Thomas Tushel's side are fresh after a 5-0 win over Club Brugge in the Champions League. Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as an alternative in the second half.

Muro Icardi had a winning streak for PSG since the onset of summer from international Europe and once again softened the pressure to lose to Neymar.

The Brazilian has missed as many matches as he has since playing for Barcelona in 2014, and yet PSG's fortunes have not changed much in his absence. Neymar was responsible for 13 goals in his last three matches.

Combine that strength with the league’s second best-defensive record after 10 matches behind the amazing package Remus, and it’s easy to see how PSG have already opened up a five-point gap in the chase pack following them in search of a seventh league title in nine years.

The Parisians were defensively consistent in their own patches, despite the constantly changing backline due to Tushel’s whirlwind, keeping five clean sheets from a possible six. Only 29 of PSG's 28 different players have used Nice more in Ligue 1 this season.

Fourth-placed Marseille are eight points adrift, but Montpellier and Renেসs miss out on opportunities to draw at home, as well as not being too far ahead of their journey to the French capital, as well as being second to bottom.

Their decision to bring Angre Villa-Bose back from the management wilderness has not yet been fully justified, although the former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur boss have watched the unbeaten start of the season on the road with two wins and two draws from a four-win tour.

However, the Portuguese did not even make it to the Premier League when Marseille recorded Parc des Prince's last win - a 3-0 win in 2010.