A cross from the right is headed back across goal by Magnetti, but Donnarumma plucks the high ball out of the sky and will be in no rush to release it!
A late free-kick is put behind for a corner by Mendes, and with the Bizot forward for it, PSG clear and look to break! Bizot chases the loose ball on his way back to goal, and has to scythe it away to prevent Mbappe from dispossessing him!
90' +1
We're into four minutes of added time in Brittany, but will that be enough for the hosts to perhaps find a late, late equaliser here?
90'
K. Mbappé has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by L. Messi.
Messi played that first-time ball knowing that Mbappe had the timing and speed to get to the ball, and the Frenchman did the rest to likely win it for Paris Saint-Germain.
GOOOOAAALLL!!! It just had to be him!!! A wonderfully calm clearing pass from Mendes rolls straight to Messi, who flicks the ball forward first-time. Mbappe runs clear of the chasing pack to meet it, and round the advancing Bizot before slotting into an empty net! 2-1 to PSG as the clock strikes 90, as Brest's resistance is finally broken!
89'
Renato Sanches enters the game and replaces W. Zaïre-Emery.
Zaire-Emery is next off for PSG, with the teenager replaced in midfield by Renato Sanches, who made a name for himself as a teenager back in 2016!
Honorat's corner misses everyone before being hooked back into the box by Lees-Melou, and Honorat meets it with a half-volley that is so wildly off-target that it goes out for a throw!
88'
Honorat whips another free-kick into the PSG box, which is met by no-one in red but deflects behind for a corner off PSG's Mendes!
86'
H. Belkebla gets yellow.
K. Mbappé gets yellow.
There was a clear kick there from Mbappe, and the PSG captain rightfully goes into the book.
Belkebla shouldn't have reacted as he did regardless of the challenge from Mbappe, and the Brest midfielder is also shown a yellow card.
85'
Belkebla dispossesses Mbappe but is immediately met with a boot in the calf and reacts in tow, shoving the PSG forward and sparking a fracas between both teams!
83'
Honorat again finds space down the left and crosses with the outside of his foot into the box. It's aimed towards Lemarechal, but the substitute can't quite get to the ball and PSG recover it!
81'
H. Ekitike enters the game and replaces Carlos Soler.
C. Hérelle enters the game and replaces N. Fadiga.
Fadiga picked up an injury attempting to stop that run and shot from Mendes, and is forced off, with Christophe Herelle replacing him.
PSG's sole goalscorer Soler is the next player withdrawn by Christophe Galtier, who looks for a bit more presence up front in the form of Hugo Ekitike.
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76'
F. Lemaréchal enters the game and replaces R. Del Castillo.
Del Castillo's dynamic running and clever passes have caused PSG problems on the break all game, and Felix Lemarechal comes on hoping to provide more of the same.
75'
Juan Bernat enters the game and replaces T. Pembélé.
Vitinha enters the game and replaces Fabián Ruiz.
Ruiz also comes off, with Vitinha slotting into his central midfield position.
PSG make their first changes, the first seeing Juan Bernat replace Pembele out wide.
72'
Brest counter and play is switched to Duverne on the left. He takes on Pembele and looks to have beaten him, but the two full-backs come together in a crunching tackle that results in a corner to the home side!
68'
Duverne sets off on a barnstorming run down the left flank, but is barrelled over by Zaire-Emery to gift Brest another crossable free-kick.
67'
J. Le Douaron enters the game and replaces S. Mounié.
Mounie comes off in Brest's first alteration, and the striker is replaced up front by top-scorer Jeremy Le Douaron.
Zaire-Emery pulls the trigger from distance, but his 30-yard effort fizzes well wide of the post as PSG continue to search for a winner!
58'
Pembele's attempted throughball to Soler is deflected behind off Honorat, and Messi steps up to take the PSG corner.
52'
Messi has space to run into as he glides through the middle of the park. He looks to pick out Mbappe to his left, but Lees-Melou gets in the way to cut out the throughball!
48'
Brest build well down the left and the ball finds Del Castillo on the edge of the box. He cuts onto his right foot and shoots, but the ball strikes his team-mate Mounie in the box before Danilo clears!
46'
Brest goalscorer Honorat resumes proceedings at the Stade Francis-Le Ble, and we're back underway in north-west France!
Honorat's cross from the right is aimed towards Mounie in the box, but Ramos climbs highest to head the ball away for PSG.
45' +4
HALF-TIME: BREST 1-1 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN.
45' +3
A skilful flick ahead from Mbappe gives Ruiz room to cross, but Dari closes the space quickly and the ball ricochets off him and Ruiz to go behind for a goal kick.
45' +1
We've been allocated three additional minutes, but that could be extended further given the delay following Brest's goal.
45'
The game has had to momentarily stop thanks to several flares and smoke bombs going off in the stands following that equaliser, but we'll be back underway as soon as the pitch has cleared enough for the players to see.
43'
F. Honorat has scored a goal for Brest! Assist by R. Del Castillo.
GOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!! Brest equalise, and what a goal to do so!!! The hosts win the ball in their own box, and Lees-Melou does brilliantly to turn out of trouble and find Del Castillo. His long pass is met superbly by Honorat, who takes the ball beyond Ramos and slots past Donnarumma! A lightning-quick breakaway from Brest, that locks the scoreboard up at 1-1!
Del Castillo's ball forward was absolutely superb, and Honorat's touch, run and finish was even better as Brest send their home fans into raptures!
