratti mean Leandro Paredes and Neymar respectively - the latter of whom made his much-awaited return from injury as a substitute in the aforementioned game.
While the final change sees Thilo Kehrer come in at right-back for Alessandro Florenzi, who picked up an injury on international duty for Italy.