Paris Saint Germain vs Stade de Reims Ligue 1 Preview

PREVIEW

The capital club welcome the promoted side to Parc des Princes, and will be aiming for a big victory after failing to win their last two games against Porto and Marseille

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 

Sirigu 

Jallet, Alex, Sakho, Maxwell 

Bodmer, Matuidi, Sissoko 

Pastore, Menez Ibrahimovic 

STADE DE REIMS 

Agassa 

Mandi, Tacalfred, Weber, Souare 

Ca, Krychowiak 

Glombard, Devaux, Diego 

Courtet

TEAM NEWS

Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti has a number of injury issues ahead of the visit of in-form Stade de Reims on Saturday afternoon.

Midfielder Clement Chantome suffered injury while on international duty with France, in last week's 1-0 defeat to Japan, joining Thiago Motta on the sidelines. With Italy international Marco Verratti suspended, Ancelotti could be forced to use either Mathieu Bodmer, or youngster Adrien Rabiot, who featured earlier in the Ligue 1 season, in the middle.

Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic trained individually on Thursday along with Mohamed Sissoko, though it is not yet certain that they will be rested, with the club having one eye on the Champions League clash away to Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday.

Surprise side Stade de Reims are unlikely to alter their team after a good start to the season, in which they currently occupy fifth place, just two points behind Saturday's opponents.

Hubert Fournier will be without striker Nicolas Fauvergue who is suspended, though substitute Gaetan Courtet scored twice in their previous outing, a 3-1 victory over Nice.

Source: Goal