Early Edinson Cavani goal eases PSG past Toulouse
Relive all the action from the Ligue 1 fixture at the Parc des Princes
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Your support makes all the difference.Champions Paris St Germain continued their perfect start to the Ligue 1 season as an early Edinson Cavani strike earned them a 1-0 win at home to Toulouse on Saturday, their 14th straight victory.
Uruguayan striker Cavani notched his ninth league goal of the campaign with a close-range finish just nine minutes into the game at the Parc Des Princes, but PSG's much-vaunted attack misfired for much of the rest of the match.
With attacking duo Neymar and Kylian Mbappe both sidelined after picking up knocks on international duty last week, PSG coach Thomas Tuchel started with Julian Draxler and Angel Di Maria up front alongside Cavani.
Despite starting the day two points above the drop zone, Toulouse showed no fear of a PSG side that has been averaging over three goals a game at home, and their strong defending provided a springboard for plenty of attacks of their own.
Substitute Jimmy Durmaz was the driving force behind several promising second-half counter-attacks for the visitors, but the PSG backline, marshalled by Gianluigi Buffon in goal, managed to hold firm.
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Relive all the action below.
What time does it start?
Paris Saint-Germain vs Toulouse kicks off at 4pm (BST)
Where can I watch it?
The match will not be shown live on TV or online in the UK.
Independent Sport will keep you up to date with all the goals as they fly in via our live blog.
Highlights will be shown at 1am on BT Sport 1.
Player to watch…
Edinson Cavani: The Uruguayan heaped more misery on Monaco with a hat-trick last time out. The three goals saw the 31-year-old take his tally to eight goals from as many league games so far this season, and with both Kylian Mbappe and Neymar likely to miss the game after sustaining injuries on international duty, the attacking burden will solely fall on the former Napoli man.
Form guide…
Paris Saint-Germain: WDWWDW
Toulouse: DLLLDL
Odds…
Paris Saint-Germain to win: 1/9
Toulouse to win: 16/1
Draw: 8/1
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
Prediction
PSG 2-0 Toulouse: Home win. What? Did you expect me to say anything else?
Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of a host of European football on this fine Saturday.
First up, it's Neymar-less PSG up against Toulouse. We'll also have Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus facing off against SPAL too.
And later on, the main event, Atletico Madrid hosting Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano.
We'll have all of it for you right here throughout the day.
Let's start with the team news from Paris shall we. As expected, no Mbappe or Neymar for the hosts.
If there is a goal this afternoon anything like Layvin Kurzawa's in this very fixture last season, well, we'll be in for something special won't we?
GOAL! PSG 1-0 Toulouse (Cavani 9')
That's nine goals in nine Ligue 1 games for Cavani. Angel di Maria cuts inside and after Baptiste Reynet fumbles the Argentine's shot, Cavani receives an Adrien Rabiot header, flicks the ball past Kelvin Amian before smashing in at the near post.
14 min: PSG 1-0 Toulouse
Francois Moubandje's wild strike from 35 yards is the closest the visitors have come to a response.
The hosts look very very comfortable but will be aware of the pace of the likes of former Bournemouth forward Max Gradel's.
19 min: PSG 1-0 Toulouse
Cavani heads home for what would be his second after a headed pass from Thiago Silva, but he is rightly flagged offside.
Some interesting attire from the injured Kylian Mbappe today....
Meanwhile, here is the team news from the 5pm kick-off at the Allianz Stadium where Juventus are taking on SPAL.
26 min: PSG 1-0 Toulouse
Bit of a pause here after a clash between Angel di Maria and Christopher Jullien. The game has gone into a bit of a lull but PSG still look in cruise control.
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