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?
The line ups are out for evening kick-off in Spain, and what a fixture for it.
87 min: Juventus 2-0 SPAL
A worrying sign for Juventus as Alex Sandro pulls up with a hamstring problem.
He manages to trot off though as he is replaced by Giorgio Chiellini and looks fairly unconcerned by what he felt.
90 min: Juventus 2-0 SPAL
Three minutes added on at the end in Turin.
Full time: Juventus 2-0 SPAL
Juventus go nine points clear at the top of Serie A with that win. It's nine goals in the league for Cristiano Ronaldo as well after he opened the scoring midway through the first half.
Mario Mandzukic added a second on the hour mark after good work from the impressive Ronaldo and equally superb Douglas Costa.
The Old Lady face Valencia in the Champions League in midweek to finish off the month, but they have ensured a 100% record in the league for November.
SPAL remain tangled up in that relegation scrap but will take some heart from the fact they made Max Allegri's side work for the win.
↵A reminder of those Atletico Madrid and Barcelona line-ups for you with 45 minutes till kick-off.
It isn't a title decider at the Wanda today, but it will determine who sits top of the table come 10pm tonight.
The hosts will need a victory if they wish to leapfrog the Catalans, but history is not on Atleti's side with coach Diego Simeone yet to beat Barcelona in the league during his seven-year reign in the capital.
Barcelona meanwhile will be looking to put their shock 4-3 defeat to Real Betis before the international break behind them, but they cannot afford any slip ups with both Atleti and Sevilla breathing down their necks.
So out come the teams. A stunning atmosphere at the Wanda an equally vibrant mosaic stretching around the stadium.
Five minutes till kick-off.
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