41'
Duverne whips a cross into the box which Mounie can't quite reach, and Ramos gets a crucial touch on the ball to take it away from an arriving Honorat!
37'
Carlos Soler has scored a goal for PSG!
GOOOAAALLL!!! PSG take the lead!!! Mbappe tries a shot from 25 yards which is parried by Bizot, who can't rather the ball before Soler arrives to smash the ball in off the underside of the bar! The visitors take a deserved 1-0 lead, and it's from a player who had already hit the woodwork earlier in the game!
35'
Duverne charges down the left and goes down under pressure from Zaire-Emery in the box, but the referee waves away any penalty appeals and play continues!
34'
Messi's free-kick is drilled low, but deflects back off his team-mate Verratti, who had joined Brest's defensive wall!
32'
Ramos comes forward to support the PSG attack, but is clipped on the edge of the box by Dari, and the visitors win a free-kick well within shooting range for several of their star players.
31'
Messi cuts across the edge of the box, drawing in defenders before playing in Mbappe. He looks to square the ball back to the Argentine, but Brassier steps in to clear for the hosts!
30'
Mendes is down having caught his leg in a hard but fair challenge, and after a short period to allow the left-back to receive treatment, we're back underway.
25'
The Brest corner bounces to Duverne in the box, whose unsuspecting header is straight into the gloves of Donnarumma!
24'
Pembele has pulled up injured after stepping in crucially to intercept an Honorat pass to Mounie in the box, but after shaking the injury off, the PSG right-back is cleared to continue.
20'
Fadiga drives forward at speed and almost reaches the box before being dispossessed by Danilo, who is subsequently fouled by Magnetti to win PSG a free-kick.
18'
Mounie's touch and pace takes him beyond the chasing Ramos, but not Mendes, who darts across in cover to win possession back for PSG and prevent a one-on-one chance with Donnarumma.
16'
A clever piece of play from Honorat sees him volley a clipped ball into the box, but Mounie can only smash it well over the bar with his left foot!
15'
Messi's corner is met by the head of Ruiz, but his glancing effort is way off-target and flashes wide of the far post!
10'
Zaire-Emery's ball over the top is hooked back into the danger area by Mbappe, but it's headed clear before dropping to an unmarked Messi on the edge of the box.
9'
Soler's cross from the right drops to Ruiz in the box, and he looks to play a one-two with Mbappe but it's cut out and cleared by Dari!
8'
Honorat wins possession on halfway and looks to release Mounie with a whipped ball into the box from deep, but it's beyond the Beninese striker who has to sprint to keep the ball in play on the far side.
6'
Mendes latches onto Ramos' cross-field pass and looks to cross from the left, but he's forced wide by Honorat and can't keep the ball in play!
1'
Mbappe kicks off for PSG, and we're underway in Brittany!
15th-placed Brest sit just one point and two places above the Ligue 1 drop zone, and have only won once in their last six games. That win did come in their most recent match against Strasbourg though, and an unlikely victory over the champions would give them some breathing space from the bottom four.
Toothlessly dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich in midweek, PSG are still well on course to retain their league title and are eight points clear of closest challengers Marseille. They’ve won their last three straight games in Ligue 1, including a 3-0 thrashing of OM at Stade Velodrome in ‘Le Classique.’
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (4-3-3): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Timothee Pembele, Sergio Ramos, Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes; Warren Zaire-Emery, Marco Verratti, Fabian Ruiz; Carlos Soler, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe.
BREST SUBS: Joaquin Blazquez, Brendan Chardonnet, Alberth Elis, Karamoko Dembele, Jeremy Le Douaron, Christophe Herelle, Bradley Locko, Felix Lemarechal, Tairyk Arconte.
BREST (4-1-4-1): Marco Bizot; Noah Fadiga, Achraf Dari, Jean-Kevin Duverne, Lilian Brassier; Pierre Lees-Melou; Franck Honorat, Hugo Magnetti, Haris Belkebla, Romain Del Castillo; Steve Mounie.
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN SUBS: Sergio Rico, Alexandre Letellier, Juan Bernat, Vitinha, Renato Sanches, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismael Gharbi, Hugo Ekitike.
The teams are out on the pitch, and kick-off is just moments away here!
The teams return for the second half, and can PSG re-establish control of a match they had been dominating, or do Brest have another trick up their sleeves after equalising late in the first period?
Kylian Mbappe's 90th minute strike seals a 2-1 win for PSG, who sneak the three points in a performance that was far from convincing. Les Parisiens were flat and could only create half-chances for much of the second half, relying on a counter-attack to score their winner as Brest had in the first half. The defiant hosts held PSG at bay and Bizot was superb when called upon, making saves from Messi, Mendes and Mbappe before being rounded by the latter to score the winner. PSG will know their performances have to improve in future games, but having just moved 11 points clear of the chasing pack, the Ligue 1 title is surely theirs to lose.
Three more points in their 21st win of the season moves PSG onto 66 points, with second-placed Marseille behind them on 55. With 11 games to go, it would take an almighty collapse for PSG to lose the Ligue 1 title from here, but they must not replicate the flat, lacklustre play on display for swathes of this game if it's to be a stress-free end to the season. Denied a draw late on, Brest miss the chance to move an additional point clear of the bottom four, and their run-in will be anything but stress-free with the four sides directly below them all within three points.
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until the next one, goodbye!
Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this Ligue 1 fixture, as Brest take on Paris Saint-Germain at Stade Francis-Le Ble.
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