Paris Saint-Germain will have to make do without the suspended Kylian Mbappe for Saturday's Ligue 1 encounter with Nice at the Allianz Riviera.

The attacker is serving a one-game ban this week for an accumulation of yellow cards, but Marco Verratti is back from a similar suspension of his own.

Mauricio Pochettino will have to check on the fitness of Leandro Paredes ahead of this game, but Ander Herrera, Layvin Kurzawa, Sergio Ramos and Achraf Hakimi are all set to miss out for PSG.

Thilo Kehrer should therefore keep his place at right-back with Hakimi sidelined, with an unchanged rearguard seeing Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes also hold their spots.

Verratti's return to the engine room spells trouble for Georginio Wijnaldum, with Danilo Pereira and Idrissa Gueye unlikely to drop out, especially after the former's goal in last week's 3-1 success over Saint-Etienne.

With Mbappe unavailable, Pochettino should turn to Angel Di Maria to join Neymar and Lionel Messi in the final third, with the latter set to spearhead the Parisiens attack.

PSG possible starting lineup: Donnarumma; Kehrer, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes; Verratti, Gueye, Pereira; Di Maria, Messi, Neymar

Written by
Ben Knapton