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?
45 min: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
Sergi Roberto walks off with an ankle problem following an awkward clash with an opponent. No substitute brought on yet but that will likely happen at half-time.
Half Time: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
Not a lot to say about those 45 minutes of football.
Great respect shown from both sides, but there was a lack of commensurate quality from the likes of Messi, Suarez and Griezmann.
I doubt Ernesto Valverde or Diego Simeone will be thrilled by what they've seen, in what has been a dull affair so far in Madrid.
While drama continues to unfold over in South America without players taking the field, on-field events in Madrid this evening have been rather dour, to say the least.
The highlight of an otherwise colourless night so far at the Wanda
46 min: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
Back underway at the Wanda. Let's hope and pray I guess for some goal mouth action.
Change for Barcelona at the break, which has been enforced with Sergi Roberto's injury. Rafinha on in his place.
49 min: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
This is not a drill. We have a goalbound effort! It doesn't go very far though, with Arthur's shot being blocked after Atleti fail to clear well from a free-kick.
52 min: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Barcelona
Whether or not the game is entertaining, you can always guarantee some 'entertainment' from Diego Costa. He gets himself involved in a little scuffle with Samuel Umtiti as they both tussle for the ball and end up tangling legs. No surprises as to whose complaints were more vociferous.
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