Gabriel cuts out a pass that seemed destined for Diaby in the box. Great defending from the Lille man there!
FULL-TIME: Lille 5-1 Paris Saint-Germain
87'
A foolish foul by Verratti in the final third gives Pepe a chance to go for a hat-trick of set-piece assists.
85'
L. Kurzawa enters the game and replaces J. Draxler.
Draxler is taken off before he sees the second yellow card that he almost surely would have picked up. Kurzawa is the replacement.
84'
José Fonte has scored a goal for Lille! Assist by N. Pépé.
Pepe records his second set-piece assist of the match! This time he sends it into Fonte who he finds in stride and the big Portuguese defender hammered the header into the back of the net!
GOOOALLLLL!!!!! JOSE FONTE MAKES IT FIVE! From the corner, Pepe whipped an outswinger into the path of Jose Fonte who was unmarked and charging, and then powered his header past a stranded Areola! What a performance this has been from the hosts! Lille 5-1 PSG
83'
Bamba, with the confidence of his previous goal fully on display, unleashes a fiery shot from outside the box... but Areola is able to get to this one and parries it behind for a Lille corner.
81'
M. Verratti gets yellow.
Remy is down in a heap in the box, but the referee waves play on and PSG oblige. Alves did get the ball first, but his extended leg connected with the Lille striker.
Verratti talks his way into Benoit Bastien's book after a prolonged rant directly into the face of the referee.
79'
Mendes is down on the ground after a late challenge from Draxler, and the German is lucky to have gotten away with what easily could have been his second yellow card in as many minutes.
77'
J. Draxler gets yellow.
Draxler leaves something in on Pepe and picks up a yellow card for his efforts.
71'
Gabriel Magalhães has scored a goal for Lille! Assist by N. Pépé.
Pepe whipped in an inch-perfect cross from the free-kick and Gabriel rose above everyone to nod home Lille's fourth goal of the match! That's Pepe's 10th league assist of the season!
Verratti decides to block off his man rather than even bothering to play the ball, conceding a dangerous free-kick to the hosts.
GOOOALLLLL!!!!! LILLE SCORE FROM THE SET-PIECE! Gabriel outjumped Kehrer from the free-kick that Verratti conceded, and the Lille man nodded his header down and into the bottom-right corner to give his side a three-goal lead! The PSG title celebrations have well and truly been put on hold by Jakubech's side! Lille 4-1 PSG
69'
B. Soumaré enters the game and replaces Xeka.
Just moments after Ikone was taken off, Xeka picks up a knock and is removed himself for the oncoming Soumare.
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66'
Rui Fonte enters the game and replaces J. Ikoné.
Strange to see Ikone pulled after such a terrific performance in midfield, but he is with Rui Fonte the replacement.
65'
J. Bamba has scored a goal for Lille! Assist by J. Ikoné.
Ikone delivers another assist for his side, this time playing reverse ball to Bamba who took his chance early and beat the PSG 'keeper at the near post to open up a two-goal lead!
GOALLLL!!! LILLE SCORE THEIR THIRD! Bamba curled a powerful left-footed shot that beat Areola near-post! He was picked out with a smart pass from Ikone and the winger hammered the finish home! Lille 3-1 PSG
62'
Dagba tries a right-footed shot from outside the box but it's saved in the bottom-left corner by Maignan.
57'
Mbappe tries his luck from outside the box and his right-footed effort is blocked before causing any problems for Maignan.
56'
Almost exclusively end-to-end action as both sides are looking to break on the counter rather than building things up through the midfield.
53'
Celik whips the ball into Remy who tries to head the ball goalward but it's blocked before it can reach it's intended target.
51'
N. Pépé has scored a goal for Lille! Assist by J. Ikoné.
After a bit of a scramble outside the Lille penalty area, Ikone kept his head up, received a pass back from Remy and, in a textbook example of a pull-push attack, played it forward to Pepe in space who outran the defence and finished calmly!
GOALLLL!!!! Pepe scores to give Lille their goal advantage back! He broke through the backline of PSG and was found in stride by Ikone which turned into a footrace which the forward was always going to win. One-on-one with Areola, Pepe waited patiently before squeezing the ball under the diving 'keeper to re-take the lead and potentially delay the visitors' title celebrations! Lille 2-1 PSG
47'
In the early stages of the second-half, it looks like Mbappe, Draxler, and Diaby will be the only PSG players to commit to going forward. They may well be able to do enough on their own, but this is definitely more of a defensive look from Thomas Tuchel.
46'
The referee's whistle sounds again, and this match is back underway!
45' +8
HALF-TIME: Lille 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain
45' +7
K. Mbappé gets yellow.
Mbappe picks up a yellow card for what looked like it may have been a stamp on Mendes. Perhaps he didn't see where the Lille man was, but it's hard to view any player's actions as innocent in a match like this.
45' +5
There seemed to have been a two-footed challenge from Kimpembe on Ikone, but the former is deemed to have pulled a foot back and is not even carded.He did get a piece of the ball for what that's worth.
45' +4
Gabriel Magalhães enters the game and replaces A. Soumaoro.
Now it looks like there's an injury to Soumaoro and he'll be replaced by Gabriel. Weird fact, the starting captains for each side (Silva and Soumaoro), both of whom are centre backs, have now both exited due to injuries.
45' +2
Thiago Mendes gets yellow.
