PSG will have to beat a strong Dortmund defense, one that has only conceded a single goal since their last face-off with PSG three matches ago. With Ramos and Dembele unavailable, PSG manager Luis Enrique will halve to make serious decisions on the forward line, including picking players and also, maybe, adapting his system to fit those available to play. PSG clinched the Winter Ligue 1 champion "unofficial" title and has been declared the fall champion of 2023 in Ligue 1 without even playing this weekend against Lille following the results of the games played on Saturday. In an unexpected turn of events that solidified PSG's leadership in the standings, both Monaco and Nice, the closest pursuers of PSG this season, dropped points on Saturday making it impossible for them to overtake PSG before the end of the first half of the season.
Monaco was defeated at home by Lyon and Nice suffered a loss at Le Havre, marking their second defeat in a row when playing on the road. As a result of those two matches, PSG enters their Sunday matchup with a four-point lead over Nice in second place. The lead over Monaco is now at six points, with no other team having more than 27 points through Saturday's games. PSG's lead could be further widened in their upcoming match against Lille on Sunday evening, as PSG can move seven points clear of the second place. However, as Luis Enrique introduced fresh legs onto the scene in a bid to see the game out, one PSG substitute inadvertently helped a fellow Lille replacement to snatch a point from the jaws of defeat, as Marco Asensio's poor pass out from the back ended with Jonathan David heading home the equaliser four minutes into added-on time.
PSG did not provide updates on Goncalo Ramos and Carlos Soler, who have been out with a non-COVID illness not clarified by the club as of this writing, making their availability uncertain for tomorrow's matchup. Paris Saint-Germain, on the brink of clinching qualification for the Champions League's round of 16 with a victory on the last matchday of the group stage, faces a pivotal away match against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.
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