PSG vs Stade Reims - Ligue 1: TV channel, team news, lineups and prediction
By Tom Gott
PSG thumped sixth-tier Pays de Cassel 7-0 last time out but will expect a tougher time of things when they pick on someone far closer to their size in the shape of Stade Reims on Sunday.
Reims find themselves 11th in Ligue 1 but are actually unbeaten in their last 13 games in all competitions - a run which includes a goalless draw at home to Christophe Galtier's side in early October.
Here's all you need to know about this one.
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Where are PSG vs Stade Reims playing?
- Location: Paris, France
- Stadium: Parc des Princes
- Date: Sunday 29 January
- Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT / 14:45 EST / 11:45 PST
- Referee: Ruddy Buquet
How to watch PSG vs Stade Reims on TV and live stream
United Kingdom
- BT Sport
United States
- beIN SPORTS
- TV5
Canada
- fuboTV Canada
- beIN SPORTS
- TV5
PSG team news
Presnel Kimpembe is yet to return to training and he has been joined on the treatment table by Nordi Mukiele, limiting the options available to Christophe Galtier in defence.
Midfielder Marco Verratti is back with the team, however, and may get some minutes off the bench.
PSG predicted lineup vs Stade Reims
(3-4-1-2): Donnarumma; Danilo, Ramos, Marquinhos; Hakimi, Vitinha, Fabian, Mendes; Neymar; Messi, Mbappe.
Stade Reims team news
Nathanael Mbuku and Noah Jean Holm are both expected to be unavailable, while there are doubts over the fitness of Thibault de Smet as he battles a foot injury.
Stade Reims predicted lineup vs PSG
(4-2-3-1): Diouf; Foket, Agbadou, Abdelhamid, Busi; Munetsi, Matusiwa; Ito, Zeneli, Flips; Balogun.
PSG vs Stade Reims score prediction
Arsenal loanee Folarin Balogun is Reims' top scorer this season with ten goals, which is good for joint-fourth in Ligue 1's scoring charts. The 21-year-old fancies himself to net against anyone but doing so against PSG is an entirely different challenge.
Being on enemy territory won't bother Reims, whose home and away records are strikingly similar, but PSG are significantly more confident on home turf and they won't expect any real issues from this one.
The Parisians likely won't replicate their 7-0 drubbing of Pays de Cassel here, but they should have enough about them to secure a comfortable victory.
Prediction: PSG 3-0 Stade Reims