The PSG players swarm the referee yet again, this time after Verratti suffered a heavy foul from Mendes. The latter has been shown a yellow card. Tempers definitely flaring here.
45'
There will be five minutes of added time.
44'
Bamba seemed to have been fouled on the edge of the box, and goes down due to contact but the referee says play on.
42'
bamba fouls Kehrer in the defensive half and the visitors will have a free-kick.
38'
The PSG players swarm the referee, but it seems the decision stands much to the delight of the home crowd. Not only do Lille now have a man advantage, but they now line up what could be another dangerous free-kick.
36'
Juan Bernat goes off after a red card!
RED CARD! Pepe had the better of Bernat in a footrace and the PSG man has been sent off! There didn't appear to be too much contact though so this one may be overturned.
35'
Mbappe seemingly lost patience outside the box and launched a half-hearted shot on target that was right at the keeper who saved with ease.
32'
Diaby is caught offside and is vocally displeased by the call. He gets a talking to from the ref but has avoided being shown a card.
30'
Paredes stands over a free-kick, won by Draxler, and the former goes for goal with a curling effort that curled a little too much and never troubled Maignan.
27'
Celik goes on a fantastic slaloming run into the box before passing the ball over to the penalty spot where Mendes attempted the shot but it was blocked and the chance, which probably deserved more, goes wanting.
25'
Just a reminder that PSG have been forced into making two substitutions already (Silva and Meunier), which could play a meaningful role in the second half.
24'
M. Diaby enters the game and replaces T. Meunier.
Meunier's race is indeed done as he's replaced by Diaby. Unfortunate the former will not have a chance to redeem himself after the early own goal.
20'
PSG play the ball along the back line, pondering their best path forward which somehow ends up being a lofted ball forward to Mbappe that both misses the striker and would have been offside anyway.
18'
Meunier fouls Kone on the left wing conceding what could be a dangerous free-kick to come from Lille.
16'
T. Kehrer enters the game and replaces Thiago Silva.
Thiago Silva seems to have picked up a problem and will be replaced by Kehrer for PSG's first substitution.
11'
Juan Bernat has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by K. Mbappé.
Mbappe launched down the right wing before flicking the ball over his defender, then chipping it to Bernat at the back-post who kept his shot on the floor and beat Maignan to level things!
GOOOALLLL! PSG are back level already! Mbappe lofted the ball over his marker then lofted it again, this time to Bernat who had made a run at the far post and the latter slots it home to get the visitors back into the match! Solid finish, but Mbappe definitely made that goal. Lille 1-1 PSG
9'
Lille seem bolstered by the goal and are controlling the ball well in the midfield.
7'
T. Meunier is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOOALLLL!!! Lille and they take the early lead! Ikone whipped in a cross that was just a little too tall for Xeka... but as it fell it bounced off of Meunier's outstretched leg and rolled into the back of the net! That's certainly not the way PSG will have wanted to start the match! Lille 1-0 PSG
6'
Half-chance for Lille as a lofted through-ball is played up to Remy on the run. The striker tracked the ball over his shoulder well only to scuff the attempted first-time finish.
5'
Mbappe dribbles down the left wing and pulls out some skills but in the end, he can't stay in control and the ball rolls out for a Lille throw-in.
1'
Referee Benoit Bastien blows his whistle, and this match is underway!
A fantastic sliding effort in his own penalty area by Jose Fonte prevents what was starting to look like a dangerous move from PSG.
Areola attempts a long pass up to Draxler that soars over everyone and goes out for a Lille throw.
Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of this Ligue 1 match between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain!
The big story today will be if Paris Saint-Germain can secure a result against Lille. If they simply can avoid defeat in this match, PSG will be crowned Ligue 1 Champions!
Now, let's take a look at the team news.
Lille (4-2-3-1): Mike Maignan; Mehmet Zeki Celik, Jose Fonte, Adama Soumaoro, Youssouf Kone; Thiago Mendes, Xeka; Nicolas Pepe, Jonathan Ikone, Jonathan Bamba; Loic Remy.
Lille substitutes: Gabriel, Jeremy Pied, Rui Fonte, Luiz Araujo, Boubakary Soumare, Reinildo, Adam Jakubech.
Paris Saint-Germain (3-4-3): Alphonse Areola; Colin Dagba, Thiago Silva, Presnel Kimpembe; Thomas Meunier, Dani Alves, Marco Verratti, Juan Bernat; Leandro Paredes, Kylian Mbappe, Julian Draxler.
Paris Saint-Germain substitutes: Layvin Kurzawa, Thilo Kehrer, Christopher Nkunku, Moussa Diaby, Gianluigi Buffon, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
The players are walking out of the tunnel. Not long to go until kick-off now!
It will be interesting to see how each side approaches the second-half, especially considering the fact that both sides already had to make changes in the first. For Lille, you may just want to keep the status quo as there were a couple of quick counters that, with a man advantage, could well result in another goal for the hosts. As for PSG, they have just the one substitute left and are down a man yet, as things stand, they would still be crowned champions. Will they be willing to set up to defend to hold onto that all-precious point, or will they push forward and attempt to punish second-placed Lille? Hard to say, but we'll find out together!
As for what's coming for these clubs, PSG will look to recover before Wednesday when they have another chance to seal the title, this time against Nantes. Lille, on the other hand will hope to capture the momentum from this win and put it to use against Toulouse at the weekend.
That will do it for our live coverage of this Ligue 1 match between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain. We hope you enjoyed following along, and will join us again soon!
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