PSG v Barcelona: Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia and Marquinhos forced off injured

The 19th minute: Ousmane Dembélé pulls up sharp, a hand on the back of his left thigh, and gives way to Ferran Torres. He goes straight down the tunnel. Paris were already playing this one without Nuno Mendes, ruled out.

The second blow lands just before the hour and looks worse. After a duel, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia stays down, his right knee twisted, then goes off escorted by the doctors, without putting his right foot down. “The worry is greater for KK, who no longer seemed able to put his right leg down. He appeared to be suffering with his right knee,” reports So Foot.

On 59 minutes, a double change: Maghnes Akliouche for the Georgian, Illya Zabarnyi for Marquinhos. The Brazilian captain had pulled up after a sprint, looked over at his bench and sat down on the Parc des Princes turf: a muscle problem, no risk taken. The two exits came with the score at 1-1, between Désiré Doué’s opener and the equaliser from the young Xavi Espart. The briefs were written with the match still running, So Foot’s timestamped 22:32, Paris time.

Nothing confirmed before Lyon

Luis Enrique is playing every three days, and PSG host Lyon on Sunday to close matchday 8 of Ligue 1. “It could be without Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia and Marquinhos, injured on Tuesday,” warns RMC Sport. No scans scheduled, no length of absence, no confirmed withdrawal in the three reports of the evening: the severity is still to be assessed.

For the punter, this is a matter of timing: until the medical news lands, the odds on PSG v Lyon say nothing solid, and Tuesday’s three exits are not three settled absences. 18+. Only bet what you can afford to lose.