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Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text coverage of Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 encounter with Nice. I'm Oli Gent, and stay tuned for all the updates, with kick off at 8.05pm BST.

Ligue 1 / Matchday 16
Parc des Princes / 01.12.2021
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Updated 01/12/2021 at 21:56 GMT


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We're underway.
20:00
5 minutes to kick off.
19:54
The big name dropped for Nice is Calvin Stengs, who is left out after the recent defeat to Metz.
19:51
Here are the substitutes for both sides:
PSG: Navas, Kehrer, Dagba, Diallo, Michut, Rafinha, Verratti, Paredes, Icardi.
Nice: Bulka, Daniliiuc, Atal, Thuram-Ulien, Da Cunha, Kamara, Gouiri, Maurice, Stengs, Kamara.
19:50
Quarter of an hour to kick off
19:45
20 minutes to kick off. How excited are you for this game? Tweet me and get involved @olivergent7 and @eurosport_uk.
19:40
19:35
With half an hour to kick off, here are the two teams for those that missed them:
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes, Pereira, Ebimbe, Gueye, Di Maria, Mbappe, Messi.
Nice: Benitez, Lotomba, Todibo, Dante, Bard, Boudaoui, Lemina, Schneiderlin, Kluivert, Dolberg, Delort.
19:26
Plenty of previous English football names in there for either side, and for Nice, there are three in the starting line-up: Morgan Schneiderlin is formerly of Manchester United and Southampton, partnered by former Saint Mario Lemina in midfield. Andy Delort will be a familiar face to Wigan Athletic supporters, although his spell in England was hardly a success.
19:24
The visitors, meanwhile, are in a 4-4-2. Walter Benitez has Jordan Lotomba and Melvin Bard on the sides of the defence, with Jean-Clair Todibo and Dante at the heart. In the engine room, Morgan Schneiderlin and Mario Lemina are flanked by Justin Kluivert and Hichem Boudaoui, with Andy Delort and Kasper Dolberg up top.
19:21
The home side are in a 4-3-3 as per usual, but they're without Neymar, who limped off against St Etienne last time out. Angel di Maria comes in on the left, although expect the front three of himself, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe to rotate. In defence, Gianluigi Donnarumma returns in goal, shielded by Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes as Sergio Ramos is omitted from the squad completely. Eric Ebimbe gets a start in midfield alongside Danilo Pereira and Idrissa Gueye as Mauricio Pochettino looks to rotate his squad.
19:20
Let's dissect these teams then, shall we?
19:20
And here we go!
19:16
Whilst we still wait for the Paris team, let's look at the league table... PSG have a comfortable 12 point lead over second placed Rennes at the top, and that will stretch to 15 momentarily with a win. Today's opposition are third - level on points with Marseille in fourth on 26, but they've scored four more goals. Two points behind second, they'd leapfrog Rennes with a shock victory tonight.
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19:12
We still wait for the home side...
19:11
Here are the visitors...
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